Learn to trade new tokens

Short, accurate guides to how on-chain trading works and how to read the risks. Written for people who are new to it, and kept in step with how Verve actually behaves.

• What is a memecoin?: A memecoin is a token whose value comes mostly from community attention, not from a product. Learn how they work, why they move fast and how to size the risk.
• What is slippage?: Slippage is the gap between the price you expected and the price you actually got. See why it happens, what a slippage limit does and how to choose one.
• What is MEV?: MEV is value extracted by reordering or inserting transactions. Learn how sandwich attacks work and the practical steps that limit their effect on you.
• What is a bonding curve?: A bonding curve sets a token's price by a formula as people buy. Learn how curve launches work, what migration means and how Pulse columns map to it.
• Custodial vs non-custodial wallets: Custodial wallets are held for you by a company; non-custodial wallets are controlled by your keys. Compare the trade-offs and how Verve wallets work.
• How cross-chain trading works: Each blockchain has its own assets and wallets. Learn why moving value between chains is hard, how bridging works and how Verve's cross-chain cash is designed.
• How Verve fees work: How Verve charges: 0.9% on spot swaps, 1.8% on copy trades, lower fees on sends and converts, charged per wallet, with cashback on eligible trades.
• How to export your private key: Step by step: export a Verve wallet's private key through a Security Check and a secure form, and how to store it without putting funds at risk.
• How to read token safety signals: Top holders, developer holdings, snipers, bundlers, liquidity and honeypot checks: what each signal on a token page means and what it cannot tell you.
• How to buy a memecoin: A step-by-step path to buying a memecoin: choose a chain, fund a wallet, vet the token, set slippage and confirm. Includes the fees you will see.
• What are gas fees?: Gas is the network fee a blockchain charges to process a transaction. See what it pays for, why it varies and which asset covers it on each of nine chains.
• Memecoin trading risks: A plain list of the main risks in memecoin trading, from honeypots and thin liquidity to wallet security, and the habits that limit your downside.
• Memecoin and trading glossary: Plain definitions of the terms you meet when trading new tokens: slippage, MEV, bonding curve, liquidity, honeypot, gas, sniper, bundler and more.