@sevenup27 posted on Oct 22 that a second round of payouts went out to his referrals and $500,000 is still left in the Pump fun rewards pool, after an earlier post said the pool was increased to $869K after a first payout.
[1]← Week of Oct 18Oct 18 – Oct 24 UTC Every claim links to the posts behind it01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 6 posts on X 1 week
Microtrend / Rank 09 / Week of Oct 18 – Oct 24
Pump fun’s second referral payout lands as the rewards pool drops to $500K — and critics pile on over $1B revenue, 79% dead tokens and a new cross-chain build
Peak / day18tracked accounts
Peak dayWedOct 21 · busiest day in the panel
Rest of X / peak day—not measured outside the panel
Cited claims111 dropped by automated checks
Market—no token attached
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Who was talking, day by day
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What happened
Between Oct 18 and Oct 24 the most-distinct-account thread around Pump fun was its mobile app referral campaign: @sevenup27 posted on Oct 22 that a second round of payouts went out to his referrals and that “$500,000 is still left in the Pump fun rewards pool,” after an earlier post noted the pool had been increased to $869K following a first payout. Requirements posted: download the app, sign up with a referral code, deposit $50 by bank card or Apple Pay with KYC, then trade five consecutive days ($50 USDC→SOL→USDC plus buying and selling any memecoin), all inside the mobile app — @0xelpatron95 pushed his own “bennyBlanco” code on Oct 24, quoting another referral post from @kreeeper79, which is coordinated referral promotion. In parallel, @yzzzbtc argued on Oct 21 that users are tiring of Pump fun’s “predatory incentives,” citing over $1B in protocol revenue, and — per Bitquery as he states it — 79% of tokens launched there never traded again after day one and only 1 in 58 graduated; he also laid out $PUMP allocations (20% team, 13% existing investors, 18% private sale, 15% public sale). @jameschristoph argued on Oct 22 that Pump fun earns far more from “millions of $30k coins” than from coins reaching billions. @vadim_web3 posted on Oct 22 that Pump fun called out Relay for poor execution on Polygon Trails — ~90% of Polygon Trails transactions route through Relay — and built its own cross-chain solution he describes as 2x faster with 12x fewer errors, asking when it runs through AggLayer. @enigmaeye_ said on Oct 23 he is “on pump fun too now” and the same day framed $BATON as a Pump fun-linked “leverage position on pump,” claiming Ansem aped — a shill-style claim, unverified. @lord_proto posted on Oct 21 that anyone who joined Pump fun recently should be considered “weak & corrupt,” and @pamp_it_ capped the week on Oct 24 with a profanity-laced post against Pump fun, Ansem and two other individuals, which we are not amplifying further. No price or market data was provided to check any of the revenue, pool or percentage figures against.
Why it matters
The week’s Pump fun activity splits into a paid-growth push (the app referral program, now on its second payout round and down to $500K remaining) and a widening critique of its economics by accounts citing $1B+ revenue, 79% one-day-dead tokens and a 1-in-58 graduation rate. The new element is that Pump fun is now being described as shipping its own cross-chain rail in direct criticism of Relay on Polygon Trails — the first sign this week of Pump fun as infrastructure, not just a launchpad. The coordinated, near-identical referral-code posts from @0xelpatron95 and @kreeeper79 are a likely paid or incentivized promotion and should be treated as such.
Observed reaction
negative
Spread
Where it started and who carried it
- First seen
- Oct 18, 00:42 UTC by @mmozley70
- Accounts
- 22 tracked · 18 elsewhere on X
- Communities
- memecoins solana (9), general ct (3), ai crypto (3), prediction mkts (2)
- Key accounts
- @whitewhalelabs, @wizardofsoho, @adriansanpei, @cryptogorilla, @yakuzamotosan
Explainability
Evidence register
@sevenup27's listed requirements: download the app, sign up with a referral code, deposit $50 by bank card or Apple Pay with KYC, and trade five consecutive days ($50 USDC→SOL→USDC plus buying and selling any memecoin), all in the mobile app.
