Pump.fun’s Meteoric Rise

The Solana memecoin launchpad market, known for its volatility, has become a battleground between Pump.fun and LetsBonk since July. The market’s share is determined by the number of graduated tokens, which reflects meaningful activity rather than mere token launches. The sudden shift in dominance suggests a strategic move by Pump.fun to outpace LetsBonk.

Influence of Key Memecoin Deployers

Renowned crypto trader and blockchain analyst, @WazzCrypto, highlighted the role of top memecoin deployers in this market shift. According to a Dune dashboard, these deployers, previously active on LetsBonk, moved en masse to Pump.fun, contributing significantly to its rise. This mass migration of the top 10 deployers, often bots, was pivotal in Pump.fun capturing the spotlight.

The Role of Bots and Buybacks

Bots have played a crucial role in the Solana memecoin market. Coinbase director Conor Grogan noted the extensive use of bots in launching tokens on both Pump.fun and LetsBonk. On average, top accounts launch a new token every three minutes, underscoring the intensity of bot activity.

Furthermore, Pump.fun’s aggressive buyback strategy of its PUMP tokens has bolstered its market position. By using platform revenue to reacquire its nearly three billion publicly sold tokens, Pump.fun has strengthened investor confidence and market stability.

Financial Moves and Future Prospects

In July, Pump.fun raised a staggering $600 million through a public sale of PUMP tokens, which sold out in a mere 12 minutes. This financial muscle has allowed Pump.fun to execute its buyback strategy effectively.

Meanwhile, LetsBonk is not out of the race. Recent indications suggest it might introduce a points system to incentivize creators and traders, potentially regaining lost ground. The Solana-news X handle reported that LetsBonk is exploring a rewards plan to reclaim market share.

Despite these developments, the Solana memecoin market has cooled off since the start of the year. At its peak in January, Pump.fun’s daily revenue reached between $4 million and $6 million, according to The Block’s data.

As the battle for dominance continues, the Solana memecoin ecosystem remains a dynamic and unpredictable space, reflecting the broader volatility inherent in the cryptocurrency market.

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The legal action, initiated on Wednesday, points fingers at Pump.fun’s operators, including the anonymous developer known as Bernie, parent firm Baton Corp., and infrastructure allies like Solana Labs, the Solana Foundation, Jito Labs, and the Jito Foundation.

The lawsuit charges these entities with functioning as an “unregulated casino,” leveraging market instability and hype instead of providing investor protections or transparent disclosures.

The filing claims, “The setup mirrors a manipulated slot machine where initial players profit by offloading their tokens on subsequent ones. There is no underlying project, product, or revenue — just a whirlwind cycle of purchasing, offloading, and collapse.”

In addition to the original allegations, the revised lawsuit intensifies the scope of the purported wrongdoing. It now includes RICO claims, fraud, aiding and abetting, civil conspiracy, and unjust enrichment. The plaintiffs are demanding nullification of all Pump.fun transactions and compensatory damages for the alleged harm inflicted by a “rigged” system.

The role of Solana-affiliated organizations in enabling the alleged scheme is highlighted in the lawsuit. The plaintiffs maintain, “Solana Labs and the Solana Foundation offered the platform — the Solana blockchain itself — and monetized each bet through block space sales, validator fees, and SOL token appreciation.”

The lawsuit also underscores the role of liquidity infrastructure provided by Jito Labs and Jito Foundation, which reportedly profited from maximum extractable value strategies linked to memecoin trading on Pump.fun.

Initially filed in January this year, the lawsuit accused Pump.fun of using guerrilla marketing to generate false urgency for “extremely volatile” tokens, which allegedly yielded nearly $500 million in fees. The token value of Pump.fun plummeted as early investors sold, causing panic among investors.

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Several factors contributed to this rally, including presale excitement around memecoins, community momentum, and a new memecoin launchpad gaining traction on the Solana platform. By Friday, the memecoin market cap had peaked at $79 billion, marking a 43% increase from its value at June’s end. At the time of this writing, the market cap had slightly decreased to $78.81 billion.

The impressive figures have retail investors excited, but industry leaders are split on what this resurgence of memecoins means for the wider crypto ecosystem. Anthony Anzalone, the CEO and founder of layer-1 blockchain network Xion, views the memecoin craze as a symptom of larger issues in the crypto space.

