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Ben and Friend

Ben and Friend reads the KOL New Apes channel so you can see each alert in context: live data, measured outcomes, and a plain checklist.

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Screen: liquidity at least $10.0K, at least 50 holders, top-10 wallets holding at most 25 %. Charts open on GMGN.

What passes here

Every desk in the network filters differently. This is the screen Ben and Friend applies to the @gmgnxsolkolnewapes lane:

  • liquidity at least $10.0K
  • at least 50 holders
  • top-10 wallets holding at most 25 %

In the 19 most recent lane alerts at build time (about 6 hours), 5 passed this screen. Those that passed had a median market cap of $1.64M, median liquidity of $223.1K and about 3631 holders. 1 out of 19 alerts showed a pool smaller than a tenth of the cap — a warning sign on its own. Across the whole lane, the ten largest wallets held a median 35 % of supply.

Values measured on 2026-09-24 from the Empire feed. The screen is a filter, not a recommendation.

What a KOL New Apes alert means

A KOL New Apes alert means an influencer's wallet opened a fresh position.

As a rule, some KOLs buy before they post. Some buy after. Ben and Friend reads KOL New Apes alongside wallet data to see the order of events.

A KOL call brings attention, and attention brings volume. It also brings exits. Ben and Friend follows KOL New Apes on Solana to see which calls hold up after the first wave.

Start here: Find when the KOL's wallet bought compared with the time of the post. Watch holder count in the hour after the call; attention that does not turn into holders fades.

Past alerts, dated

TokenChainFirst alert capTracked capMultipleReport
LOOKSMAXSOL$30K$2400K77x2026-08-16
XYZSOL$25K$418K17x2026-08-23
S3SOL$87K$6000K70x2026-09-08
GrokBotSOL$70K$4400K63x2026-08-24

Historic examples only. Each multiple compares the reported market cap with the first alert. Many other alerts in the same period lost value.

7-day record

84 %dead in 24 h
4 %5x in 24 h
22 %2x in 24 h
118tokens measured

118 KOL New Apes alerts on Solana matured in the last 7 days. 22 % doubled inside 24 hours, 4 % went 5x, and 84 % were dead within the day, usually after about 0.6 h. For comparison, 24 % of all Solana alerts doubled. The difference from the rest of Solana is still inside the noise; more data is needed before calling it better or worse.

Source: Blackhat alert scoreboard, 7-day window of mature alerts (older than 24 h), updated 2026-09-24. Full scoreboard.

Glossary

Dev wallet
The creator address and the supply it still controls.
Mint authority
Permission to print more tokens, which should be switched off.
Bonding curve
A launchpad pricing rule where price rises as supply is bought, until the token graduates to an open pool.
LP burn
Burning liquidity-provider tokens to keep the pool in place.

From the @gmgnxsolkolnewapes lane

Recorded on 2026-09-24 from the Empire feed. Ben and Friend keeps a short log so the page shows real alerts even without scripts.

  • familiars printed at 05:46 UTC with a $1.64M market cap and $281.1K in the pool, 4,518 holders.
  • 03:44 UTC · Jotchua entered the lane at $1.70M; pool depth $223.1K, 13,060 holders.
  • goon alerted at 03:37 UTC. Market cap $980.2K, liquidity $122.0K, -15.9 % over the prior hour, 3,631 holders.
  • FEELSGOOD (02:42 UTC) — $3.52M cap against $500.3K liquidity, top 10 holding 17 %, +0.4 % over the prior hour.
  • At 01:40 UTC the feed caught Lobby: cap $321.7K, liquidity $52.2K, 1,047 holders, top 10 holding 23 %.

Recorded values, not live prices. Charts open on GMGN with the publisher's referral code.

Follow on Telegram

Alerts reach Telegram before any web page. Ben and Friend links the routes that fit this lane.

@gmgnxsolkolnewapesLive KOL New Apes alerts for Solana, as they fire.
@gmgnxsolkolclusterSeveral KOLs posted the same token close together: the KOL Cluster channel.
Open SOLANA MainThe chain's main group, posting-restricted to Empire bots and admins.
Add KOL Callers folderImports the related Empire channels as a folder.
Solana channel folderThe full Solana channel set in a single Telegram folder.
@gmgnx_chatThe community chat, for questions and discussion.

Study list

Background for this lane, from the Blackhat DYOR library. Ben and Friend rotates the list over time.

How we read a contract

The routine Ben and Friend uses before trusting any Solana alert.

  1. Open the deployer wallet and read its earlier launches.
  2. Check holder concentration after excluding pool and burn wallets.
  3. Compare volume with liquidity and holder growth.
  4. Check the first minutes for same-block buys from linked wallets.
  5. Work from the contract address; tickers repeat across chains and copies.
  6. Test that you can sell a small amount before adding size.

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Questions

What is Ben and Friend?

Ben and Friend is a Blackhat Crypto Empire desk that follows the KOL New Apes channel on Solana and shows the network's live alerts with the checks we use to read them.

What does the chart link do?

It opens a GMGN chart. The link includes our referral code, which can pay the publisher a commission.

How do I get these alerts on my phone?

Join the @gmgnxsolkolnewapes channel on Telegram. It posts every KOL New Apes alert as it happens.

Why do so many alerted tokens die?

Most new tokens lose their liquidity or most of their value within a day. In the same window 84 % of KOL New Apes alerts on Solana died inside 24 hours.