Pump.fun Has Continued Its Transfer of SOL Tokens

Solana's meme coin creation platform Pump.fun has continued its transfer of SOL tokens. The platform recently transferred 196,370 SOL, worth approximately $25.3 million

Solana’s meme coin creation platform, Pump.fun, has continued transferring its SOL tokens. Recently, the platform transferred 196,370 SOL, worth approximately $25.3 million, to the Kraken exchange.

Additionally, Pump.fun’s daily fee revenue dropped from around 12,000 SOL, or $2 million per day, in February 2025 to less than 1,000 SOL, or $100,000 per day, in March, a 95% drop.

Pump.fun Transfers SOL to Kraken

According to local crypto news outlet EmberCN, the recent 196,370 SOL transfer consisted of two main transactions of 78,000 SOL and 118,370 SOL.

“The SOL that PumpFun transferred to Kraken today is only a small portion of the fee income from the past three weeks. In addition, there are 120,000 SOL that PumpFun redeemed as pledged SOL,” stated the report.

As of January 2025, crypto analytics firm Lookonchain reported that Pump.fun had transferred 1.56 million SOL to Kraken. With SOL prices ranging from $180-$200 in Q1, this amount was valued between $281 million and $313 million.

However, with the latest transfer, the total SOL sent to exchanges now reaches approximately 1.76 million SOL, which is around $219 million at current prices.

Declining Revenue at Pump.fun

Furthermore, EmberCN highlighted that in February 2025, Pump.fun’s daily fee revenue averaged 12,000 SOL per day or approximately $2 million per day. But as of March 2025, revenue has dropped below 1,000 SOL per day, marking a 95% decline.

Previously, crypto analytics firm Dune Analytics showed that Pump.fun generated 72,506 SOL in revenue on January 1, 2025. This was a 30% increase from its previous peak of 55,000 SOL in November 2024.

Moreover, an estimate of Pump.fun’s cumulative fee revenue is nearly $600 million at the time of writing. A portion of this revenue appears to have been moved or sold.

The drastic fee decline is likely due to the ebbing interest in meme coins. The meme coin craze on Solana peaked in late 2024 and early 2025.

However, recent token performance on Pump.fun has failed to meet expectations. Only a small percentage of Pump.fun tokens reach wider markets like Raydium.

Previously, Pump.fun also contributed to the market boom by creating over 600,000 new tokens in January 2025. But competitive platforms like Four.meme have managed to capture community interest despite being subject to hacks.

In the past 24 hours, six tokens launched on Four.meme have exceeded a $1 million market cap, while only one token on Pump.fun reached that threshold.

Moreover, according to EmberCN, PvP trading enthusiasm in SOL has plummeted, decreasing transaction volume on Pump.fun.

The 95% revenue drop from February to March 2025 signals a potential downturn. Pump.fun’s strong dependence on meme coins makes it susceptible to shifts in the market.

Meme coin market capitalization has dropped substantially, indicating a possible end to the “supercycle” of explosive growth. The ongoing SOL transfers to Kraken could indicate sales preparations, potentially putting downward pressure on SOL prices.

At the time of BeInCrypto’s report, SOL price is currently trading at $124.05.