Key Takeaways
Bubblemaps is an on-chain intelligence layer — a data analytics infrastructure that transforms raw blockchain data into structured, actionable insights.
The visual engine is used by traders, protocols, and researchers across nine blockchains. It helps users identify token flows and wallet behavior.
Key features include Magic Nodes, which reveal hidden wallet connections, and Time Travel, which shows how token distributions change over time.
Bubblemaps integrates directly into major platforms like Etherscan, DEXScreener, and CoinGecko.
The Intel Desk is Bubblemaps’ community-driven investigation layer. It structures investigations into permanent cases and allows contributors to be recognized and rewarded.
Introduction
Blockchain data is transparent — but not always intelligible. With millions of transactions happening daily, identifying insider activity, token anomalies, or early trading signals can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack.
The ease of launching new tokens has amplified this complexity, making clear investigative tools even more essential. That’s where Bubblemaps comes in: transforming blockchain chaos into structured, visual intelligence.
What Is Bubblemaps?
Bubblemaps is a visual analytics platform for Web3. Each map it generates uses bubbles to represent wallets, and lines to represent token transfers between them.
This visual format makes it easy to uncover:
Token clusters.
Insider distribution patterns.
Suspicious wallet interactions.
Early signals in market activity.
From detecting pre-launch wallet connections to analyzing token flow anomalies, Bubblemaps has become a go-to resource for traders, on-chain investigators, and protocols alike.
Used by over 500,000 traders, funds, and analysts, Bubblemaps helps users investigate networks, uncover insider activity, and spot early market signals across chains. It’s already integrated into leading Web3 platforms like Etherscan, CoinGecko, and DEXScreener.
How Bubblemaps Works
Each bubble on the map represents a wallet or address, and its size reflects the number of tokens it holds. Lines between bubbles represent past token transfers. This visual layout allows users to quickly recognize patterns such as:
Whale wallets or token hoarding.
Insider wallets connected through transfers.
Coordinated activity ahead of price action.
Bubblemaps organizes both token and NFT distribution data into these interactive “bubble maps.” Features like Magic Nodes automatically highlight hidden wallet connections, while Time Travel allows users to explore how distributions evolve over time. The platform supports multiple EVM and non-EVM chains and renders maps in seconds.
The Beginning: Bubblemaps V1
Let’s do a quick exploration of Bubblemaps V1 to illustrate its basic functionalities.
First, search for a token or wallet address. In this example, we used BMT, the native token of Bubblemaps, which is available on both BNB Chain and Solana networks.
By default, the visualization tool displays the top 150 holders of a token. Bubbles representing contracts or exchanges are automatically hidden. However, users can reveal them by clicking the eye icon next to their address or name.
Additionally, multiple contracts and exchanges can be revealed or hidden at once using the Top Wallets List menu. When a wallet is selected, clicking “Show Transfers” displays the blockchain transactions associated with that address.
While connecting is not required to use the app, users have the option to log in with their X accounts or Web3 wallets such as Trust Wallet, MetaMask, or Phantom.
Today: Bubblemaps V2
Bubblemaps V2 is an upgraded version of the platform with better features for tracking token holders and blockchain transactions.
Key features of Bubblemaps V2 include:
Improved Bubble Maps: The bubble maps are more intuitive and feature new tools to improve your analysis.
Time Travel: Historical analysis that shows changes in token distribution over time, helping track potentially significant movements in the market.
Magic Nodes: Uses smart techniques to uncover hidden links between wallets, which can be useful for fraud detection.
Filtering and customization: Users can filter data based on token type, transaction amount, and other parameters.
Extra fresh data: The platform refreshes data every six hours to provide the latest insights.
Cross-chain: Bubblemaps V2 works with multiple blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, Tron, BNB Chain, and many more to come.
Following a private beta with over 200,000 users, V2 is now open to everyone. Bubblemaps has already played a central role in high-profile investigations featured in The Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. These include tracing suspicious wallet activity of the TRUMP and MELANIA tokens, and uncovering early insider movements during Solana’s memecoin season.
What Makes Bubblemaps Unique?
A new financial primitive: InfoFi
On-chain transparency was Web3’s first breakthrough, but transparency without structure can be overwhelming. Bubblemaps brings meaning to the noise, enabling real insights, accountability, and alpha.
This structured intelligence layer is what defines InfoFi: a new Web3 paradigm where information becomes financial infrastructure. Just as DeFi unlocked capital, InfoFi unlocks intelligence — and Bubblemaps is a core part of it.
