Pump.fun raised $500M via a sale of PUMP tokens, which sold out in 12 minutes; it offered 12.5% of its total token supply at a fully diluted valuation of $4B
But Something Doesn't Add Up Monika Ghosh / CryptoSlate : Memecoin platform PumpFun concludes one of the fastest ICOs, raising $600M in 12 minutes Anthony Patrick / crypto.news : DIY memecoin platform...
Trump hosted a gala dinner for top buyers of $TRUMP, including Justin Sun, and said he was fulfilling his promise to make the US the world's “crypto capital”
and no access to the president NBC News : Who attended Trump's crypto dinner? Photos and social media offer some clues Vignesh Karunanidhi / crypto.news : TRON's Justin Sun vows to cement Trump, US cr...
President Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the TRUMP memecoin on May 22, according to the memecoin's website; TRUMP jumps 50%+
President Donald Trump will have dinner with the top 220 holders of the Trump memecoin, the issuers of the cryptocurrency announced on Wednesday.
PumpSwap, a new DEX launched by Pump.fun's creators, processed $2.43B in cumulative trading volume after just 10 days, shaking up the Solana DEX ecosystem
- PumpSwap, the DEX recently launched by memecoin platform Pump.fun, has processed $2.43 billion in cumulative trading volume after just 10 days …
Daily trading volume for graduated Pump.fun tokens fell 94% from January 2025 peaks of $3B to ~$170M, as the memecoin mania cools following rug pulls and more
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The SEC says that most memecoins are not securities, are akin to collectibles, and memecoin purchasers and holders are not protected by federal securities laws
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance Thursday evening saying it does not deem most meme coins securities under U.S. federal law.
CoinGecko: Trump's memecoin, with a ~$7.5B market cap, is around the 28th most valuable cryptocurrency; some in crypto call Official Trump a “horrible look”
Survey Bloomberg : What Are Memecoins and Why Did Trump Launch One? Callum Jones / The Guardian : Experts alarmed by Trumps' crypto meme coins: ‘America voted for corruption’ Michael Anthony Bitoon / ...
Viral influencer Haliey Welch's Hawk Tuah memecoin sparks outrage across social media after pumping to a $490M market cap and then dumping 90%+ in three hours
A smart mark is still a mark. [embedded post] @kosso.co.uk : Memecoins on Solana are very much designed for young teenagers to spaff all their wallets. — I thought the Binance chain and Ethereum me...
Dogecoin has become surprisingly popular among businesses looking to accept crypto for real-world purchases, largely due to the memecoin's low transaction costs
Teresa Xie / Bloomberg :
Hashed: 1M+ memecoins have been created on Pump.fun, a platform based on the Solana and Blast blockchains, generating $50M+ in revenue since its January launch
- Pump.fun is one of the most profitable memecoin projects — Platform has been at the center of crypto's memecoin craze