{"id":30098,"date":"2025-06-04T05:31:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T05:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=30098"},"modified":"2025-06-04T05:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T05:31:46","slug":"pump-fun-reportedly-launching-1b-token-sale-as-meme-coins-melt-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=30098","title":{"rendered":"Pump.fun Reportedly Launching $1B Token Sale\u00a0as Meme Coins Melt Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The popular Solana-based meme coin launchpad, Pump.fun, is reportedly planning to raise $1 billion through a token sale that would value the company at $4 billion, according to Blockworks, citing sources familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The token sale will be offered to both public and private investors, with hints on social media suggesting it could launch within the next two weeks, the outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/blockworks.co\/news\/pumpdotfun-token-sale\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> on June 3.<\/p>\n<p>At a $4 billion valuation, the platform would become crypto\u2019s latest unicorn startup in the same year it fuelled the meme coin frenzy.<\/p>\n<h2>PUMP Token Soon?<\/h2>\n<p>The report did not specify when the launch would take place or whether the PUMP tokens would be available on exchanges or just the meme coin platform, but a post on X suggested it could be soon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pumpdotfun?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">@pumpdotfun<\/a> launching <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24PUMP&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">$PUMP<\/a> token in next 2 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Airdrop for users confirmed as well<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s finally coming.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 nextfuckingthing (@nextfckingthing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nextfckingthing\/status\/1929871539018576257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">June 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The platform has been a breakout success since launching in early 2024, allowing users to create tokens on Solana instantly and for free.<\/p>\n<p>It has facilitated the creation of more than 11 million new tokens with a combined total revenue of approximately 3.3 million SOL or roughly $517 million, <a href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/hashed_official\/pumpdotfun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">according<\/a> to Dune Analytics.<\/p>\n<p>However, volumes have <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/meme-coin-meltdown-crypto-community-turns-against-speculative-tokens\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">plummeted<\/a> almost 80% since the height of the meme coin frenzy in January, according to Dune. DeFiLlama <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/protocol\/pump.fun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">reports<\/a> a similar 70% slump in daily volume on the platform over the past six months.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Pump.fun has remained competitive by launching its own automated market maker (AMM) to end its partnership with Raydium, releasing a mobile app, and reintroducing a live streaming feature that was previously suspended due to content moderation issues.<\/p>\n<h2>Meme Coin Meltdown<\/h2>\n<p>Most meme coins, which were largely considered non-functional <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/majority-of-crypto-users-start-with-meme-coins-before-expanding-portfolios-gemini-report\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">degen speculation tokens<\/a>, have collapsed since their January highs. This has also <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/solana-price-craters-40-from-january-high-as-meme-coin-bubble-bursts\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">impacted<\/a> Solana\u2019s revenue and network activity, which is primarily meme coin-based.<\/p>\n<p>As high-cap cryptos show signs of recovery, meme coins continue to decline with large double-digit losses for Fartcoin, Pudgy Penguins, and Popcat.<\/p>\n<p>Pepe, Bonk, and Floki were also in the red at the time of writing. Meanwhile, Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/trump-inspired-meme-coins-crash-hard-following-latest-tariffs-details-here\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">namesake meme coin<\/a> has tanked 85% from its all-time high in January to trade at around $11 at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s a tough day for the meme category today with $FARTCOIN, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24PENGU&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">$PENGU<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BONK&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">$BONK<\/a> among the hardest hit.<\/p>\n<p>Are you holding any of them?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1sqf05lMCK\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/1sqf05lMCK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oxXGDELBJb\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/oxXGDELBJb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CoinGecko (@coingecko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coingecko\/status\/1930097942876303376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\">June 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It has also been widely reported that the majority of Solana-based meme coins are scams or pump and dump schemes.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/pump-fun-reportedly-launching-1b-token-sale-as-meme-coins-melt-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pump.fun Reportedly Launching $1B Token Sale\u00a0as Meme Coins Melt Down<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptopotato.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The popular Solana-based meme coin launchpad, Pump.fun, is reportedly planning to raise $1 billion through a token sale that would value the company at $4 billion, according to Blockworks, citing sources familiar with the matter. The token sale will be offered to both public and private investors, with hints on social media suggesting it could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-30098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}