If you’re new to the Memecoin world and want to understand about Pumpfun platform, you’re in the right place! In this guide, I will walk you through the main concepts and information about the Pumpfun project and why it has captured the attention of the Memecoin Crypto world, generating over $600 million in fees over the past year.
What’s Pumpfun?
Pumpfun is a website and Crypto Launchpad Platform built on the Solana blockchain, specialized in memecoins. It enables users to create, launch and trade memecoins tokens.
Pump.fun was launched on January 19, 2024, by Noah Tweedale, Alon Cohen and Dylan Kerler. Since its inception, the platform has established itself as a prominent Solana launchpad for memecoins – tokens that typically derive their value from market speculation rather than practical utility, despite projects being able to create value for their users in other ways, such as we are doing through the Banana Zone Guy Community
On the platform, users can perform 2 main operations:
- Create and Launch: Users can generate their own memecoin tokens on the Solana blockchain and release it to the public
- Trade: Once launched, the tokens can be bought and sold on the platform before reaching the graduation process.
Pumpfun Fees
According to Dune, a Crypto Data Plataform, the Pump.fun plataform has generated over $600 millions in fees and revenue over the past year.
The business model around the memecoin launchpad revolves around small fees paid by users based on 3 actions users can perform on its platform, and according to each action, the platform may or may not charge a fee.
Pump.fun Fee Structure
According to Pump.fun’s fee documentation, it’s free to create a coin on Pump.fun and users pay fees only when buying or selling tokens and when the token graduates to the Raydium DEX, as follows:
Token Creation
- It’s free to create a new memecoin on Pumpfun
Trading Fees
- Applied when buying or selling tokens on the platform
- 1% of the total purchase or sale price for each trade (in SOL)
Graduation Fee
- Charged when a token moves from Pump.fun to PumpSwap DEX (Graduates)
- 0.015 SOL
| Action | Fee |
|---|---|
| Create a coin | Free |
| Buy or sell a coin while on the bonding curve | 1% of the total purchase or sale price for each trade (in SOL) |
| When a coin graduates from the pump.fun platform to PumpSwap* | 0.015 SOL |
*This is a fixed fee of 0.015 SOL that includes network fees even though these may vary from time to time. This 0.015 SOL is taken from the liquidity of the coin and does not require the user to pay this as an additional amount.
What’s Bonding Curve on Pumpfun?
The Bonding Curve on Pump.fun is a fundamental pricing mechanism that dynamically adjusts token prices based on supply and demand. This automated market-making (AMM) model ensures that early buyers benefit from lower prices, while subsequent investors pay progressively higher rates as more tokens are minted. By leveraging a mathematical curve, typically exponential or logarithmic, the bonding curve facilitates smooth price discovery without relying on traditional order books.
On Pump.fun, this system is crucial for liquidity management, as it guarantees that there are always buy and sell opportunities. When a user purchases a token, their investment increases the price along the curve, and when they sell, it moves downward, stabilizing market fluctuations. This self-sustaining liquidity model attracts crypto traders looking for fair and transparent tokenomics.
What’s King of The Hill on Pumpfun?
King of the Hill is the process on Pumpfun when a coin reaches approximately $30,000 in market cap, and it gets free exposure at the top of the Pump.fun front page. Basically, it’s a free marketing mechanism designed by the platform to advertise new well-performing coins.
Once a coin becomes the King of the Hill, the token will be prominently displayed at the top of the Pumpfun homepage for all users to see until it is succeeded by another King of the Hill.
What’s Graduation on Pumpfun?
The graduation process on Pump.fun is when a memecoin goes to the Raydium DEX after reaching about $70,000 in marketcap.
When a token reaches that milestone, Pumpfun automatically creates a Liquidity Pool on Raydium and deposits the token to allow trading there.
What’s Raydium Listing?
Raydium Listing, Raydium Migration and Graduation Process are the same thing. In other words, it’s when a memecoin reaches the $70,000 market cap milestone on Pumpfun, and the platform creates a Liquidity Pool on Raydium using the memecoin token and Solana (SOL), enabling trading on the Raydium DEX.
