Pump.fun has spent over $62 million on buybacks, absorbing 16.5 billion PUMP tokens in a bid to reduce sell pressure. Pump.fun has spent more than $62.6 million repurchasing its native token, PUMP, according to data from Dune Analytics. The buybacks have soaked up over 16.5 billion tokens at an average cost of $0.003785, as the platform looks to stabilize price action and reduce sell pressure. The buyback strategy uses platform-generated revenue, primarily fees collected from users launching memecoins, to execute daily token repurchases. Daily buybacks have consistently ranged between $1.3 million and $2.3 million over the past week, Dune Analytics data shows. Since launch, Pump.fun has generated over $775 million in revenue, according to data from DefiLlama. Notably, the platform saw a sharp revenue drop from July 28 to Aug. 3. During that time, Pump.fun brought in only $1.72 million weekly revenue, its lowest since March 2024. Read more
Pump.fun regained its market dominance in the Solana memecoin launchpad space, gaining over 73% in market share in the last seven days. Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pump.fun recorded one of its strongest revenue weeks of 2025 in mid-August as the sector recovered from a dip earlier this month. Decentralized finance (DeFi) data tracker DefiLlama showed that Pump.fun generated $13.48 million between Aug. 11 and Sunday, the platform’s strongest weekly revenue performance since February. The increase came after a sharp revenue drop from July 28 to Aug. 3. During that time, Pump.fun brought in only $1.72 million in weekly revenue, its lowest since March 2024. This contributed to the platform’s revenue drop in July, its lowest monthly revenue this year. Read more
Solana-based memecoin platform Pump.fun saw its July revenue plummet to $24.96 million, down 80% from its January peak. Solana memecoin launchpad Pump.fun’s monthly revenue fell to a 2025 low in July, signaling a sharp drop in the memecoin creation sector after months of declining interest. According to data from DeFi analytics platform DefiLlama, Pump.fun generated $24.96 million in revenue last month, down 80% from its January peak of over $130 million. The platform’s revenue has steadily declined this year, decreasing to $90 million in February before plunging to $37 million in March, DefiLlama data shows. Read more