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# How Do I Check Token Holder Concentration?
Holder count alone can be misleading.
A token may have thousands of holders while a small connected group still controls most of its tradable supply. Concentration creates the risk that one whale, developer, or coordinated cluster can trigger a severe sell-off.
On Ave.ai’s token page, traders can review:
* Top-holder balances
* Top-10 concentration
* Top-50 holder activity
* Developer holdings
* Smart Money holdings
* Whale wallets
* Bundled wallets
* Suspected insider accounts
* Buyer and seller categories
* Relationships between holder addresses
The Ave.ai platform also developed a Bubblemaps tool for visualizing connections among token holders.
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#### What should raise concern?
There is no universal concentration threshold for every token, but traders should investigate when:
* The top wallets control a large share of circulating supply
* Several top wallets received tokens directly from the developer
* Multiple wallets bought in the same block or with highly similar patterns
* Developer or insider holdings remain high
* Supply has been divided among many wallets that appear connected
* Liquidity is small relative to the largest holder positions
Ave.ai’s security documentation includes a top-holdings check as one component of its contract-risk assessment. However, concentration should always be interpreted alongside liquidity, wallet relationships, token age, and distribution history.
A wallet holding 10% of supply is much more dangerous when available liquidity can absorb only a fraction of that position.
