Solana Guides
What GMGN.AI covers in 2026
GMGN started on Solana like the other Solana trading bots we cover, but it isn’t Solana-only any more. The iOS app lists Solana, BNB Chain, Base, Ethereum, HyperEVM, Monad, MegaETH and Robinhood Chain, and its wallets also run on TRON.
- Web app (gmgn.ai): token pages, wallet tracking, trading, copy trading and auto orders. Most of this review is about the web app.
- Telegram bots: a Solana sniper bot (instant buys, limit orders, auto sell, copy trading) with a generated wallet under the same custody rules, plus alert bots. Open them only from links on gmgn.ai: GMGN says any other bot using its name is a scam. Prefer a different bot? Our Telegram bot roundup compares them.
- Mobile app: “GMGN – Meme Track” on iOS and GMGN on Android. Install from the official store listing only.
- Perps: in public beta since 21 September 2026.
- Agent API and AI Skills: market, token and wallet data, plus swaps on Solana, BNB Chain and Base, for scripts and AI agents.
GMGN private key: can you export it?
No. GMGN blocks private key export on every chain (SOL, EVM and TRON), and that includes wallets you import from outside. That makes it a custodial account: GMGN holds the key, and you can’t take it out.
Log in with Phantom and GMGN doesn’t trade from your Phantom wallet. It creates a multi-chain account linked to it, with a new address on each chain. Telegram login works the same way, and you can create or import up to 10 SOL wallets.
Importing a wallet you made yourself is the only way to keep a copy of the key. Back up its seed phrase first. GMGN still won’t export it, and now it holds the key too, so use that wallet for GMGN only and never import your main one.
Earlier versions of this review called GMGN non-custodial. That was wrong. If you sized your balance on that basis, rethink it now.
Treat GMGN like a hot wallet: this week’s trading money goes in, profits come out. For where they land, I’d use Solflare. Phantom has fallen off massively and feels slower now. Solflare is way better, and my Solana wallet picks cover the rest.
GMGN fees: what a trade really costs
GMGN takes a flat 1% on every buy and every sell, on every chain. So a round trip (a buy plus a sell) costs about 2%. On top of that you pay:
- Priority and tip fees, set in the trade panel. Neither goes to GMGN, and the setting tops out at 2 SOL.
- The pool’s own fee. Coins still on a launchpad bonding curve charge their own: Pump.fun takes 1.25% per trade on its curve. After a coin migrates, PumpSwap pools charge 0.3% to 1.25% depending on market cap.
- Slippage, which nobody bills you for but costs real money on thin coins.
Here’s 1 SOL in and out of a coin whose price doesn’t move, with anti-MEV on:
| Cost | SOL |
|---|---|
| GMGN 1% on the buy | 0.01 |
| GMGN 1% on the sell | about 0.01 |
| Priority 0.002 + tip 0.0001, both sides | 0.0042 |
| Total before pool fees | about 0.024 |
| Pump.fun 1.25% each side, if still on the curve | about 0.025 more |
| Total on a bonding-curve coin | about 0.049 |
So the coin has to rise about 2.4% to cover GMGN and network fees, or about 4.9% on Pump.fun’s curve, before slippage. Small trades hurt more: on 0.1 SOL, the 0.0042 SOL of priority and tip alone is 4.2%. Compare the live quote in the panel before you confirm.
On BNB Chain and Base it’s the same 1%, with gas paid in BNB or ETH instead of SOL. Taking profits back to Solana? You can bridge BNB to Solana or move funds over from Base.
The fee and slippage settings all sit in the trade panel:
Is there a GMGN referral code?
The GMGN links on this page are our referral, so we earn a share of the fees you pay. GMGN doesn’t promise new users a lower fee, so don’t pay anyone for a “discount code”.
Researching tokens and wallets on GMGN
This is the part most people should actually use, and it’s free with no deposit. Token and wallet pages are public links, which is why gmgn.ai charts get shared all over X and Telegram groups.
To narrow the token list, start with market cap over $200K, 24h volume over $500K and at least one social link. That cuts the dead coins and leaves a list short enough to check by hand.
The security checks on each token
On Solana tokens, GMGN shows:
- MintDisable: “Yes” means the creator can’t mint more supply.
- Top10 hold: you want the top 10 holders under 30% of supply.
- Blacklist: you want “No”, meaning the dev can’t blacklist any wallet. Otherwise wallets can be frozen so they can’t sell, and “Yes” means yours is on the list.
