What percentage of new crypto tokens have liquidity?

Most do not have meaningful liquidity. The live index above shows that the majority of tokens launched in the last 24 hours have under $1,000 pooled, and only a small share top $10,000.

Why does token liquidity matter?

Liquidity is the money pooled for trading. With little liquidity you cannot sell without crashing the price, and the pool is easy to pull, so the token is easy to abandon or rug. It is one of the first things to check before buying.

What is a safe amount of liquidity for a new token?

There is no guaranteed-safe number, but tokens with only a few hundred or a few thousand dollars of liquidity are very high risk. Tradeable tokens usually have tens of thousands of dollars or more.

Does low liquidity mean a token is a scam?

Not always. It can mean a token is brand new, a test, or simply abandoned. But negligible liquidity is a common trait of rugs and dead tokens, so treat it as a warning sign and always do your own research.

New Token Risk Index: How Many New Tokens Have Real Liquidity

June 16, 2026 — By Tony Rabbit in Tutorials

See what share of newly launched crypto tokens actually have real liquidity, live and by blockchain. DEXTools samples the newest tokens across Ethereum, Solana, Base, BNB Chain and more.

Thousands of new tokens launch every day, but how many are actually tradeable? The index above measures it live: the share of brand-new tokens that launch with almost no liquidity, the clearest sign of a token that is a test, abandoned, or built to be dumped.

What the data shows

The majority of newly launched tokens have negligible liquidity, often under $1,000, and only a small fraction reach a meaningful $10,000 or more. The median new token launches with just a few dollars pooled. In other words, the vast majority of new launches are not real, tradeable markets.

Why liquidity is the first thing to check

You cannot exit a thin pool: with little liquidity, selling even a small position crashes the price, so you are effectively trapped.
Low liquidity is easy to pull: if a team supplied the liquidity, they can remove it. A pool worth a few hundred dollars is trivial to rug.
It filters the noise: screening out tokens with negligible liquidity removes most dead and scam launches in one step.

How the index is measured

DEXTools samples the newest token pools created across major chains over the last 24 hours and measures the share with negligible liquidity (under $1,000), thin liquidity (under $10,000), and healthy liquidity (above $50,000). It is an automated on-chain snapshot from the same data that powers DEXTools, refreshed regularly. It reports liquidity facts and does not label any individual token.

More DEXTools tools: the New Token Tracker, the Token Safety Checker, and how to spot a rug pull.