Solana launchpad Pump.fun took in more than $10 million in protocol fees in the week of 3–9 August, its first week ever above that mark. Three days later, 6.875 billion new tokens hit the market. The price barely moved. Taken together, the two facts say more about the state of meme trading on Solana than any price chart.
The record week in numbers
According to crypto.news, the platform earned $10.03 million in the week of 3–9 August, roughly twelve percent more than the week before.
| Protocol fees | $10.03 million (up twelve percent week-over-week) |
| Trading volume | $2.97 billion |
| Buyback and burn | 2.15 billion PUMP, worth $5.02 million |
| Revenue, last 30 days | $35.67 million — ahead of Hyperliquid at $32.46 million (DefiLlama) |
| Cumulative buybacks | more than $350 million |
Since the spring, the platform has directed half of its net revenue to buybacks and burns and the other...
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