Hackers Hijack Binance CO-CEO Yi He’s WeChat Account To Pump Memecoin
Binance co-CEO and co-founder Yi He said on X that her WeChat account was hijacked and used to push a little-known BNB Chain-based memecoin in a pump-and-dump scheme.
Iggy Azalea joins new Solana-based ‘celebrity coin’ launchpad Thrust as creative director, plans to migrate MOTHER token
Retired rapper turned crypto entrepreneur Iggy Azalea is migrating her MOTHER memecoin to a new Solana-based token launchpad designed for the creator economy.This is the latest twist for the four-time Grammy-nominated artist who has been a continual advocate for celebrity coins since launching the M…
Australian Solana treasury buys over 200 million PUMP tokens
Australia-based Fitell Corporation said Thursday it has purchased 216.8 million PUMP tokens.The company said it paid $1.5 million for the tokens, according to a statement. PUMP is the native token to Pump.fun, the Solana-based memecoin launchpad."We are deepening our participation in Solana’s growth…
Solana's Anatoly Yakovenko Teases Pump.Fun as Major TikTok Rival
Anatoly Yakovenko, cofounder of Solana Labs, has predicted that Pump.Fun (PUMP) could emerge as a challenger to TikTok. Yakovenko’s prediction comes as a reaction to a post on X made by Laura Shin of Unchained, about the crypto-focused brand now going live on Pump.Fun.Genesis of Pump.Fun and TikTok…
Solana’s Meme Ecosystem Explodes: $PUMP Pumps 77% as Snorter Joins the Hype
Pump.fun, one of the popular launchpads on Solana, has been making headlines with its $PUMP token surging 77% over the past week.In July, the project initiated a buyback program and put its profits back into $PUMP, rewarding diamond hands with a price increase in the process.Despite $PUMP dipping si…
PUMP’s 144% Surge May Be The Beginning As Pump.Fun Flips Hyperliquid In Major Metric
After a terrible start to its launch back in July this year, the PUMP token has finally found its spark, managing to lead the recent market recovery. The Pump.Fun native token rose by over 140% over the last month, featuring prominently at the top of the gainers’ list during this time. A slowdown ha…
Pump.fun daily volume crosses $1B as memecoins surge in September
Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pumpfun recorded more than $1 billion in daily trading volume Monday as the sector extended its September rally.Data from decentralized exchange (DEX) Jupiter showed Pump.fun processed $942 million in transaction volume on Sunday before topping $1.02 billion on Monday…
Pump.fun spends over $62M on buybacks to boost PUMP price
Pump.fun has spent more than $62.6 million repurchasing its native token, PUMP, according to data from Dune Analytics. The buybacks have soaked up over 16.5 billion tokens at an average cost of $0.003785, as the platform looks to stabilize price action and reduce sell pressure. The buyback strategy …
Pump.fun rumored to launch incentive campaign with $PUMP rewards to claw back market share from LetsBONK
Meme coin launchpad Pump.fun is rumored to soon roll out an incentive program that will reward users with $PUMP tokens based on their trading volume, according to recent updates to the platform's software development kit (SDK) spotted by researcher Dumpster DAO.The SDK now includes new admin functio…
PUMP Token Tanks After Airdrop Delay, Early Investors Lose Millions
The PUMP token is under fire after its cofounder confirmed there’s no airdrop coming anytime soon. As price pressure builds, on-chain data also shows that some early investors may have lost millions due to poor timing and rushed decisions. Here’s the deep dig into the Pump activity over the week. Pr…
Memecoin launchpad LetsBONK pledges 1% of revenue to buyback top tokens
Memecoin launchpad LetsBONK, which supports the Solana-based memecoin BONK and its ecosystem, announced on Wednesday it would set aside 1% of total revenue towards buying back "the top pairs within the BONK eco." The revenue will be reassigned from the LetsBONK team's marketing fund, according to th…
Pump.fun private sale investors send over $160M to exchanges
Private sale investors of the Pump.fun (PUMP) memecoin began offloading billions of tokens to exchanges, raising concerns of a sell-off as the token dropped below its initial sale value. Blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain flagged that two early backers of the memecoin token, labeled in Solscan as…