Pump.fun announced the acquisition of a leading multi-chain trading terminal to further expand its ecosystem, triggering a 10% price surge for the platform’s token, PUMP. Related Reading: BNB Reclaims $1,100 As Binance Founder Receives Presidential Pardon – New Rally Coming? Pump.fun Acquires Padre On Friday, Solana’s leading launchpad, Pump.fun, announced it had acquired multichain trading terminal Padre for an undisclosed amount as part of its “mission to tokenize the world’s highest-potential opportunities.” The platform explained that trading terminals have “captured most trading volumes in the ecosystem” for the past year. Therefore, the acquisition of Padre, which supports trading across Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and Base, “was a no-brainer,” Pump.fun’s co-founder Alon Cohen affirmed. “Today marks another historic day for the PUMP ecosystem. What we’re known for is innovating, growing the market as a whole and creating the most retail-friendly products,” Cohen wrote on X. “But we have always wanted to find more ways to support and reward our existing, loyal user base, most of which uses pro trading terminals,” he continued, adding that “the Padre team has shown the most grit, execution capability and integrity out of any crypto team I have gotten to know.” According to the official announcement, Padre will function as usual, but users will experience significant upgrades in user experience, especially for tokens launched on Pump.fun. Additionally, the integration will improve data and speed, and offer better trading incentives. PUMP Breaks Out Of Bearish Structure Following the news, Pump.fun’s token, PUMP, became one of the best-performing tokens in the past 24 hours, jumping 11.6% to a one-week high of $0.0043. The cryptocurrency has been trading within the $0.0036-$0.0046 price range since the early October correction. Analyst Sjuul from AltCryptoGems noted that yesterday, PUMP was “in a bit of trouble” after retesting the range lows, needing to break out of a bearish structure to prevent a breakdown to lower levels. After today’s rally, PUMP “finally broke that structure,” suggesting that the range high should be the next target for the cryptocurrency’s price. A potential breakout from this range could set the stage for a retest of the $0.005 mark, a key support and resistance level during the Q3 rally that was lost during the October 10 pullback. PADRE Crash Drives Community Backlash Despite the PUMP rally, Pump.fun received some backlash after the acquisition. Padre’s users slammed the memecoin launchpad for one of the key changes listed in the announcement. According to the official X post, trading terminal’s token, PADRE, “will no longer have utility on the platform with no further plans for the future.” As a result, the cryptocurrency dropped 76% in an hour to a multi-month low of $0.009 before stabilizing at around $0.0139. Related Reading: Crypto Market Records ‘Particularly Robust’ Q3 Performance With 16% Active Trader Growth – Report A user criticized the decision, affirming that “when you acquire a product that has been on the market for more than a year, (…) it would be really wise to take into account people that have invested into the token as well.” The user considers that “posting a statement that renders the token absolutely useless and sunsetting it in this way is atrocious,” suggesting that the Pump.fun team should have taken a snapshot and announced an airdrop for PADRE holders. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com
After a terrible start to its launch back in July this year, the PUMP token has finally found its spark, managing to lead the recent market recovery. The Pump.Fun native token rose by over 140% over the last month, featuring prominently at the top of the gainers’ list during this time. A slowdown has since rocked the altcoin after this, but it may not be the end of the story. Pump.Fun Surpasses Hyperliquid In Daily Revenue In an interesting turn of events, Pump.Fun, the native platform behind the PUMP token, has overtaken Hyperliquid in terms of daily revenue. Hyperliquid, an on-chain perps trading platform, has been the third-highest on-chain revenue generator, right behind stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle. Related Reading: The Big PEPE Price Breakout: Falling Wedge Pattern Points To 64% Rally This meant that Hyperliquid was the number 1 decentralized finance (DeFi) platform and non-stablecoin issuer in terms of revenue, averaging over $2.5 million daily. Its high revenue generation was also instrumental in driving up the value of its native HYPE token. Part of its revenue went into token buybacks, pushing up demand for the altcoin. However, with the recent development, Pump.Fun has now dethroned Hyperliquid, pushing it into the fourth position. PUMP now reigns at 3rd position, after recording $3.12 million in daily revenue, compared to the $3 million generated by the Hyperliquid platform for the same time period. While Hyperliquid continues to lead over longer timeframes, such as weekly and monthly, the recent rise in the Pump.Fun revenue could have very bullish implications for its native token. Why The PUMP Token Price Can Benefit From This The rise in the Pump.Fun metric to flip Hyperliquid is bullish for the PUMP price in the fact that the platform also uses almost 100% of its revenue to actually buyback the token. This was highlighted by crypto analyst Kaduna in an X post, explaining that this could pump the price. Related Reading: The Dogecoin Bullish Reset: A Clear Roadmap To $0.35 According to Kaduna, the PUMP token is still massively undervalued at a $2.8 billion market cap compared to HYPE’s $14.4 billion market cap. He also points out that the streaming service on the Pump.Fun website is just starting, something which is also bullish for the platform. If the revenue continues and the buybacks are notable, then it is possible that the PUMP price is headed to new all-time highs. At the time of writing, the price is only sitting 30% below its $0.01214 all-time high that was recorded back in July. Featured image from Dall.E, chart from TradingView.com
After hitting a new low two days ago, Pump.fun (PUMP) has jumped nearly 30% to a key resistance level. As the token attempts to reclaim this area, an analyst suggested that the bottom may be in, and a recovery rally is underway. Related Reading: Ethereum Celebrates 10 Years: Coinbase CEO Shares Vitalik Buterin Anecdote As ETH Eyes $4,000 PUMP Sees Rollercoaster Price Action On Thursday, Pump.fun retested a crucial level after its recent struggles. The token has been making the headlines for its constant bleeding, hitting new all-time lows (ATLs) over the past week. Notably, PUMP launched on July 14 and surged 70% from its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) price of $0.0040, hitting its all-time high (ATH) of $0.0068 two days later. However, selling pressure from large-scale investors and disappointing updates about the highly anticipated token airdrop halted the fun. Just a week after its launch, Pump.fun’s token fell below its ICO price and continued to nosedive below the $0.0030 mark over the following days. The cryptocurrency hit an ATL of $0.0028 last Thursday after the platform’s co-founder, Alon Cohen, stated that the PUMP airdrop would not be taking place soon. Since then, the token has dropped even further, hitting a new low of $0.0022 on July 29, nearly a 70% drop from the ATH. Nonetheless, PUMP has also been ranging between the $0.0024-$0.0029 area during the past week, attempting to break above this range three times. Over the past two days, Pump.fun has surged nearly 30% from the lows, breaking above the $0.0030 resistance for the first time in a week. The token surged 12% on Thursday to hit a weekly high of $0.0032 before retracing toward the $0.0027-$0.0029 area. Crypto analyst Altcoin Sherpa highlighted the recent price action, suggesting that PUMP has shown “some great strong moves lately” and a breakout and “hated rally” could be coming soon. He previously forecasted that the bottom would happen “relatively soon,” and it would likely be followed by “some sort of giga crime pump.” Pump.Fun Buybacks To Fuel The Recovery? The recent recovery appears to be partially driven by the platform’s buyback program and whales’ renewed interest in the token. Notably, a large-scale investor that previously lost $125,000 on PUMP purchased $3.16 million worth of tokens on Thursday. Lookonchain shared that a whale spent 17,542 SOL to buy $1.06B of $PUMP at $0.00297. Meanwhile, a community member noted that “PumpFun has pivoted to what seems to be 100% token buybacks. 98% of yesterday’s PumpFun / PumpSwap revenue went to buying PUMP today.” Similarly, On-chain sleuth EmberCNB detailed that Pump.fun transferred 12,000 SOL, around $2.16 million, to its buyback address on July 30. It’s worth noting that the memecoin launchpad started a repurchase initiative on July 16, when the token hit its ATH. Related Reading: Analyst Says Bitcoin’s Final Leg Is Near – Time To Be ‘Cautiously Optimistic’? According to the report, Pump.fun initially transferred 187,770 SOL, approximately $30.53 million, from its fee wallet to the buyback address. Since then, the platform has repurchased 3.828 billion PUMP tokens for 129,100 SOL, valued at $21.5 million. Nonetheless, an X user expressed concerns about the initiative, affirming that “it is erratic.” To the community member, the inconsistent buybacks are “not a good look (…) first day 10m (way above their revenue), then stop, then 1m, then stop, now 100%, they are just playing to see what gets the attention, then stop buybacks altogether.” As of this writing, PUMP is trading at $0.0027, a 7% decline in the weekly timeframe. Featured Image from Unsplash.com, Chart from TradingView.com