BONKbot

BONKbot is a Telegram-native trading bot for the Solana blockchain, and the engine behind Telemetry, a companion web and mobile trading terminal. Together they give traders sub-millisecond swap execution across Telegram, desktop, and mobile without relinquishing custody of funds.

The Problem It Solves

Memecoin and token trading on Solana is a speed game. On-chain DEX interfaces require wallet connections, transaction signing, and page loads — every second of lag costs entry price. BONKbot compresses that entire flow into a Telegram conversation: paste a contract address, tap a preset buy amount, done. The same speed-first philosophy runs through Telemetry, which adds a full analytics layer without sacrificing execution velocity.

How It Works

BONKbot is accessed through Telegram at @bonkbot_bot. On first launch it generates a Solana wallet for the user and displays the private key — the user is responsible for storing it securely. Once funded with SOL, trading is a four-step process: send SOL to the bot-generated wallet, paste a contract address or URL from pump.fun, DEXscreener, Birdeye, or Meteora, buy using preset amounts or a custom figure, and sell in one click or by percentage. All swaps route through Jupiter, Solana's leading DEX aggregator, for best available liquidity.

The architecture is non-custodial. BONKbot manages private keys on behalf of users through its key management infrastructure, but users can export keys at any time. The platform describes this as a "hardware wallet in the cloud," using Trusted Platform Modules (TPM) and Hardware Security Modules (HSM) at the infrastructure layer. End-to-end encryption and optional two-factor authentication — which can be required before each individual swap — add further protection. No third-party security audits have been publicly disclosed.

Trading Features

BONKbot's feature set has expanded significantly since its November 2023 launch.

Limit orders: Five types cover the primary automated entry and exit strategies — Buy Dip, Buy Breakout, Take Profit, Stop Loss, and Trailing Stop Loss. Partial fills are supported, allowing positions to be built even in thin markets.

DCA: Standard dollar-cost averaging lets users schedule recurring buys or sells at fixed intervals and amounts. Stealth DCA, launched December 2024, conceals order intent off-chain before submission to reduce front-running exposure from bots monitoring pending transactions.

Nighthawk Sniper: A whitelisted sniping module for catching tokens at launch. Precision Snipes enforce market cap limits and fixed loss parameters; Speed Snipes prioritize pure execution velocity without those constraints. Nighthawk integrates specifically with pump.fun contract addresses and Meteora pool IDs.

Alpha Alerts: Real-time token signals with intelligent filtering, surfacing new launches and market moves directly in Telegram.

P&L Cards: Shareable profit/loss summary cards for individual trades or full portfolio performance.

Telemetry: The Web Terminal

Telemetry (telemetry.io) is BONKbot's desktop and mobile trading terminal, synchronized with the Telegram bot so wallets and positions are shared across both surfaces. It adds an analytics layer not available in Telegram:

• Wallet and whale tracking across up to 800 wallets simultaneously, with sub-millisecond confluence detection when tracked wallets enter the same token
• Token launch monitoring across Solana DEXs
• Developer funding source detection to flag potential rug pulls at launch
• Holder analytics and supply concentration metrics

Telemetry's Rewards program returns up to 25% of trading fees based on volume tiers and referral activity — a cashback mechanism that also drives the platform's referral growth.

Fees and the BONK Token Relationship

Every completed swap costs 1% of the transaction value. There is no subscription fee. Solana priority fees — configurable up to approximately 0.001 SOL per transaction — are charged separately by the network.

The fee structure is explicitly tied to the BONK memecoin ecosystem. BONKbot routes 10% of collected fees to the BONK DAO. The DAO has used that accumulation for on-chain token burns: in one documented governance vote on the Realms platform, the DAO proposed burning 278 trillion BONK tokens, representing 100% of BONKbot-derived treasury funds accumulated since launch. This creates a deflationary feedback loop in which BONKbot trading volume directly reduces BONK circulating supply, aligning the bot's commercial success with the financial interests of BONK token holders.

At peak, BONKbot generated $1.23 million in a single day of fees during the JUP token launch on January 31, 2024. By Q1 2026 the broader Bonk Inc. entity — which includes BONKbot and the LetsBonk.fun launchpad — reported $10.44 million in quarterly revenue, a 45% year-over-year increase, though BONKbot's standalone monthly fees have moderated to approximately $667,000 as of mid-2026.

Scale

As of early 2025, BONKbot had processed over 69.3 million trades and more than $10.1 billion in total trading volume, with over 452,000 registered users. It briefly ranked among the top fee-generating protocols on Solana during the 2024 bull market.

A December 2024 partnership with MoonPay enabled direct fiat-to-crypto funding inside the Telegram bot via Apple Pay, Google Pay, or credit card, removing the prior requirement to source SOL from an exchange before trading.

Team

BONKbot's team is largely pseudonymous. Co-founder DefiAzog has spoken publicly about the product's philosophy — "we built BONKbot to put the fastest and simplest trading experience on Solana into everyone's pocket so users can trade as fast as memecoin markets move" — but broader team composition is not publicly disclosed.

Solana Ecosystem Fit

BONKbot targets the Solana-native retail trader who wants professional-grade execution without navigating a DEX interface. Its deep integration with pump.fun, the dominant Solana token launchpad, makes it a natural tool for the speculative memecoin market that has defined Solana's DeFi character since 2023. The BONK token burn mechanism structurally aligns the bot's success with one of Solana's largest token communities, giving BONK holders a direct incentive to promote and use the platform. Competition comes from other Telegram bots including Trojan and Banana Gun, though those products focus on multi-chain markets rather than Solana exclusively.