Jito Labs
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anchored·5nVznm…cpVkSummary
Jito Labs is a San Francisco-based software company that builds MEV (maximal extractable value) and liquid staking infrastructure for the Solana blockchain, most notably the Jito-Solana validator client and the JitoSOL liquid staking protocol. The company was named as a defendant in a civil RICO class action (Aguilar v. Baton Corporation, S.D.N.Y., No. 1:25-cv-00880) alleging it enabled insider front-running on the Pump.fun memecoin platform; plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed all claims against Jito Labs on September 26, 2025, without settlement payment, though the court later granted leave to refile and the broader case against co-defendants continues. Jito Labs previously suspended its public mempool in March 2024 after sandwich-attack bots exploited the feature, and subsequently took enforcement action against validators conducting such attacks in 2025.
Connected Entities
7 entities · 60 linked investigations- Baton Corporation (Pump.fun)→mentioned with→Ethereum(70%)
- Jito Labs→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
- Baton Corporation (Pump.fun)→mentioned with→Solana(80%)
- Jito Labs→mentioned with→Ethereum(60%)
- Jito Labs→mentioned with→Pump.fun / Solana Labs / Jito Labs — RICO MEV Class Action (SDNY 2026)(85%)
- Baton Corporation Ltd (Pump.fun)→mentioned with→Baton Corporation (Pump.fun)(80%)
- Baton Corporation (Pump.fun)→mentioned with→Jito Labs(80%)
- Baton Corporation Ltd (Pump.fun)→mentioned with→Jito Labs(80%)
- Baton Corporation (Pump.fun)→mentioned with→Baton Corporation Ltd (Pump.fun)(80%)
- Jito Labs→mentioned with→Alameda Research(80%)
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Timeline(12 events)
11 August 2022
Jito Labs closes $10M Series A co-led by Multicoin Capital and Framework Ventures, with participation from Alameda Research, Solana Ventures, Delphi Digital, and angel investors including Anatoly Yakovenko.
Jito Labs official blog; Chainwire7 December 2023
JTO governance token airdrop claim window opens; 100 million JTO tokens (10% of supply) distributed to JitoSOL users, validators, and MEV searchers, valued at approximately $165–225 million at launch.
Decrypt; CoinDesk2024
MEV bot earns approximately $1.8 million in seconds by sandwich-attacking a large dogwifhat (WIF) purchase through Jito's public mempool.
CoinDesk8 March 2024
Jito Labs permanently suspends its public mempool functionality, citing inability to engineer a durable solution against sandwich attacks after a six-week remediation effort.
CoinDesk30 January 2025
Aguilar v. Baton Corporation class action filed in SDNY against Pump.fun (Baton Corporation) and its co-founders. Jito Labs not yet named.
CourtListener25 June 2025
Judge Colleen McMahon orders consolidation of two separate Pump.fun-related class actions.
Wolf Popper LLP22 July 2025
Consolidated amended complaint filed naming Jito Labs, Jito Foundation, CEO Lucas Bruder, and COO Brian Smith as defendants in civil RICO claims, alleging MEV infrastructure enabled insider front-running on Pump.fun.
Wolf Popper LLP; CoinGeek5 September 2025
Skadden files motion to dismiss on behalf of Jito Labs, arguing plaintiffs failed to plead any relationship between Jito Labs and the Pump.fun platform.
Skadden official press release26 September 2025
Plaintiffs voluntarily dismiss all claims against Jito Labs, Jito Foundation, Lucas Bruder, and Brian Smith without settlement payment or other consideration.
Skadden official press release30 September 2025
Court approves voluntary dismissal of all claims against Jito Labs.
Skadden official press release16 October 2025
Jito Foundation announces $50 million strategic investment from a16z crypto via private JTO token sale.
Jito Foundation official blog9 December 2025
Judge McMahon grants plaintiffs leave to file a second amended complaint after confidential informant supplies more than 5,000 internal chat logs; Jito Labs is among entities potentially subject to re-naming.
Crypto Times; YellowDecision Log
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This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 decisions). 21 of 22 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.
model: claude-code-investigator
generated: 5/28/2026, 6:54:09 PM
last updated: 5/28/2026, 6:54:09 PM
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