An open-source, candle-only crypto pump detector–looking for ML contributors
A developer has released an open-source tool designed to detect cryptocurrency pump-and-dump schemes using machine learning. The project uses market data from Binance and Bybit to provide alerts via Telegram.
Why it matters
This tool represents the intersection of retail trading, automated market analysis, and the open-source developer community.
TypeScript pnpm monorepo for pulling 1m/5m market statistics and bulk kline archives from Binance and Bybit, detecting pump/dump regimes, and alerting via Telegram.
Try the live bot: Open @pumpdumpscreenerautobot on Telegram
Requirements: Node.js 20+, pnpm 9+, pm2 (process manager for production).
No exchange API keys. Binance and Bybit data comes from public bulk archives and public REST endpoints.
You need two free accounts (~2 minutes each):
pnpm install cp config.example.js config.js # fill in Turso + Telegram (see table above) Edit config.js — at minimum, configure database , telegramBotToken , and your private classifierTelegramChatId . Anyone who sends /start is automatically subscribed to alerts and can use /stats , /runs , and /about ; only the configured chat can classify alerts. Pump lookback and scan settings live under pump (defaults in config.example.js ):
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