Moonshot Hunting Guide (Part 2): Way to Find Low Cap Crypto

Table of Contents

• 🚀 Team, Stakeholders & Transparency

• 🔍 Tokenomics that Make or Break

• 🔑 Final Thoughts for Part 2

In Part 1, we covered the basics: how to spot new projects, why DYOR matters, and the importance of filtering noise early. Now, in Part 2, we’re going deeper. This is where you sharpen your radar, evaluate the team, tokenomics, and on-chain data. By the end, you’ll know how to tell whether a low cap crypto has genuine potential or is just another rug in disguise.

🌱 Market Positioning & On-Chain Patterns

The first step after clicking on a token to see if it is worth investing in is to check its transactions for anything suspicious.

Exchange Listings:

Most low cap cryptos launch on DEXs like Uniswap or PancakeSwap, so head straight to the “Trade History” tab. Sort the trades by value, highest to lowest, and start digging into the wallet activity.

👉 If you notice a wallet that never bought any tokens but suddenly dumps a huge amount into the market, that’s a major red flag. It usually means insiders or early allocations are cashing out on retail.

This simple check can save you from becoming exit liquidity before you even hit the buy button.

The trade history of other tokens shows that the wallets have bought and sold, then it will be more secure and can be considered acceptable (I mean, it can be moved to the next step of checking).

Accumulation Patterns:

Tools like DEXTools or GeckoTerminal reveal buying pressure. If wallets accumulate over hours without any red candles, it’s another red flag - a big TRAP. I mean, how can people just buy without any intention of taking their profit?

Of course, we have lots of investors and holders here but are you sure that there are no trades selling low cap crypto to take x3 or x4 profit.

Holder Distribution:

Check blockchain explorers. If 5 wallets hold 80% of supply, that’s a disaster waiting to happen.

The above picture says that almost all the tokens are floating in the market and there is one person holding more than 20% of the total supply, to me this is definitely the developer of the project, or someone in the team, no one would rush to buy 1/5 of the total max supply when it first opens for trading.

Even if that's not the case, this means your assets could be manipulated by a few large holders.

👉 Market positioning is about seeing whether a project is gaining actual traction before a big CEX listing sends it mainstream. Whitepapers lie, roadmaps lie, Twitter threads lie, but on-chain data never lies.

🚀 Team, Stakeholders & Transparency

The team behind the project is often the biggest indicator of whether it’s legit or just another pump-and-dump.

• If the founders are doxxed, check their LinkedIn, GitHub, or past projects. A developer who’s shipped on Solana, Ethereum, or worked with DeFi protocols carries more weight than a faceless Telegram avatar.

• If the team is anonymous, that’s not always bad (Bitcoin itself was started anonymously), but combine it with other red flags like a missing roadmap, and you’ve got a problem.

• Look at stakeholders and backers. If the project has ecosystem grants (like from Optimism, or Polkadot), it’s already vetted to some degree. For me, this depends on the project, but if they have a business product behind it, it’s likely sustainable. If a project doesn’t provide any information about its members, ecosystem, or anything like the above, I recommend you don’t invest in it.

The bottom line: I know that most moonshot projects will have some dark side that's hard to explain, so I'll leave this as a secondary criterion, it's a plus.

🔍 Tokenomics that Make or Break

This is where many retail investors trip. You see a low market cap and think “moonshot,” but the tokenomics are quietly working against you.

Here’s what to check!

Locked tokens & Circulating supply:

If you want to invest in the pre-launch stage on the exchange to be sure of winning, you need to carefully look at the tokenomics during presale and fair launch. It is most secure when the amount is reserved for presale or divided equally for liquidity.

If most of the token supply is controlled by the devs, that’s your signal to run fast. Once trading starts, they can remove all the liquidity in seconds, leaving investors with worthless tokens.

Another trap is when the contract sets a “Marketing Fee” at 100%. In this case, you can buy this low cap crypto but you’ll never be able to sell it. The result is you watch your money disappear while the devs drain liquidity and move on.

You are wondering if these projects have been audited and KYC, you can sue this developer based on KYC information. That will never happen. Why? Read Part 3.

Good tokenomics don’t guarantee success, but bad tokenomics almost always guarantee failure.

Inflation vs. Deflation:

Inflationary tokens (like those printing endless rewards) usually crash long-term unless they balance supply sinks.

Tokens with an infinite max supply are extremely dangerous, I still advise you not to invest in such coins (except $ETH.X ( ▲ 1.97% ) and $SOL.X ( ▲ 3.33% ) ).

And assuming the Creator of this token still has the Authority (as shown in the picture below) to mine more tokens, they will definitely mine more to dump all those tokens at once without having to buy or add any coin to liquidity.

Vesting Schedules:

Good projects usually structure team vesting so that insiders can’t dump everything at once. Check the token release information to ensure the project team won’t be able to pump and dump their tokens, and you won’t lose money.

Of course, not every project hides the details. Many solid low cap crypto projects are clear and transparent about vesting schedules for team members and early backers. They show exactly how tokens unlock over time.

I say that not because there is no basis, there are many projects that do not even mention the vesting of members and talk about tokenomics.

And you know what the result was?

Investors don't even have one day to withdraw their investment. It would be a scam!

🔑 Final Thoughts for Part 2

By now, you see that low cap crypto hunting is more than hype chasing. It’s about applying filters:

• Strong and transparent teams

• Tokenomics that make sense

• Market data that shows accumulation, not manipulation

• On-chain signals that reveal the truth

In Part 3, we’ll cover the final piece: risk control and portfolio positioning. Because even the best low cap gem can burn you if you don’t size your bets wisely and take profits at the right time.

Until then, keep scouting, keep vetting, and remember: most people buy the story. Smart investors follow the data.