- Burnt: how much of the liquidity pool is burned. 100% means the project can’t pull it.
- Rug probability and Rug History: a read of holder patterns, and whether this creator has rugged before.
On BNB Chain, Base and Ethereum you get Honeypot, Renounced, Locked/Burned and Buy/Sell Tax instead, partly from GoPlus data that can lag. A sell tax near 99% is a honeypot, and “Renounced” can be faked.
None of these are guaranteed. For a second opinion, check mint and freeze authority on Solscan yourself (our scam checklist shows what to look for). New to memecoins? Start with how Solana memecoins and rugs work.
Creator wallet and early buyers
Open the creator wallet next. A dev who is already selling, holds more than 5% of supply, or keeps sending tokens to fresh wallets is a big red flag. GMGN also tracks the first 70 buyers and tags insiders and snipers among them. If a big share of supply sits with wallets that bought in the first seconds, those are the people you’d be selling to.
GMGN doesn’t show well where liquidity sits across pools, so read the liquidity distribution before you size up.
GMGN wallet tracker: smart money, KOLs and PnL
GMGN tags wallets with a strong profit record as “smart money”, and known influencers as KOLs. You can follow up to 100 wallets on the website, and their trades pop up as alerts in the bottom-left corner. Alerts in Telegram need a Telegram login: add up to 10 wallets in GMGN’s alert bot and use /set to pick all trades, buys only or sells only.
Each wallet page shows 7-day and 30-day PnL, win rate, average hold time and unsold value, plus phishing flags like “Sold > Bought” and “Buy/Sell within 10 secs”. A smart money tag means a wallet made money recently. It doesn’t mean it’ll keep doing so, or that it isn’t dumping on its followers.
Copy trading on GMGN without blowing up
With copy trading, GMGN buys and sells automatically when a wallet you pick does. It’s the feature people sign up for, and where they lose the most. Rather copy from Telegram? Bloom and Trojan both do it.
Picking a wallet
A fair first pass: a 30-day PnL of at least 70%, a 7-day win rate of at least 70%, and a trade count you can afford to copy (the fee maths below shows how fast 100+ trades a week adds up). Then open each wallet page and check what that filter misses:
- Hold time. If they flip coins in seconds, you’ll arrive after the move.
- Where the profit came from. One lucky coin can hide a flat or red month.
- Their size against the pool. A 20 SOL buy into a thin pool moves the price before your copy lands.
Your buy lands after theirs, usually higher, and behind everyone else copying the same wallet. You sell after them too. A wallet that’s +70% on paper can be close to flat for the people copying it.
GMGN copy trading settings
From your wallet page, open Copy Trade, pick a wallet from the Rank list (or paste an address), click Create Copy Trade, then set:
- Buy method: a fixed buy. I wouldn’t copy below about 0.5 SOL a trade (the maths is below), and a fixed size stops a whale’s 50 SOL buy turning into a big buy for you.
- Sell method: take-profit and stop-loss (batch TP/SL lets you scale out), so you aren’t relying only on following their sells.
- Filters: market cap and liquidity floors, token age, LP burn ratio and a blacklist for coins you never want.
- Fees: anti-MEV on, with a 0.006 SOL priority fee, the same as any auto order.
GMGN’s own copy trade guide suggests turning anti-MEV off and running 0.002 to 0.006 SOL to save fees. I wouldn’t. Copy buys are predictable orders with loose slippage, which is exactly what sandwich bots hunt. If you do turn it off, keep slippage below the 30% to 35% GMGN recommends for auto orders and accept that some copies will miss.
The maths: at those settings a 0.1 SOL round trip costs about 0.014 SOL (0.002 to GMGN, 0.012 in priority fees, 0.0002 in tips). That’s 14% of the trade before slippage, and about 1.4 SOL a week if the wallet does 100 round trips. At 0.5 SOL a trade it’s about 4.4%, and at 1 SOL about 3.2%. Pick slower wallets, and size up only once one has proved itself with your money in it.
GMGN perps (beta): worth trying?
GMGN opened perps (leveraged futures with no expiry date) in public beta on 21 September 2026, announced by co-founder Haze. Early reports listed pairs such as BTC, ETH, SOL and ZEC against USDC, liquidity from third-party market makers, and fees of 0.045% taker (orders that fill straight away) and 0.015% maker (orders that rest on the book). It’s a beta, so check the pairs, fee and max leverage in the order panel before you open anything.
