A pump of half a billion dollars. The network Solana (Soil) has become the privileged playground for lovers of memecoins. Indeed, the platform Pump.fun allows anyone to launch their same On Solana. On July 12, it was the turn of the platform itself to publicly launch its token, the PUMP. And the least we can say is that success was there, but not without clashes and blackheads behind the scenes.
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Pump.fun was a brilliant success with the launch of his own token Pump, collecting $ 500 million in just 12 minutes. But the found enthusiasm of private investors for the same is not the only explanation for this success.
Pump.fun: the queen launch platform of the same
Launched at the beginning of 2024, the platform Pump.fun quickly met with great success. Indeed, it allows anyone to launch your samesimply and at low cost, via the blockchain network of Solana. In addition to allowing the launch of tokens, the platform has a DEX (decentralized exchange), Pumpswapwhich allows to exchange said chips. In all, the Pump.fun ecosystem would have already generated $ 774 million in income Since its launch. And very recently, on July 12, 2025, the same platform has brilliantly The public launch of its own token PUMP. Indeed, these are $ 500 million in less than 12 minutes who spilled for buy all Digital tokens sold that day.
Pump: a frank success via the FOMO found of private investors (but not only …)
How this ICO (Initial Coin Offering) de 12,5% Total token-125 billion pump-could she leave in just a handful of minutes? The Cointelegraph crypto-media published an analysis dissecting the great success of this first public sale of the Pump. According to this analysis, as soon as the sale began, » Chaos has settled (Like a Black Friday in the United States). Cointelegraph explains that on-chain data show «a collision between the FOMO (Editor's note: the fear of missing a great opportunity) of individuals and a orchestrated manipulation ». For the latter, the crypto-media specifies:
«(…) On Binance Square and Bitcoin Insider, major holders have fragmented their public allowance in dozens of sub-doors in order to dominate the distribution of pump tokens. Fun without triggering alert. »»
Cointelegraph
One thing is certain after A few months of frankness On the side of the same, the recent new price record Bitcoin (almost 123,000 dollars on July 14) RELAUNCH The entire Crypto market, including those based on memes. And given their exacerbated volatilityTHE same have had takeoff in dozens of percent. As in a casinoyou can win or lose big with these fun cryptos, but as in the casino also, it remains A game of pure chance.