Pumpfun Mobile App
The Pumpfun platform released its Mobile App on iOS and Android on February 14, 2025.
The app mirrors the web interface, enabling users to create Solana-based memecoins for free, trade tokens, manage portfolios and build customized watchlists.
Despite its innovation, the Pumpfun App presents various problems and technical difficulties. Therefore, it is recommended to use the website until improvements are made to the App.
Pumpfun Advanced
The PumpFun website features an Advanced Functionality where users have access to more information about the memecoins created on the platform.
In this section, users can view information about the memecoins in 4 different categories (columns):
- Newly Created
- About to Graduate
- Featured
- Main Watchlist
In addition, in each of these columns, users can apply 3 different filters to identify potential investment opportunities by filtering the tokens based on:
- Market Cap
- Volume
- Number of Holders
Newly Created
This column displays the latest memecoins (tokens) that have been created. It changes most frequently as new tokens are constantly being added.
About to Graduate
This column shows the tokens that are about to graduate, or in other words, are close to reaching the necessary liquidity to be launched on Raydium.
Featured
This column displays the tokens that are featured on Pumpfun according to the platform’s criteria.
Main Watchlist
This column shows the memecoins that have been added to the favorites list. In other words, it’s possible to create a personalized list of tokens to monitor.
Pumpfun Reports
The PumpFun website features a Report functionality where users can report any memecoin/project that is violating the platform’s policies.
To access this functionality, simply select a token from the site and go to the project’s information page, then choose the “Report” option in the lower right corner of the screen.
Users can report 4 types of predefined violations or inform about any other that doesn’t fit into those 4.
See below for the violations:
| Violation | reporting reason |
|---|---|
| Abuse & Harassment | Insults, Unwanted Sexual Content & Graphic Objectification, Unwanted NSFW & Graphic Content, Violent Event Denial, Targeted Harassment and Inciting Harassment |
| Child Safety | Child sexual exploitation, grooming, physical child abuse, underage user |
| Suicide or self-harm | Encouraging, promoting, providing instructions or sharing strategies for self-harm. |
| Sensitive or disturbing media | Graphic Content, Gratuitous Gore, Adult Nudity & Sexual Behavior, Violent Sexual Conduct, Bestiality & Necrophilia, Media depicting a deceased individual. |
| Other | Explain why should be removed. |
How to Use Pumpfun: A Beginner’s Guide
As explained before, on Pump.fun, you can basically perform 2 actions: create a memecoin or trade existing memecoins.
Take a look at how to perform these actions on the website:
How to Create a Coin in Pumpfun
Creating a coin on Pumpfun is a straightforward process. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you:
- Access the webiste Pump.fun
- Connect your Wallet (Phantom Wallet or other)
- Click in “Start a New Coin”
- Define the coin’s parameters:
- Name
- Ticker
- Description
- Image or video
- Telegram link (optional)
- Website link (optional)
- Twitter or X link (optional)
- Click Create
After confirming all the details and signing the transactiosn your coin will be lauched. Now it is available for trading on the Pumpfun platform.
How to Trade on Pumpfun
Trading on Pumpfun is a simple process. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you:
- Access the webiste Pump.fun
- Connect your Wallet (Phantom Wallet or other)
- Find a memecoin
- Use the options Buy or Sell
Why Use Pumpfun?
There are several reasons to use Pumpfun. Take a look at the key features of Pump.Fun:
- Free and fast token creation in under a minute.
- No technical expertise required
- Simple and intuitive interface
- Security with standard contracts
Conclusion
Pump.fun has established itself as the leading Memecoin Launchpad in the Solana ecosystem, offering deep liquidity, fast transactions, and an easy step-by-step memecoin creation process. If you want to explore the memecoin market, Pump.fun is an excellent choice.
Now that you understand how it works, why not start using the platform to find some opportunities? Just remember to Do Your Own Research (DYOR) and always manage risks when investing in memecoins, as this market is known for several Rug Pull cases.
Untill next. Keep Grinding! Stay a BZGUY!
