How Do I Launch a Token?

Updated 16 Oct 2026 by Frenchie

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Tell Bankr "launch a token called FROG" and it deploys one for you. Launches go to Robinhood Chain by default; say on base, on arbitrum or on arc to launch there instead. You earn most of the trading fees on your token, and you can claim them anytime.

Already launched? See Managing Your Token After Launch for claiming fees, changing the fee recipient, editing token details and Glidepath.

Ways to Launch

Who can launch: token launches are currently for Bankr Club members only, on every chain. Partner (organization) launches are exempt. If you're not a member, a launch request returns "Token launches are available to Bankr Club members only."

In chat: "launch a token called FROG" (Robinhood Chain) or "deploy a token named MYAGENT with the ticker MAGNT on base".
On X: tag @bankrbot with your launch request.
CLI: bankr launch opens an interactive wizard with more control over metadata and fee routing. The CLI and the web launch form default to Base. For headless launches and options, see the bankr launch reference on docs.bankr.bot.

Tokens launch with fair launch mechanics on the Doppler protocol. Arc launches use Bankr Launch v3 instead, and some Arbitrum launches may too while v3 rolls out there.

Token Strategist Skill

If you want your agent to plan and run launches itself, install the Token Strategist skill. It evaluates your concept, sets up fee distribution, and launches through the Bankr CLI. Ask Bankr: install the skill from https://github.com/BankrBot/token-strategist

Daily Limits and Requirements

Daily allowance: each wallet has a small daily launch allowance, and at most one launch per minute. Failed attempts that never reached the chain don't count. Bankr Club doesn't raise the allowance. Partner wallets follow the same per-wallet cap plus your organization's own limits. Current numbers: Deployment Limits on docs.bankr.bot.
Gas: Bankr sponsors launch gas on Base only. On Robinhood Chain and Arbitrum you need a little ETH for gas, and on Arc you need USDC.
Wallet age: Bankr can require your wallet to be at least 24 hours old (counted from when Bankr created the wallet, not your X account's age). A launch from a newer wallet is rejected with roughly how many hours remain. Partner launches are exempt.
Email-only accounts: if you only sign in with email, you wait 72 hours before launching. Link an X, Farcaster or Telegram account to skip the wait.

Launch blocked? See Why Was My Token Launch Blocked?

Token Supply and Creator Allocation

Every launch has a fixed supply of 100 billion tokens, and no more can be minted. By default, 15% is preminted to your fee recipient wallet as a creator allocation that vests over 1 year with a 30-day cliff: nothing unlocks for 30 days, then it vests continuously until fully unlocked at one year (the cliff is inside the year, not added to it). The other 85% seeds the Uniswap V4 pool.

Vesting is optional. Ask Bankr to deploy "with no vesting", or pick No vesting in the web launch flow. Then 100% of the supply goes into the pool. There's no custom percentage or schedule: it's the default 15% or off. Partner/org launches never vest. Developers: see Creator vesting on docs.bankr.bot.

The vested allocation's recipient is fixed at launch. To claim unlocked tokens, see Claiming Vested Tokens.

Arc launches have a different supply, and vesting is off unless you ask for it. See Bankr Launch v3 (Arc).

Degen Mode

Degen mode starts your token at a $2,500 starting market cap, much lower than the standard start, for more early volatility. It's off by default and you have to ask for it explicitly; naming your token DEGEN or saying "make it risky" won't turn it on.

In chat: "launch a token called FROG in degen mode"
On the web: flip the Degen mode toggle in the launch panel.

The $2,500 start is fixed and can't be changed after deployment. Supply, fees and the vesting default stay the same. The CLI's bankr launch doesn't offer degen mode yet (developers can use the deploy API, see Degen mode on docs.bankr.bot), and it isn't available for partner/org launches.

Stock-Paired Token Launches

You can pair your token with a tokenized stock instead of WETH, so the pool is quoted in that stock. This works on Robinhood Chain (Robinhood-issued stocks and ETFs) and Base (Coinbase-issued B20 equities such as AAPL, TSLA, NVDA), not Arbitrum:

"launch a token called MyToken paired with TSLA"
"launch MyToken on base paired with NVDA"

The stock has to live on the chain you launch on. The two chains' stock tokens are separate contracts even when tickers match. Launching a stock-paired pool has no location check; only trading the stock itself is location-verified. Not available for partner/org launches.

Thin liquidity is a warning, not a block. Bankr flags a paired stock with less than roughly $10K in liquidity, but the launch still goes ahead. A pool quoted in an illiquid stock is hard for your traders to get in and out of, and many Base B20 equities still have thin pools, so check the liquidity badge in the launch wizard first.

Fees on a stock-paired pool accrue in your token and the paired stock instead of WETH. Bankr values the stock at its live price, so your earnings show in the same fee dashboards as any other launch.

Fee Structure

You earn most of every trade's swap fee and can claim it anytime. The rest covers the Bankr protocol fee, a BNKR buyback, and an LP fee that compounds as permanently locked liquidity in your token's pool. Current split (different on Arc): Fee Structure on docs.bankr.bot.

Fee schedules are fixed at launch, so older tokens keep the schedule they launched with. Fees accumulate in your token and the pool's pairing asset (WETH by default, or the stock if you launched stock-paired), and can fund your agent's LLM costs through the LLM Gateway. Partners with custom arrangements get their fee distribution in every deploy response.

Anti-Snipe Launch Fee

At launch, the swap fee starts at 80% and drops to the normal fee over about 14 seconds. This protects fair launches from snipers. Anyone buying in that window pays the higher fee, which goes to Bankr as the platform fee and can't be recovered. Wait at least 15 seconds before buying a fresh launch, and if you're the creator, warn your community.

Five-Minute Balance Cap

For the first five minutes after launch, one wallet can hold at most 2% of supply. A buy or transfer that would push a wallet over 2% fails until the five minutes are up. Partner launches are exempt.

After Launch

Claiming fees and vested tokens, changing the fee recipient, editing how your token looks in Bankr, and Glidepath are all in Managing Your Token After Launch.

Troubleshooting Launches

Launch rejected (Club only, wallet too new, daily limit, "not available for this wallet"): see Why Was My Token Launch Blocked?
"Degen mode is not supported for partner token launches": partner/org deploys can't use degen mode. Remove it, or launch from a standard wallet.
Token launched without a logo: if the image URL can't be fetched or isn't a raster image, the token launches without one. Use a direct link to a PNG, JPEG, GIF or WebP file (not an SVG or an X post link). You can add a logo later, see Editing Token Details.
Buy or transfer fails right after launch: that's the five-minute 2% cap. Wait it out, or buy less.

For fee and visibility problems after launch, see Managing Your Token: Troubleshooting. For more detail and the API, see Token Launching on docs.bankr.bot.