{"investigation":{"slug":"hookedpad","entity_name":"HookedPad","trust_score":0,"severity_base":null,"score_modifier":-48,"confidence":0.4,"status":"published","content_type":"investigation","summary":"HookedPad (ticker HOOKED) is a Solana token launchpad that uses Token-2022 transfer hooks to enforce rules on launched tokens, with launches on Meteora bonding curves. Available coverage is promotional and secondary, no team is named, and no audit or on-chain checks (upgrade authority, holder concentration, liquidity lock) were verified. The project is distinct from Hooked Protocol (HOOK), a 2022 Binance Launchpad project.","sections":[{"content":"A Bitrue explainer dated 2026-10-15 describes Hooked as a Solana launchpad using Token-2022 transfer hooks to enforce rules on every transfer. Tokens launch on Meteora bonding curves; graduating curves remove the hook at a target market cap, while permanent curves keep the rules. The page states users sign with their own wallets, launch costs are roughly 0.1 SOL, and 23 rules across about 20 mainnet programs are listed. It cites the HookedPad X account as its source. This is a promotional, single-source description and has not been independently verified.","heading":"Overview and mechanics","sources":[{"url":"https://www.bitrue.com/blog/what-is-hooked-crypto","name":"Bitrue: What Is HOOKED? Solana Transfer-Hook Launchpad","type":"other","credibility":3}],"severity":"low"},{"content":"Per the Bitrue article, HOOKED has a fixed supply of 1,000,000,000 on Solana and trades as HOOKED/SOL on Meteora. Each bonding-curve trade carries a 1% fee, of which 85% is said to buy and burn HOOKED and 15% goes to development. The article gives a snapshot market cap of about $4.8M and liquidity of about $215K. The page names no team and mentions no audit. Readers should verify the contract address on an explorer.","heading":"Token and fee structure","sources":[{"url":"https://www.bitrue.com/blog/what-is-hooked-crypto","name":"Bitrue: What Is HOOKED? Solana Transfer-Hook Launchpad","type":"other","credibility":3}],"severity":"medium"},{"content":"No team identity, audit, regulatory action or fraud allegation against HookedPad was found in searches. Upgrade authority, holder concentration and liquidity lock were not checked on-chain for this page. Because coverage rests on a single Tier 3 promotional article, confidence is low. Absence of reported incidents is not evidence of safety, and the buyback depends on launch volume.","heading":"Unverified risk factors and coverage gaps","sources":[{"url":"https://www.bitrue.com/blog/what-is-hooked-crypto","name":"Bitrue: What Is HOOKED? Solana Transfer-Hook Launchpad","type":"other","credibility":3}],"severity":"medium"},{"content":"A separate, unrelated project, Hooked Protocol (HOOK), had its token sold on Binance Launchpad, announced as the 29th Launchpad project on 2022-11-23 per secondary coverage. Forklog reported that a multisig address linked to that project sent about 4.94 million HOOK to Binance shortly before a fund announcement, prompting alleged insider-trading concerns. These reports concern Hooked Protocol only, not HookedPad. The Bitrue page on HookedPad does not mention Hooked Protocol.","heading":"Name confusion with Hooked Protocol","sources":[{"url":"https://forklog.com/en/hooked-protocol-team-suspected-of-insider-trading/","name":"Forklog: Hooked Protocol team suspected of insider trading","type":"news_article","credibility":2},{"url":"https://cryptoast.fr/binance-launchpad-comment-participer-lancement-token-hook-hooked-protocol/","name":"Cryptoast: Binance Launchpad Hooked Protocol HOOK","type":"news_article","credibility":2}],"severity":"low"}],"timeline":[{"date":"2022-11","event":"Hooked Protocol (HOOK), a different project, announced on Binance Launchpad","source":"Cryptoast","source_url":"https://cryptoast.fr/binance-launchpad-comment-participer-lancement-token-hook-hooked-protocol/"},{"date":"2026-10","event":"Bitrue publishes explainer on the HookedPad (HOOKED) Solana launchpad","source":"Bitrue","source_url":"https://www.bitrue.com/blog/what-is-hooked-crypto"}],"sources_used":[{"url":"https://www.bitrue.com/blog/what-is-hooked-crypto","name":"Bitrue: What Is HOOKED? 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