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Relic Ledger
What moved on Solana in the Big Buys lane, what the record says about it, and how to check a contract in ten minutes.
What a Big Buys alert means
A Big Buys alert means a large single purchase hit the token.
Relic Ledger reads on-chain buying as evidence, with limits. One wallet can split into ten; a fresh wallet can belong to the deployer. The checks below cover both cases.
As a rule, a buy is a fact. The reason behind it is a guess. Relic Ledger uses the Big Buys channel for the facts and keeps the guessing for later.
First look: Open the buying wallet and read its last twenty trades before trusting the buy. Compare the buy size with pool liquidity; a buy that moves price far is also hard to exit.
Alerts as they land
Loading live Big Buys alerts…
Screen: market cap at least $50.0K, liquidity at least $5.0K, at least 100 holders, top-10 wallets holding at most 30 %. Charts open on GMGN.
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Lane log
Relic Ledger logged these Big Buys alerts from the network feed on 2026-09-23. Numbers are the values at alert time.
- JEANPHIL printed at 15:04 UTC with a $6.18M market cap and $775.8K in the pool, 4,844 holders.
- LEVERCAT printed at 14:55 UTC with a $2.27M market cap and $291.1K in the pool, 5,343 holders.
- GP alerted at 14:52 UTC. Market cap $18.63M, liquidity $1.85M, -10.5 % over the prior hour, 12,827 holders.
- PAID (14:48 UTC) — $10.06M cap against $1.77M liquidity, top 10 holding 18 %, -7.0 % over the prior hour.
- At 13:59 UTC the feed caught LYNKS: cap $411.0K, liquidity $59.2K, 870 holders, top 10 holding 29 %.
- FLEX printed at 12:13 UTC with a $628.1K market cap and $134.5K in the pool, 145 holders.
- BURNIE (11:41 UTC) — $1.72M cap against $277.3K liquidity, top 10 holding 28 %, -5.4 % over the prior hour.
Recorded values, not live prices. Charts open on GMGN with the publisher's referral code.
Dated examples from the network
| Token | Chain | First alert cap | Tracked cap | Multiple | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARE | Robinhood | $38K | $3700K | 99x | 2026-09-03 |
| Jacob | Robinhood | $47K | $906K | 19x | 2026-09-09 |
| MEME | Base | $43K | $248K | 6x | 2026-09-03 |
| BABYPONS | BSC | $184K | $3500K | 19x | 2026-09-07 |
Historic examples only. Each multiple compares the reported market cap with the first alert. Many other alerts in the same period lost value.
Join the channels
Pick one route. @empiresolbigbuys is the direct source for Relic Ledger.
@empiresolbigbuysThe source channel for this desk: all Big Buys prints on Solana.
@empiresolsinglebuysA single followed wallet opened a position: the Single Buys channel.
Open SOLANA MainThe verified Solana main group with all alert lanes.
Add Single Buys folderAdds a whole set of verified channels to Telegram in one tap.
Solana channel folderEvery verified Solana alert channel, added as one folder.
@gmgnx_chatThe community chat, for questions and discussion.
Terms used here
- KOL
- A public account with enough followers to move a small market.
- Smart money
- Wallets with a measured history of profitable trades.
- FDV
- Value of the full supply at the current price.
- CTO
- Community takeover: holders relaunch a token after the team leaves.
Our method
Ten minutes, before any money moves.
- Try a small sell early; some tokens restrict selling.
- Look for bundled launch buys: several wallets buying in the same block.
- Open the chart and confirm the pool, the pair and the liquidity figure.
- Write down the level that proves you wrong before any buy.
- Check holder concentration after excluding pool and burn wallets.
7-day record
27 %2x in 24 h
26tokens measured
8 %5x in 24 h
81 %dead in 24 h
26 Big Buys alerts on Solana matured in the last 7 days. 27 % doubled inside 24 hours, 8 % went 5x, and 81 % were dead within the day, usually after about 2 h. For comparison, 25 % of all Solana alerts doubled.
Source: Blackhat alert scoreboard, 7-day window of mature alerts (older than 24 h), updated 2026-09-23. Full scoreboard.
How Relic Ledger filters
Relic Ledger narrows the Big Buys lane on Solana with a simple, public screen:
- market cap at least $50.0K
- liquidity at least $5.0K
- at least 100 holders
- top-10 wallets holding at most 30 %
Checked against the latest 27 alerts in the lane (about 4 hours): 21 passed. The passing group sat at a median $4.67M cap with $426.2K in the pool and roughly 5343 holders. 10 out of 27 alerts showed a pool smaller than a tenth of the cap — a warning sign on its own. The median top-10 holder share across the lane was 24 %.
Values measured on 2026-09-23 from the Empire feed. The screen is a filter, not a recommendation.
Questions
What is Relic Ledger?
It is one of the Empire's public desks. It watches Big Buys alerts on Solana, prints them live and explains how to check each one.
What does 'dead' mean on the scoreboard?
A token counts as dead when its market cap falls 80 % or more from the first alert, drops under $5K, or its pool loses its liquidity.
Where do the alerts come from?
From the Blackhat Empire alert network: on-chain data, launchpads, screeners and tracked wallets, filtered and posted to Telegram. The live board reads the same feed.
How do I get these alerts on my phone?
Join the @empiresolbigbuys channel on Telegram. It posts every Big Buys alert as it happens.