It’s handy for a small hedge without leaving the app, like shorting SOL while you hold memecoins. For real size I’d use a dedicated perp DEX with deeper books and a longer track record. Our perps hub lists them, and our perp DEX comparison puts their fees side by side.
Is GMGN legit and safe? The 2025 phishing attack
GMGN is legit and heavily used: about $27.4M in fees over the last 30 days on Solana alone. The risk is custody. Anyone holding your login can trade your balance away.
That’s what happened in October 2025. On 28 October, co-founder Haze said a phishing attack had hit about 107 users, with losses reported at over $700,000. A fake third-party token website stole GMGN login sessions, so the attackers needed no private keys and no 2FA. They used victims’ accounts to buy into pools you can buy but not sell, then pulled the liquidity. GMGN paid the losses back in full to users’ GMGN accounts.
Paying everyone back is a good sign, but the attackers never touched a withdrawal, so withdrawal 2FA alone wouldn’t have helped. These habits would have, and our everyday Solana security habits cover the rest:
- Bookmark gmgn.ai and only log in from the bookmark. Never sign in through a link in a DM, on a token website or on a “claim” page.
- GMGN admins never DM you first. Fake admins hide their usernames and list real admin names in their bio.
- When you import a private key, type part of it by hand. Clipboard malware reads or swaps what you paste.
- Withdraw profits often, so a stolen session has less to drain.
GMGN vs Axiom, fomo, Terminal (formerly Padre) and Photon
GMGN wins on research and copy trading. Axiom collects more fees in total on Solana because more volume runs through it, and it’s built for fast execution. Here’s who people actually trade on:
| App | 30-day fees paid by users | 24h volume | What it’s built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMGN | $27.4M | $38.7M | Research, copy trading, many chains |
| Axiom | $37.3M | $56.3M | Fast Solana execution in a web terminal |
| fomo | $24.3M | $65.4M | Phone-first social trading |
| Terminal (formerly Padre) | $5.5M | $13.7M | Pump.fun’s own trading terminal |
| Photon | $0.36M | $0.88M | The old default, now small |
Solana only, so GMGN’s BNB Chain and Base trading isn’t counted. Source: DefiLlama, 12 October 2026.
Per-trade fees on the other four move with cashback tiers and promos, so check them in our reviews below and in each app’s quote. BullX paused trading in its current app on 1 June 2026 and kept withdrawals open, so if you still have funds there, move them.
Pick by how you trade:
- You want to research before you buy: GMGN. The research pages are free, so use them even if you trade somewhere else.
- You trade Solana memecoins actively from a desktop: my Axiom guide. I’ve done over 1,000 SOL of volume on Axiom, and for execution that’s where I’d stay.
- You trade from your phone and like a social feed: our fomo review, which covers its custody caveats.
- You want Pump.fun’s own terminal: Terminal (formerly Padre).
- You still use Photon: our Photon guide, but look at where the volume has gone.
The full field is ranked in our Solana terminals list.
FAQ
Can I export my GMGN private key?
No, not on any chain, and not for wallets you import either. Keep only a trading float there and withdraw profits to your own wallet.
What are GMGN fees on BNB Chain?
1% per trade, the same as on Solana, plus gas paid in BNB.
How do I withdraw from GMGN?
Bind Google Authenticator, whitelist your own address and wait out the 3-hour lock, then withdraw on the chain the funds are on. You pay network gas, and the Max button leaves a small balance behind for gas and storage.
Why can’t I log in to GMGN?
Make sure you’re on the real gmgn.ai from your bookmark, and log in with the same Phantom wallet or Telegram account you signed up with. On a new device, import that same Phantom wallet first. Never use a “login fix” link someone sends you.
Why is my GMGN copy trade not working?
Usually the priority fee or slippage is too low for an auto order (use 0.006 SOL or more and 30% to 35% slippage), or your filters skip the coins the wallet buys. Loosen one setting at a time.
Does GMGN have a token or airdrop?
No token or airdrop has been announced. Treat any “GMGN airdrop claim” link as phishing. Here’s how to spot fake claim sites.
How do I get a GMGN API key?
Create one at gmgn.ai/ai by uploading the public half of a key pair you generate yourself. Data calls need only the API key. Trading also needs that key pair’s private half, so keep it secret: with it and your API key, anyone can trade from your GMGN account. Pricing and rate limits aren’t published.
