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pump fun launched exactly one year ago. it changed my life and the crypto space forever. here's how it came to be: before pump fun, @sapijiju @outdoteth and I were trying to get traction for various ideas we built on the EVM. we built in NFTs, SocialFi, DeFi - anywhere we saw opportunity. For years, we were chewing glass with nothing to show for it then we discovered Solana it felt different. while the UX of onchain trading was still in its infancy, it felt refreshing to get a swap through instantly with no unnecessary steps. more importantly, though, everyone's bags were pumping, and it felt like the start of a new wave after playing around with it for a while, we noticed that the ecosystem was headed in an extremely dangerous direction. presales were the meta: random KOLs you never heard of were raising millions, and more often than not, ran away with the funds, leaving bagholders with nothing. the "trenches" weren't a thing - there simply weren't that many people that were stupid enough to ape new pairs when most coins rugged their liquidity pool, honeypotted, or worse. the only people that were winning were the nefarious actors behind these schemes we saw an opportunity to build a system that is safer, more fair, and more fun. we truly believed that memecoins presented the next big growth opportunity for crypto because they provide a simple and entertaining experience for users, and allow any creator to truly own their success in an increasingly hostile creator economy. thus, pump fun was born a few months, 3,000+ cold DMs, and hundreds of PRs later, it was finally starting to get traction. the way it blew up was something none of us could have predicted. seeing celebs like @IGGYAZALEA launch their own coins was not on my bingo card! the mindset quickly shifted from extreme frugality to growth at all costs. the pump fun ecosystem grew from a few guys to 30+ engineers, 50+ site moderators and support, and various other roles. fast forward to today: > more than 6 million coins created > more than $5bn in combined market cap > Tier 1 exchange listings for assets like Fartcoin, PNUT, GOAT, and many more > the #1 destination for non-crypto native users across all chains, with millions of users overall > more than $1bn of SOL locked in pump fun liquidity pools > the most trusted name in memecoins the path didn't come without setbacks, though > multiple coordinated FUD attacks > a hack > numerous pullbacks on majors and leading memecoins > the live streaming feature was taken down but no matter what, the community stood by us. that's why this year, we're committed to giving back looking forward, pump fun is the largest crypto social network and is looking to bring the huge amounts of opportunity (financial and non-financial) and fun that the crypto space provides to the mainstream. pump fun is also no longer just about memecoins: startups are launching on pump fun to tap into the massive amounts of liquidity and users that are looking to experiment with new products. over 70% of the top 50 coins launched on pump fun are AI projects, with many other kinds of projects launching every day in 2025, pump fun will take onchain experiences to the masses big things are coming.