Sep 10, 2025
Markets
Pump.fun's PUMP Token Up Double Digits Following Binance.US Listing
Meme coin factory Pump.fun has seen its PUMP token rise 13% over the past 24 hours and 39.8% over the week to $0.0053, according to CoinGecko, putting it within touching distance of the value it debuted at in July of $0.0055. It is now far above its initial coin offering price of $0.004. PUMP's climb comes after Binance.US listed the token on Wednesday. The token launchpad has also undergone a number of updates in recent days, including tweaks to the user interface, an exclusive Bubblemaps integ...
Aug 13, 2025
Markets
Pump.fun Is Back on Top and Solana Meme Coins Are Soaring: Here’s Why
Tokens created on Pump.fun have risen 8% on Wednesday, according to CoinGecko, as the token launchpad has reasserted its dominance over LetsBonk for seven consecutive days. The surge follows the Pump.fun team injecting just shy of $1.7 million into the launchpad’s ecosystem over the past five days through an initiative they’re calling the Glass Full Foundation. It’s not clear whether the name refers to the initiative or the founding of a whole new entity. Fartcoin, which is the biggest token cre...
Jul 14, 2025
DeFi
Unlucky Trader Accidentally Burns $58K in Pump.fun Solana Token—But He's Not Angry
A blockchain researcher accidentally burned approximately $58,000 worth of Pump.fun’s PUMP token on Solana—but he told Decrypt that he isn’t “sad or angry” about the costly mistake. The mistake came after he bought $40,000 worth of the token in Pump.fun’s sought-after token sale on Saturday, which sold out in just 12 minutes. Once the token launched, PUMP debuted at a price of $0.005827, which is 45% higher than its ICO valuation, bringing the unlucky trader’s losses to a total of $58,270. On Su...
Jul 11, 2025
Markets
Dogecoin Barks Up Huge Gains as Meme Coin Traders Await Pump.fun Token Sale
Dogecoin (DOGE) is pulling the meme coin market higher Friday, jumping 12% in the last 24 hours as traders prepare for Solana meme coin launchpad Pump.fun’s initial coin offering (ICO) for its PUMP token. Meme coins on the whole are outperforming the majors like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The category is up 13.9% in the last 24 hours according to data from CoinGecko, compared to gains of 4.9% and 6.6% for BTC and ETH, respectively. At a current price above $0.20, DOGE has now spiked 23% over the la...
May 20, 2024
Law and Order
Hacker Who Exploited Solana Meme Coin Factory Pump.fun Says He Faces Theft, Conspiracy Charges
The alleged Pump.fun attacker, who stole an estimated $2 million of Solana, claims to have been arrested and charged in relation to the exploit. However, the police do not have a record of any charges matching the time and location the attacker described to Decrypt. Jarett Reginald Dunn (known as Stacc on Twitter) told Decrypt that on Friday, May 17 at around 11:45 p.m., police arrested him not far from the Pump.fun WeWork in Covent Garden, London. He told Decrypt he was charged for “theft from...