Pump.fun's $4B FDV token sale: a critical take
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Bearish call$PUMP−22%since listing, moved with the callHow it played out ↓Argues Pump.fun earned its $700M+ revenue but that raising another billion at a $4B FDV from traders hurt by scams on its platform, while early investors sit up 333x, is crime-level. Says he would dump any PUMP airdrop.
Key claims
Pump.fun has pocketed over $700M in revenue
Token sale is priced at a $4B FDV
Early investors are up 333x
Same sentiment here.
Yes, they built the most addictive (and successful) online casino our industry has ever seen.
Yes, even if some might call it extractive, the $700M+ in revenue they pocketed are probs fair play.
But extracting another billion dollars from a market full rekt trenchers that got f*cked by scams on your platform to sell a ded dream at $4B FDV while "early investors" are up 333x?
Agree with @elliotrades that unfortunately, this is once again crime-level shit and embodies everything that is wrong with our in many ways great industry.
Probs there won't even be an airdrop, but if there is I'll insta dump any $PUMP I get.
gud point to add here
x.com/defi_mochi/status/1930067343067230532
maybe a bit extreme but I get the point
x.com/kmoney_69/status/1930014298857976215
sums it up
x.com/naruto11eth/status/1930035118275477939
x.com/zerokn0wledge_/status/1930073689598337440
QUOTING @elliotrades
I think my eyes got AIDS after reading this I would sell every meme coin you have before this happens This is a crime worthy of the death penalty t.co/VTD6O65baU
I think my eyes got AIDS after reading this I would sell every meme coin you have before this happens This is a crime worthy of the death penalty t.co/VTD6O65baU
How the call played out · since 04 Jun 2025
Prices as of 23 Oct 2026This piece takes a view on $PUMP, so that move is read against the call.
$PUMPPump.funBearish thesis
PUMP sale at a $4B FDV extracts from burned traders while early investors sit up 333x; any airdrop gets dumped.
−22%
Moved with the call · since it listed on 15 Jul 2025, 6 weeks after this piece
- At listing
- $0.00582
- Now
- $0.00455
- vs BTC
- +15%
- After 1 month
- −32%
- After 3 months
- −26%
- After 1 year
- −74%
- High since
- +48% 16 Sep 2025
- Low since
- −79% 26 Jun 2026
Since then
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