How is the once-popular TG Trading BOT performing today?
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How is the once-popular TG Trading BOT performing today?
Regarding the overall data for the entire sector, the TG Trading Bot sector has seen a significant decline compared to the summer data.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsAuthor: dt, DODO Research
As one of the few hot sectors this year, how has the once-popular TG Trading BOT sector performed lately? Today, Dr. DODO will take you on an exploration—let’s use the publication date of Binance Research’s report, August 17th, as a reference point to compare how the landscape of the TG Trading Bot sector has changed over the past two and a half months. How have former leaders Maestro, Unibot, and Banana Gun each evolved?
Data Comparison
In terms of overall sector metrics, whether in trading volume, transaction count (Tx), or user numbers, the TG Trading Bot sector has seen a clear pullback compared to its peak summer levels. Daily trading volume has dropped from a high of nearly $30M to around $10M today. Transaction counts have declined from a daily peak of 80K to about 40K. User numbers have pulled back the least, with average daily users still hovering around 10K.
Looking at the market landscape of TG Trading Bots, Maestro remains firmly in first place, capturing over half of all users. Banana Gun has shown steady growth, with data significantly increasing after its token launch, successfully overtaking Unibot in early September to claim second place. It currently holds approximately 35% of users. Meanwhile, Unibot has experienced continuous declines following its token price ATH, with user numbers dropping below 10%.
Maestro continues to lead the sector thanks to long-standing community support, although its market share has gradually declined from an absolute dominance of nearly 70% to approaching a breach below 50%.
Banana Gun initially attracted many new users through airdrop expectations and solidified its user base with superior MEV bribe sniping capabilities and a lower service fee of just 0.4% compared to competitors. The product continuously innovates—its recently launched limit orders with bribe functionality have brought substantial profits for many users and received widespread praise. Banana Gun leads in MEV bribe-based new token sniping; over the past ten days, Banana Gun users have collectively bribed MEV builders with over 1,700 ETH, far exceeding Maestro's 65 ETH, while Unibot still lacks this feature entirely.
Compared to the first two, Unibot has made minimal improvements to its product. As its token price fell, advertising effects faded, and its attempt to expand into FriendTech Bot turned out to be a major misstep, attracting fewer than 10 daily active users. Expanding into new business areas while lagging technically in core operations gives the impression that the team prioritizes token speculation over product development.
Security
Although projects in the TG Trading Bot space have never boasted about security—their target audience being inherently risk-tolerant degens—two recent hacking incidents have nonetheless dealt significant blows.
On October 24, Maestro updated its routing contract, but due to a smart contract code vulnerability, hackers exploited it, resulting in user losses exceeding 280 ETH. However, Maestro responded with strong accountability—after fixing the bug, they fully reimbursed nearly 610 ETH, earning high praise from the community.
Less than a week later, on October 31, Unibot suffered a similar attack due to a code flaw in its updated routing contract, leading to user losses of approximately 355 ETH. Its token $Unibot immediately dropped by 50%. According to Unibot, all user losses have since been fully compensated, and the token price has recovered to pre-incident levels.
TG Trading Bots have always been alternative solutions that trade off security for convenience. "Not Your Keys, Not Your Money"—users must remain vigilant about risks when using such applications and should only invest small amounts.
Rising Challengers
Despite the current top three projects occupying nearly 90% of the TG Trading Bot market share, several emerging challengers are actively entering the space, including projects backed by notable teams.
PepeBoost: Targeting primarily Chinese-speaking communities, PepeBoost attracts users through community-led trading signals and coin pumping. It currently ranks fourth in market share and claims its copy-trading functionality surpasses even Maestro.
Shuriken: Shuriken stands out by offering not only a Telegram bot but also a web-based dApp with convenient dashboard features such as monitoring smart money addresses and tracking trending tokens. Additionally, its points and badge system has drawn many airdrop hunters.
Alfred: Alfred is currently one of the most talked-about TG Bot projects—not because of standout product features, but due to its impressive pedigree. The Alfred team is publicly founded by Stephane Gosselin, co-founder of Flashbots. With multiple recent hacks affecting TG Bot projects, concerns over security have risen sharply. A project led by a well-known, reputable figure like Gosselin naturally draws strong interest. Alfred also introduced a points system, further attracting airdrop seekers.
Author’s Perspective
The TG Bot space has always been a sector I closely follow and find deeply fascinating. In my view, convenient-to-use applications like these are an inevitable step toward blockchain mass adoption.
Although current data shows a significant drop compared to peak popularity, the overall ecosystem remains relatively healthy. This pullback likely correlates with broader market trends—rising gas fees amid general market recovery, coupled with reduced memecoin-fueled profit opportunities on-chain, have driven many degens toward BTC-related applications. Yet within the TG Bot sector, leading projects continue iterating, and new entrants keep emerging—including participation from the co-founder of Flashbots—indicating that not only degens but also established, credible developers are paying serious attention.
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