Blue Chip Tokens

This tutorial shows you how to find blue chip tokens - established cryptocurrencies with large market caps, high security scores, proven longevity, and significant trading volumes.

Blue Chip Query

Find high-quality, established tokens:

{
  "chains": ["eth"],
  "filters": [
    {
      "metric": "securityScore",
      "gt": 70
    },
    {
      "metric": "marketCap",
      "gt": 150000000,
      "lt": 3000000000
    },
    {
      "metric": "tokenAge",
      "gt": 365
    },
    {
      "metric": "buyers",
      "timeFrame": "oneMonth",
      "gt": 100
    },
    {
      "metric": "volumeUsd",
      "timeFrame": "oneMonth",
      "gt": 500000
    }
  ],
  "sortBy": {
    "metric": "marketCap",
    "type": "DESC"
  },
  "limit": 100
}

Blue Chip Criteria:

• High Security: Score above 70
• Large Market Cap: $150M - $3B range
• Proven History: Over 1 year old
• Active Trading: 100+ monthly buyers
• High Volume: Over $500K monthly volume

Full cURL Example

Test this command to find blue chip tokens:

curl -X POST \
  'https://deep-index.moralis.io/api/v2.2/discovery/tokens' \
  -H 'X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "chains": ["eth"],
    "filters": [
      {
        "metric": "securityScore",
        "gt": 70
      },
      {
        "metric": "marketCap",
        "gt": 150000000,
        "lt": 3000000000
      },
      {
        "metric": "tokenAge",
        "gt": 365
      },
      {
        "metric": "buyers",
        "timeFrame": "oneMonth",
        "gt": 100
      },
      {
        "metric": "volumeUsd",
        "timeFrame": "oneMonth",
        "gt": 500000
      }
    ],
    "sortBy": {
      "metric": "marketCap",
      "type": "DESC"
    },
    "limit": 100
  }'

Premium Blue Chips

For the highest quality tokens, use stricter filters:

{
  "chains": ["eth"],
  "filters": [
    {
      "metric": "securityScore",
      "gt": 85
    },
    {
      "metric": "marketCap",
      "gt": 1000000000
    },
    {
      "metric": "tokenAge",
      "gt": 730
    },
    {
      "metric": "totalHolders",
      "gt": 10000
    },
    {
      "metric": "totalLiquidityUsd",
      "gt": 5000000
    },
    {
      "metric": "volumeUsd",
      "timeFrame": "oneMonth",
      "gt": 50000000
    }
  ],
  "sortBy": {
    "metric": "marketCap",
    "type": "DESC"
  }
}

Premium Criteria:

• Market cap over $1B
• 2+ years old
• 10,000+ holders
• $5M+ liquidity
• $50M+ monthly volume

Multi-Chain Blue Chips

Search for blue chips across major chains:

{
  "chains": ["eth", "polygon", "arbitrum", "binance"],
  "categories": {
    "exclude": ["stablecoin", "wrapped", "meme"]
  },
  "filters": [
    {
      "metric": "marketCap",
      "gt": 100000000
    },
    {
      "metric": "securityScore",
      "gt": 75
    },
    {
      "metric": "tokenAge",
      "gt": 180
    },
    {
      "metric": "holderSupplyPercentTop10",
      "lt": 60
    }
  ],
  "metricsToReturn": [
    "marketCap",
    "totalHolders",
    "volumeUsd",
    "securityScore"
  ],
  "sortBy": {
    "metric": "marketCap",
    "type": "DESC"
  }
}

Additional Filters:

• Excludes meme coins for serious investments
• Checks holder distribution (top 10 hold < 60%)
• Returns only essential metrics

Sector-Specific Blue Chips

Find blue chips in specific categories:

{
  "chains": ["eth"],
  "categories": {
    "include": ["defi", "infrastructure"]
  },
  "filters": [
    {
      "metric": "marketCap",
      "gt": 200000000
    },
    {
      "metric": "securityScore",
      "gt": 80
    },
    {
      "metric": "volumeUsd",
      "timeFrame": "oneWeek",
      "gt": 10000000
    }
  ],
  "sortBy": {
    "metric": "totalHolders",
    "type": "DESC"
  }
}

Blue Chip Response Example

Typical blue chip token characteristics:

{
  "tokenSymbol": "UNI",
  "tokenName": "Uniswap",
  "marketCap": 4500000000,
  "securityScore": 95,
  "tokenAge": 1200,
  "totalHolders": 354000,
  "totalLiquidityUsd": 125000000,
  "volumeUsd": {
    "oneDay": 85000000,
    "oneWeek": 620000000,
    "oneMonth": 2400000000
  },
  "holderSupplyPercentTop10": 42.5,
  "usdPricePercentChange": {
    "oneDay": 2.1,
    "oneWeek": -3.4,
    "oneMonth": 8.7
  }
}

Blue Chip Indicators

Key metrics to evaluate:

1. Market Cap: Generally > $100M, ideally > $1B
2. Age: Minimum 6 months, preferably 1+ years
3. Holders: Thousands to hundreds of thousands
4. Liquidity: Deep liquidity for large trades
5. Volume: Consistent high volume across time frames
6. Distribution: Not overly concentrated in few wallets

Investment Strategy

Portfolio Allocation

• Core Holdings: Top 10 by market cap (50-70%)
• Satellite Positions: Smaller blue chips (20-30%)
• Emerging Blue Chips: $100M-$500M caps (10-20%)

Risk Management

{
  "filters": [
    { "metric": "securityScore", "gt": 90 },
    { "metric": "holderSupplyPercentTop10", "lt": 50 },
    { "metric": "totalLiquidityUsd", "gt": 1000000 }
  ]
}

Blue Chip vs Growth Comparison

Use this query to find emerging blue chips:

{
  "filters": [
    {
      "metric": "marketCap",
      "gt": 50000000,
      "lt": 200000000
    },
    {
      "metric": "tokenAge",
      "gt": 90,
      "lt": 365
    },
    {
      "metric": "holders",
      "timeFrame": "oneMonth",
      "gt": 1000
    }
  ]
}

Common Blue Chip Categories

• DeFi Protocols: Uniswap, Aave, Compound
• Layer 2s: Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon
• Infrastructure: Chainlink, The Graph
• Exchange Tokens: Platform-specific tokens