Anzalone argues that memecoins harm the reputation of the cryptocurrency industry. He believes that the market cap surge does not reflect the realization of practical crypto use cases for everyday people.

He sees a negative correlation between the success of the industry and the memecoin sector’s market cap, stating, “If anything, I see an inverse correlation between the success of this industry and the memecoin market cap because it reads that capital doesn’t have anywhere better to flow.”

On the other hand, the anonymous community lead of the Neiro memecoin, known as S, defends memecoins, arguing that they are still the most attractive sector in the crypto space. S believes that memecoin projects are showing signs of maturing and cites Pudgy Penguins, Floki, and Neiro as examples of projects “building new technology.”

S describes memecoins as “hot, marketable and easy to understand,” contrasting them with the “convoluted, VC-driven tokenomics projects” that dominate cryptocurrency.

Petr Kozyakov, the co-founder and CEO of Mercuryo, emphasizes that sentiment remains a key driver in crypto markets. He attributes the memecoin surge to factors like the recent PUMP initial coin offering, which sold $500 million in minutes, memecoin accessibility to retail markets, and Bitcoin reaching a new all-time high.

Kozyakov acknowledges that despite differing opinions on memecoins, they have become a part of crypto culture. He concludes, “Whatever your view on these tokens, they have succeeded in gaining an army of loyal followers who greatly value participating in their journey.”

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Interestingly, these exchanges listed TRUMP despite the fact that 80% of the coin’s supply is controlled by the Trump family and its allies. This concentration of coin supply would, under normal circumstances, raise red flags for exchanges. The report also revealed that while 45 crypto wallets have profited approximately $1.2 billion from TRUMP trades, the vast majority of 712,777 wallets have suffered losses totalling at least $4.3 billion.

The report further highlighted a disparity in the listing speed of TRUMP compared to other memecoins like Pepe (PEPE), Bonk (BONK), and dogwifhat (WIF). On average, the listed exchanges took 129 days to list these memecoins, whereas TRUMP was listed in just four days due to “overwhelming demand”.

Coinbase, in particular, decided to list TRUMP within a single day, citing confidence that users would interact with the token positively and safely. Despite this swift action, Coinbase was forced to prohibit certain US residents from trading TRUMP due to potential risks pointed out by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).

Despite some exchanges, such as MEXC and Bitget, admitting that they overlooked past concerns about TRUMP’s supply concentration, the latest figures suggest a profitable venture, with the Financial Times estimating the memecoin’s operators earning at least $314 million from sales and $36 million from Solana fees in just around three months since its launch.

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LetsBonk saw its 24-hour revenue skyrocket to $1.04 million on Monday, nearly double the revenue of Pump.fun, which stood at $533,412, as per data consolidated by the decentralized finance platform, DefiLlama.

The price of BONK has seen a sharp increase following the launch of LetsBonk on April 25. The big question now is: can this rally sustain? To answer this, we delve into the charts for analysis.

BONK’s price began to rise from $0.000011 on June 22 and gained traction after surpassing the moving averages on Friday. The 20-day exponential moving average ($0.000017) has begun to ascend, and the relative strength index (RSI) is in the green zone, signifying a bullish advantage.

If the bears do not regain much ground, the BONKUSDT pair could hit the overhead resistance of $0.000026. This is a crucial threshold as piercing it will complete a double bottom pattern. It can then escalate to reach the pattern target of $0.000041.

The 20-day EMA is a significant support to observe on the downside. If it breaks below the 20-day EMA, the pair could remain within the $0.000011 to $0.000026 range for a while.

Currently, the pair has retracted below the 20-EMA on the 4-hour chart, suggesting short-term buyers are booking profits. The pair may stoop to the 50% Fibonacci retracement level of $0.000020, where it’s expected that buyers will step in. If the price bounces back from $0.000020, the bulls will again attempt to thrust the pair above $0.000024.

Alternatively, if the price slips below $0.000020, the pair could reach the 50-SMA. A deeper dip may postpone the recovery of the upward move.

This article does not represent investment advice or recommendations. Investing and trading always involve risk, and readers are encouraged to conduct their own research prior to making a decision.

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The page indicated the sale of 150 billion tokens at $0.004 each from a total supply of 1 trillion tokens. The collection would round off to approximately $600 million. The page also mentioned that this IEO (Initial Exchange Offering) is Pump’s “first official public token sale” with a valuation of $4 billion.

