Pump Token Draws Heavy Interest Ahead of ICO

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Pump.fun’s PUMP token is trading at a 40% premium over its initial coin offering price on derivatives exchanges, days before the token officially launches. Pre-market and perpetual futures trading have pushed the token’s value higher, even before its release on-chain, data from Coindesk suggests.

Key Details:

• PUMP is priced at $0.0056 on Hyperliquid, compared to its $0.004 ICO rate.
• More than $30 million in volume was recorded in the first 24 hours of futures trading.
• Open interest surpassed $17 million as of July 10.
• OKX enabled pre-market futures trading at 4 a.m. UTC on July 11.

PUMP-USD perpetual pair was launched on Hyperliquid on July 9, allowing up to 3x leverage. The listing generated significant speculative activity despite the token not yet being live on-chain.

• Futures contracts have a face value of 1,000 PUMP and quote prices in USDT.
• Leverage on OKX pre-market futures ranges from 0.01x to 5x.
• Trading is available 24/7 across both platforms.

Pump.fun plans to distribute 33% of its 1 trillion total token supply. Of that allocation, 18% was sold privately, and 15% is reserved for the public sale on July 12. All tokens will be fully unlocked at launch.

• Private and public sale prices are set at $0.004 per token.
• The platform claims to have earned more than $600 million in revenue since 2024.
• Revenue mainly comes from fees on meme coin launches tied to the Solana blockchain.

Pump.fun is promoting the PUMP token as a tool for building a decentralized social platform. The project aims to reward users financially, contrasting with conventional engagement models used by TikTok, Twitch, and Facebook.

What is Pump.fun?

Pump.fun is a platform that enables the creation and trading of tokens with minimal friction. It is known for facilitating meme coin launches and has become a key player in Solana’s low-cost token ecosystem.

The platform is not without its controversy, as Pump Fun was blamed for the supposed lack of “altseason” in the current cycle.

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