[1]@0xelpatron95 posted his own Pump fun referral code 'bennyBlanco' on Oct 24, quoting @kreeeper79's near-identical referral post with code 'KREEP79' — coordinated referral promotion.
[1]@yzzzbtc argued on Oct 21 that users are tiring of Pump fun's 'predatory incentives,' citing over $1B in protocol revenue, Bitquery data that 79% of tokens launched there never traded again after their first day and only 1 in 58 graduated, and $PUMP allocations of 20% team, 13% existing investors, 18% private sale, 15% public sale.
[1]@jameschristoph argued on Oct 22 that Pump fun makes more from millions of $30k coins than from coins reaching billions.
[1]@vadim_web3 posted on Oct 22 that Pump fun called out Relay for terrible execution — with ~90% of Polygon Trails transactions routed through Relay — and built its own cross-chain solution he describes as 2x faster with 12x fewer errors, asking when it will run through AggLayer.
[1]@enigmaeye_ posted on Oct 23 that he is 'on pump fun too now' and the same day framed $BATON as 'Cashcat of pump fun,' called it 'a leverage position on pump' and claimed Ansem aped — unverified.
[1][2]@lord_proto posted on Oct 21 that anyone who joined Pump fun recently should be considered 'weak & corrupt.'
[1]@pamp_it_ posted on Oct 24 a profanity-laced message against Pump fun, Ansem and two other individuals.
[1]@spinerazor1 posted on Oct 20 that an entire account was 'pump fun glazing' and not a real account.
[1]@yzzzbtc posted on Oct 20 about $STONK being down ~75% from ATH at an ~$85–90m mcap with $35.4m cumulative revenue and $21.1m in buybacks.
[1]Angles
- Referral economics: second payout round done, pool down to $500K from $869K
- The $1B revenue vs 79%-dead / 1-in-58-graduation critique
- PUMP allocation breakdown: 20% team, 13% investors, 18% private, 15% public
- Pump fun building its own cross-chain solution after calling out Relay's execution on Polygon Trails
- Referral-code posts from @0xelpatron95 and @kreeeper79 are near-identical — coordinated promotion flag
Formats in use
Risks
- Coordinated referral promotion: @0xelpatron95 and @kreeeper79 posted almost the same referral script within hours — flag as incentivized, not organic.
- Unverified: @enigmaeye_'s claim that Ansem aped $BATON and that it is 'the alt of cycle' is unverified.
- No market block was provided, so none of the revenue, pool, allocation or error-rate numbers could be independently checked — attribute them to the accounts that posted them.
- Avoid amplifying the profanity-laced post from @pamp_it_ naming individuals; no harassment of named people.
Observed content
Most-engaged posts
been looking at $STONK again and i think the market might be massively mispricing this thing ~$85-90m mcap after a ~75% correction from ATH meanwhile the underlying business has generated: $35.4m cumulative revenue $21.1m in actual market buybacks $3.26m in buybacks in octoberOpen on X →
$500,000 is still left in the Pump fun rewards pool Today, they sent out the second round of payouts to my referrals If you haven’t joined yet, sign up now: https://t.co/Jl6PRsMUKk Code: CurvedShyPilot The requirements are simple: 1. Download the app and sign up using a refeOpen on X →
I’m on pump fun too now @hdegroott mode 🙂↕️ https://t.co/YNJ4pqmJPuOpen on X →
I think that people genuinely don’t understand how pump fun makes money, and that’s the problem. Pump picks up pennies, billions of times. They make more from millions of $30k coins than they do coins going to bns. They sell the sizzle, not the steak.Open on X →
$BATON - Cashcat of pump fun, the alt of cycle. First pump pair which can kickstart a pump economy. One of the strongest organic community on chain right now. Ansem already aped. 2 chads are better than one. I know you don't like pumpfun but you always tell that in tradinOpen on X →
60–70% of this revenue comes from Pump fun. And Polygon is actually in fifth place here. Good luck.Open on X →
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