Pump(.)fun… the memecoin platform that brought us endless celebrity rug pulls, a 14-year-old scammer, and that dude who barked in a cage on live for people to buy his memecoin.
And now, they’re cooking up… their own token?
Reports say Pump(.)fun is planning a token sale to raise $1B, with a $4B valuation.
Which is… wild.
For context: so far, launching a token at a $4B+ valuation has mostly been big L1s (like Aptos and Sui), scalable tech (like Arbitrum), or sci-fi type crazy projects with huge backers (like Worldcoin).
But here we’ve got Pump(.)fun – a platform that made its name off fast-and-loose memecoin launches, has no proven long-term utility, can easily be copied (like Sun Pump on TRON) – aiming for $4B.
So, if the raise is real, it’s gonna have to answer some questions to prove this isn’t just another stupid joke with a price tag:
That said, keep in mind that the only sources so far are “people familiar with the matter,” which, for all we know, could just be Bob from accounting who had a vision during his lunch break.
Still, the rumors alone have people talking – and most takes aren’t bullish.
👉 Some think this could drain liquidity out of the entire memecoin market, just like the TRUMP token did. In other words, if everyone rushes into the Pump(.)fun token, other memecoins might get dumped.
👉 Others see it as their exit plan. Pump(.)fun once said they’d never launch a token – so now that the fee income is slowing, launching one feels less like growth and more like a final cash grab.
And because Pump(.)fun has been the face of the memecoin cycle, a token sale like this could mark the end of it – not just because it breaks their anti-token position, but because it turns a free-for-all culture into a monetized product.
Assuming the sale happens at all.
Now you’re in the know. But think about your friends – they probably have no idea. I wonder who could fix that… 😃🫵
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