Signature visuals
Bubblemaps is not a dashboard — it’s a visual tool. Its interface allows anyone, from retail traders to institutional analysts, to explore wallet clusters and detect trading anomalies at a glance.
This format makes complex on-chain activity instantly understandable — without requiring SQL or technical knowledge.
Live infra, everywhere
Bubblemaps is integrated across the leading tools in Web3, including:
Etherscan
CoinGecko
DEXScreener
DEXtools
Photon
These integrations ensure Bubblemaps insights are accessible where users already trade, research, and investigate.
Community intelligence: the Intel Desk
The Intel Desk is Bubblemaps’ community-driven investigation platform. It was created to address a common problem: important findings about hacks or suspicious token launches often surface on social media but quickly get lost in timelines. Intel Desk turns these insights into structured, permanent cases.
When an incident occurs, such as a hack, rug pull, or insider-linked activity, it can be opened as a case page. Each case acts as a live feed where contributions are collected, showing how the story unfolded and who provided key information. Users stake Bubblemaps’ native token, BMT, to vote on which cases should be prioritized. More votes apply higher multipliers, increasing the visibility of the case and the weight of future contributions.
Contributors within a case are ranked based on impact, reach, and timing. Tweets or analyses that provide useful evidence earn points, multiplied by the case’s score. This ensures that the most valuable research rises to the top, while weaker or unverifiable claims are filtered out. Investigators whose work advances a case can be recognized and rewarded in BMT, and funded bounties will allow the community to support deeper investigations into high-priority topics.
By combining voting, ranking, and incentives, the Intel Desk creates a collaborative process where community sleuths — from well-known researchers to everyday users — can contribute effectively. It also acts as a public archive of documented cases, improving transparency across Web3 and helping the industry respond more quickly to emerging risks.
What Is the BubblemapsToken (BMT)?
BMT is the native utility token that powers the Bubblemaps platform. It grants holders access to advanced tools and governance capabilities.
BMT use cases:
Access to advanced tools: Unlock premium features such as AI-powered wallet clustering, historical token tracing, and customizable filters for deeper analysis.
Community investigations: Use BMT to vote on cases within the Intel Desk, helping prioritize which incidents are investigated and ensuring valuable contributions are rewarded.
Ecosystem governance: Participate in shaping the long-term direction and development of the Bubblemaps ecosystem.
The Bubblemaps Ecosystem
Bubblemaps is already applied across multiple areas of Web3 research and trading:
Traders use it to track wallet behavior and market entry patterns.
Protocols monitor token distribution to identify large holders or manipulation risks.
On-chain researchers map network behaviors across tokens and ecosystems.
Investigators uncover links between wallets involved in suspicious activity.
Analysts and journalists reference Bubblemaps’ public visuals to support reporting.
Together, these applications have helped Bubblemaps reach more than 500,000 monthly users, with adoption continuing to grow in 2024 and beyond.
Bubblemaps’ Core Features
Magic Nodes
This advanced feature uncovers indirect wallet relationships by identifying shared transfer behaviors — even when wallets haven’t interacted directly.
By grouping wallets through behavioral clustering, Magic Nodes help reveal hidden teams behind memecoins, coordinated insider moves, or stealthy wallet strategies.
Time Travel
Bubblemaps’ Time Travel feature lets users explore how a token’s distribution changed over time. Whether you’re researching a fair launch or investigating an exploit, Time Travel helps reconstruct wallet histories with precision.
What’s Next for Bubblemaps?
Bubblemaps is actively expanding its reach and capabilities.
Here’s what’s coming:
New blockchain support, including more Layer 2s and alt-layer networks.
AI-powered alerts for detecting abnormal wallet behavior or token anomalies.
Enhanced Intel Desk features: Tools to make case submissions and investigations more scalable and collaborative.
Enterprise solutions for protocols and funds.
With more partners, integrations, and real-world use cases arriving, Bubblemaps is positioning itself as a core part of the on-chain intelligence stack for years to come.
Closing Thoughts
Bubblemaps is building something much bigger than a blockchain visualizer — it’s constructing the InfoFi layer of Web3.
As the industry moves toward more transparency and intelligence-based decision-making, Bubblemaps is giving users the infrastructure to act on blockchain data with clarity and confidence.
From its signature visuals to its real-time integrations, it’s already used by hundreds of thousands of users. And with BMT unlocking the full experience, the platform is evolving into a powerhouse for both retail users and institutional analysts alike.
As crypto moves on-chain, the edge is no longer access but interpretation. Bubblemaps marks the shift where structured data drives discovery, conviction, and trust in the emerging InfoFi sector.