# Breaking Change ⚠️ : New Fast Balance & Holder APIs to Replace Balance Updates APIs

**URL:** <https://community.bitquery.io/t/breaking-change-new-fast-balance-holder-apis-to-replace-balance-updates-apis/2542>\
**Category:** GraphQL API\
**Created:** [May 20, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/breaking-change-new-fast-balance-holder-apis-to-replace-balance-updates-apis/2542 "2026-05-20T10:04:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Divya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Divya](https://community.bitquery.io/u/Divya)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 10:04am UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/breaking-change-new-fast-balance-holder-apis-to-replace-balance-updates-apis/2542/1 "2026-05-20T10:04:28Z")

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Hello Bitquerian 👋,

`BalanceUpdates` is **deprecated as of 20 May 2026 for all EVM Chains** and will be removed on **15 June 2026**. To replace it, we have deployed two new APIs that are faster, cleaner, and purpose-built for the questions you were already asking `BalanceUpdates`:

- **Balances API** → current and historical token balances for any address

- **Holders API** → top holders, holder counts, and balance distribution for any ERC-20

Both are live on **Ethereum and Matic** today. Base, BSC, Arbitrum and Optimism will be deployed soon. Migrate before **15 June 2026** to avoid downtime.

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/bitquery/original/2X/3/3ad98dc6f3c921899c5f648364e83367dc112f50.jpeg)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T6qE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5992a59d-e26e-42cc-98ed-ed746faeb924_1600x549.png)

**📚 Full docs: [Balance API](https://docs.bitquery.io/docs/blockchain/Ethereum/balances/balance-api/) · [Token Holders API](https://docs.bitquery.io/docs/blockchain/Ethereum/token-holders/token-holder-api/)**

#### If you need help migrating queries please reach out to use via [support@bitquery.io](mailto:support@bitquery.io) or [our official telegram channel](https://t.me/bloxy_info).

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**Author:** ![Divya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Divya](https://community.bitquery.io/u/Divya)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://community.bitquery.io/t/breaking-change-new-fast-balance-holder-apis-to-replace-balance-updates-apis/2542/2 "2026-05-20T10:05:01Z")

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