However, the crypto exchange later scrubbed the page from both its English and Chinese websites, currently displaying a 404 “page not found” error. A statement from Gate.io support regarding the page removal has only muddled the situation further, stating, “following negotiations between Gate and the project, Gate has removed Pump.fun Pre-Market OTC. Currently, there is no confirmed date or announcement for its relaunch.”

The statement refers to an October 2024 announcement that the platform would no longer support over-the-counter trading for Pump.fun. Cointelegraph attempted to get comments from Gate.io and Alon Cohen, the founder of Pump.fun, but no immediate response was received.

Pump.fun experienced a surge in popularity in January amidst the memecoin minting frenzy. The platform has enabled the creation of over 11 million new tokens with a combined total revenue of about 4.4 million Solana SOLUSD, or approximately $655 million, according to Dune Analytics. However, the platform’s volumes have declined by around 75% since the peak of the memecoin frenzy in January. DefiLlama reports a sharper 80% drop in daily volume on the platform over the last six months.

In early June, rumors circulated that Pump.fun was looking to raise $1 billion through a token sale that would value the company at $4 billion. Neither the platform nor its co-founder, Alon Cohen, confirmed these rumors despite a report at the time citing sources familiar with the matter.

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Adam_Tehc, the creator of the Dune dashboard, initially noted that LetsBONK surpassed Pump.fun in terms of 24-hour token launches on early Sunday morning. By Sunday afternoon, in the U.S., LetsBONK had registered approximately 15,600 token launches, compared to 11,500 by Pump.fun in the past day.

Beyond just the token launches, LetsBONK also witnessed an increase in token graduations on Saturday, July 5, with 135 tokens graduating as against 103 by Pump.fun, as per Adam_Tehc’s dashboard. Data from Solana DEX aggregator, Jupiter, showed LetsBONK’s market share at 49.80% on Sunday afternoon, compared to Pump.fun’s 40.90%. LetsBONK saw $86 million more in 24-hour trading volume, though Pump.fun had more than double the active traders on its platform.

LetsBONK’s founder, Tom, who is known as @SolportTom on X, responded to this development, stating that there’s still a long journey ahead to ensure this becomes a daily occurrence, but the competition is definitely on.

LetsBONK supports the BONK memecoin, a Solana memecoin, created following the FTX collapse in December 2022 to enhance Solana’s liquidity. Half of its fee revenue is used to purchase and burn BONK tokens. Fee revenue also goes towards buying BONKsol, a liquid staking token, and supporting other ecosystem initiatives.

According to The Block’s BONK Price page, the price of BONK has increased by about 22% over the past 24 hours.

LetsBONK recently concluded a hackathon with a $200,000 prize pool. Tom mentioned on X that the LetsBONK team would take a few days to a week to review the submissions before distributing the prize money.

The largest memecoin launch on the platform to date, Useless Coin, currently trades with a market capitalization of approximately $264 million as per CoinGecko data.

Pump.fun, on the other hand, is reportedly planning to raise $1 billion through an initial coin offering and is considering sharing protocol revenue with token holders.

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The rumor mill spun faster following a report from Blockworks that cited unnamed sources, claiming that the launchpad — renowned for its quick token creation feature — is gearing up to raise $1 billion through a token sale. The same report alleged that the token would carry a hefty $4 billion valuation, as confirmed by three different sources.

However, Pump.fun remains tight-lipped, neither confirming nor denying the circulating rumors. No official details have been disclosed about the token’s utility or launch specifics. When approached for a statement, Pump.fun remained unresponsive by the time of publication.

The crypto community has shown mixed responses to these rumors. While crypto influencer Ansem is eagerly awaiting the token’s potential listing on decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, social media figure Ash Crypto critiqued Pump.fun for turning altcoin traders into memecoin gamblers, claiming that the platform has already “extracted” $700 million while leaving most investors in the red.

According to data from DefiLlama, as of June 4, Pump.fun has raked in total revenues nearing $677 million. As the rumors circulate, the platform has seen its monthly revenue drop by 66%, earning $46.6 million in May, down from January’s $137 million. The rumors are also taking place amidst a slowdown in the memecoin market, causing traders to question the sustainability of memecoins after witnessing significant declines in their value. Data from CoinMarketCap shows that the total market cap for meme-based tokens has suffered a $64 billion loss on June 4, a steep 54% fall from December’s $137 billion.

