Discovery and markets API

Which tokens are trending right now?

An activity-based (searches, trading) ranking of the tokens trending now, in rank order: on-chain trading per chain or across chains, or search interest market-wide. Price, 24h change, volume, cap.

GET/api/external/discovery/trending-tokens

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What it returns

An activity-based (searches, trading) ranking of the tokens trending right now, in rank order. basis picks the activity: trading (default) ranks tokens on their on-chain trading over the trailing day, on one chain or across every chain; searches ranks coins on how much they are being searched for, across the whole market. The order is the ranking's own and is never re-sorted here; rank is the position, and no underlying score is published.

`searches` is not chain-scoped. It ranks coins, not one chain's tokens, so its rows carry coinId instead of chain and address, and asking it for a chain is a 400.

With a `chain`, a second ranking answers when the main one fails or ranks nothing: at most 50 tokens in its own order (about a third to half of them are also in the main ranking), holders null, and liquidity counted across all of a token's pools, about 2x the main figure; volume reads somewhat higher too. Prices agree within 5% on most tokens both rank. The ranking across every chain has no second source.

Trending is attention, not quality: a token can trend because it is collapsing. For the biggest price moves use market-movers; for the pools trending, trending-pools.

Chains

Solana SOL
Ethereum ETH
BNB Chain BNB
Base BASE

Request

Send your key in the x-dex-data-key header. Replace each <placeholder> with a real value.

curl -H "x-dex-data-key: $DEXDATA_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.dexdata.io/api/external/discovery/trending-tokens"

Parameters
Parameter	Description
`basis` query · string · optional	The activity ranked on. `trading` (default): on-chain trading. `searches`: search interest, not chain-scoped.`tradingsearches`
`chain` query · string · optional	Basis `trading` only: rank within this chain. Omit for every chain. A 400 on basis `searches`.
`limit` query · integer · optional	How many tokens to return from the top, 1 to 100. Defaults to 20.

Response fields

A JSON response. Every field is always present; null means the value could not be established, never zero.

Response fields of Which tokens are trending right now?
Field	Type	Description
`basis`	string	The activity ranked on.
`chain`	string \| null	The chain ranked within, or null for every chain.
`listSize`	integer	How many tokens the ranking held, before `limit`. The `searches` ranking is short (15 when measured); the second `trading` ranking holds at most 50.
`count`	integer	How many rows are in `tokens`.
`tokens`	object[]	In rank order.
`tokens[].rank`	integer	Position in the ranking, 1 = most trending.
`tokens[].chain`	string \| null	Basis `trading`: the chain the token trades on, or null when it is a chain this API does not publish (the ranking across every chain includes some). Always null on basis `searches`.
`tokens[].chainRef`	string \| null	Basis `trading`: the chain identifier as ranked, e.g. `solana` or `0x38`, present even when `chain` is null. Null on basis `searches`.
`tokens[].address`	string \| null	Basis `trading`: the mint or contract address. Null on basis `searches`.
`tokens[].coinId`	string \| null	Basis `searches`: the coin id, e.g. `bitcoin` — that ranking is of coins, not of one chain's tokens. Null on basis `trading`.
`tokens[].symbol`	string \| null	Ticker.
`tokens[].name`	string \| null	Name.
`tokens[].priceUsd`	number \| null	Price in USD.
`tokens[].priceChangePercent24h`	number \| null	Price change over the trailing 24h, in PERCENT (12.5 = +12.5 %).
`tokens[].volumeUsd24h`	number \| null	Traded volume over the trailing 24h, USD.
`tokens[].marketCapUsd`	number \| null	Market cap, USD.
`tokens[].liquidityUsd`	number \| null	Basis `trading`: USD liquidity in the token's pools; from the second ranking, counted across all of them (about 2x the main figure). Null on basis `searches`.
`tokens[].holders`	integer \| null	Basis `trading`: holder count; null from the second ranking. Null on basis `searches`.

Price per call

Every call: 150 credits

Charged only when the call succeeds. Prices as of 2026-10-30; the current ones are always in the API reference.

Which coins gained and lost the most across the whole market?
The biggest price moves instead of the most attention.
Which liquidity pools are trending right now?
The pools trending, with the venue each trades on.
Which tokens are paying for visibility on the listing venue right now?
Which of the trending tokens are also paying for visibility.
Which tokens is smart money trading on this chain?
What the whole market is trading, next to what smart wallets trade.
Which on-chain narratives are trending right now?
The sectors (cat, ai, x402, trump…) trading hardest right now by an activity-based ranking, with their combined market cap, liquidity, 24h volume and 5m/1h/6h/24h market-cap moves.
Which tokens are behind this trending narrative?
One trending sector (cat, ai, x402…) by id or name: its tokens on every chain with address, price, market cap and pool, plus the sector's own market cap, volume and momentum.

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