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Summary

pump.fun (operated by Baton Corporation Ltd., also listed on AVOID.NET as 'pumpdotfun') is a Solana-based meme token launchpad that launched in January 2024 and rapidly became one of the most-used token creation platforms in crypto, generating over $800 million in cumulative revenue and more than 11.9 million tokens. The platform is subject to an active RICO class action lawsuit in the SDNY alleging up to $5.5 billion in retail losses, a UK FCA regulatory ban, a $1.9 million insider flash loan exploit, documented use by North Korea's Lazarus Group for money laundering, and independent research classifying 98.6% of its tokens as rug pulls or fraud.

Connected Entities

128 entities · 5 linked investigations
Wallets
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Organizations
Pump.fun
Exchanges
Binance Exchange 1Bybit Exchange
Tokens
Pump
Protocols
Pump.fun Treasury
Relationships
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125 shared actors · 2 investigations

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Live On-Chain Activity

1 address watched · via Helius
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Timeline(15 events)

2024-01-19

pump.fun launches on Solana as a meme token launchpad with a bonding curve mechanism.

2024-05-16

Former employee Jarett Dunn (STACCOverflow) exploits pump.fun via MarginFi flash loans, stealing approximately $1.9 million (12,300 SOL) using a privileged service account key.

2024-05-17

Jarett Dunn is arrested by London Metropolitan Police at the Middle Eight Hotel, Covent Garden. He is charged with alleged theft from employer and released on bail.

2024-08-01

pump.fun removes its 0.02 SOL token creation fee, further lowering barriers to token launches.

2024-12-03

UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) publishes official warning that pump.fun is unauthorized to operate in the UK.

2024-12-06

pump.fun updates its terms of service and implements a geoblock to ban UK users, in response to the FCA warning.

2025-01-16

Initial class action lawsuit filed in SDNY over pump.fun's alleged securities violations, anchored to the $PNUT token.

2025-01-30

Second class action complaint filed in SDNY (Aguilar v. Baton Corporation Ltd.), naming Baton Corporation and co-founders Cohen, Kerler, and Tweedale. Cases later consolidated.

2025-02-26

pump.fun's official X account (@pumpdotfun) is hacked; attackers promote a fraudulent 'PUMP' governance token that briefly reaches a $5 million market cap before collapsing. ZachXBT links the breach to prior X account hacks.

2025-02-26

Lazarus Group, following the $1.5 billion Bybit hack, deploys a meme coin (QinShihuang) on pump.fun to launder approximately $26 million in stolen funds. pump.fun later removes the token from its front end.

2025-03-20

pump.fun launches PumpSwap, a proprietary Solana AMM that replaces Raydium as the graduation destination for bonding curve tokens. PumpSwap rapidly becomes the second-largest Solana AMM by volume.

2025-05-07

Solidus Labs publishes report classifying 98.6% of pump.fun tokens as rug pulls or pump-and-dump schemes, based on analysis of over 7 million tokens. pump.fun disputes the findings.

2025-07-22

Amended RICO complaint filed in SDNY, expanding defendants to include Solana Labs, Solana Foundation, Jito Labs, and senior executives. Estimated retail losses cited as $4–5.5 billion.

2025-09-30

Jito Labs, the Jito Foundation, and Jito leadership voluntarily dismissed from the RICO class action.

2025-12-11

Judge Colleen McMahon approves filing of second amended complaint after plaintiffs obtain over 5,000 private messages from Solana Labs and pump.fun engineers.

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generated: 5/4/2026, 4:05:04 PM

last updated: 5/26/2026, 4:11:16 AM

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