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During the House Appropriations Committee meeting, which supervises the funding of federal agencies, Rep. Glenn Ivey, a Democrat from Maryland, highlighted certain events preceding Trump’s January inauguration. He noted that Tron, a company owned by Sun, had purchased $30 million in tokens from World Liberty Financial—a DeFi company supposedly inspired by the former president.

Subsequently, the SEC decided to suspend its fraud lawsuit against Sun and his businesses, including Tron, effectively putting it on hold. Alongside this, a memecoin associated with Trump has been in circulation, and a special gala for the top 220 memecoin holders is planned for later this week. Sun declared his participation as one of these holders in a post on X early Tuesday. “Delighted to back @POTUS and thankful for the invitation from @GetTrumpMemes to attend President Trump’s Gala Dinner as his TOP fan!” Sun posted.

Ivey expressed concern over these events, stating, “This, in my opinion, reeks of impropriety. I would hope that the SEC is looking into this matter.” Atkins referred to Sun’s case as an “active case” and emphasized that the SEC does not classify memecoins as securities.

Atkins, appointed by Trump, has announced a “new day” for the SEC after the previous chair, Gary Gensler, adopted a less welcoming attitude towards the crypto industry. Gensler’s tenure saw a cautious approach to crypto and multiple charges against industry leaders. Many of these cases were later dismissed. Atkins declared in his prepared testimony that his approach to crypto regulation would be through notice and comment rulemaking rather than regulation through enforcement.

During the hearing, Rep. Chuck Edwards, a Republican from North Carolina, asked Atkins about the funding requirements of the SEC’s new crypto task force. Led by Commissioner Hester Peirce, the task force was established earlier this year by former acting chair Mark Uyeda with a mission to conduct industry roundtables and clarify application of securities laws to crypto. “I’m not entirely sure,” Atkins replied, “It’s staffed by current employees and Commissioner Peirce is leading it, so it doesn’t require any additional funding.”

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In the last four weeks, Dogwifhat has witnessed a remarkable 190% jump, once again breaching the $1.00 barrier. This comes after a significant downturn since it peaked at $4.19 in November 2024, resulting in a whopping 92% retracement over five months.

The memecoin sector experienced a slump following the contentious launch of the TRUMP and LIBRA coins, leading to market fatigue. Consequently, WIF fell below the $1.00 mark for the first time in 12 months. Last month, amid market pullbacks, Dogwifhat touched a 14-month low of $0.32, only to bounce back to the $0.60 line with the upturn in the crypto market.

Over the past week, Dogwifhat has been oscillating between $1.00 and $1.20, having reached a three-month high of $1.32 just four days ago. Notably, it retested the recently breached $1.00 resistance level, showing resilience against a dip to $0.95.

Market analyst Rose Premium offered a bullish perspective for the meme token, highlighting its robust structure following recent performance. She pointed out Dogwifhat’s “classic bullish structure” post-rebound from the Fibonacci Zone between $0.95 and $0.98.

Consequently, if WIF manages to hold the $1.00 support level, it could potentially see an upward trend towards the initial target of $1.15, subsequently reclaiming $1.26 and eventually reaching $1.37.

Crypto trader Coinvo, on the other hand, suggested that the “classic break and re-test pattern” was a sure-fire precursor to a parabolic rally for WIF. Similarly, Carl Runefelt from The Moon Show predicted that Dogwifhat could continue its rally to new heights.

In line with these predictions, WIF is currently forming a symmetrical triangle pattern, having broken out of the upper boundary after surpassing the $1.05 mark. The cryptocurrency is now targeting $1.50, a key horizontal level which has previously served as a crucial bounce area and could potentially drive Dogwifhat to higher targets.

Meanwhile, The Cryptonomist identified a falling wedge pattern in WIF’s lower timeframe chart. The memecoin broke out of this 3-day pattern today after rebounding past the $1.03 mark. Provided WIF maintains its current levels, the analyst suggests a potential target of $1.49 if the entire market decides to “go for another leg up from here.”

At the time of writing, Dogwifhat is trading at $1.14, reflecting a 1.8% increase in the daily timeframe.

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