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Meme coins, pump.fun and new token launches: what to check before you buy.

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Illustration on a near-black background of a launch timeline with four signals: a pale token hexagon with a red key for hidden token powers, a tight cluster of tall red buy bars at the first block, two red wallets trading in a loop for fake volume, and a nearly empty pool draining through a red arrow for pulled liquidity.
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How to Identify Suspicious Activity in New Token Launches

Hype, volume and a green chart are the easiest parts of a launch to fake. Here are the four on-chain signals I check instead (token settings, first-block buyers, real volume and liquidity) and where each one can fool you.

Illustration of a grid of small hexagonal meme tokens on a near-black background, almost all faded grey and cracked with only two glowing red, while a stream of pale wallet dots mostly falls and fades and only a few red dots rise, showing how most Solana meme coin traders lose money.
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Why Most Solana Meme Coin Traders Lose Money

Pump.fun data shows that for most of 2024 and 2025, most meme coin traders who sold closed the month down, and almost every token ends up with no liquidity. Here's what the numbers say, what they leave out, and the habits that put you on the wrong side of them.

Illustration of a red megaphone casting a spotlight on a cracked hexagonal token at the top of a red line that spikes and then collapses in grey, with a judge's gavel resting on a block, showing a famous endorsement, the LIBRA memecoin crash and the dismissed court case.
Update6 min read

LIBRA Memecoin Case Dismissed: What the Ruling Means for Us

An Argentine judge cleared President Milei and 10 others in the LIBRA memecoin case, ruling that a famous promo alone isn't fraud. Here's what the ruling says, what's still open, and what it means for anyone buying memecoins.

Illustration of a red megaphone broadcasting a callout to a fanned-out crowd of followers, some glowing red and some dim, with a dashed line running from the crowd back to the caller: Pump.fun callout rewards now tie a caller's pay to how their followers do.
Update5 min read

Pump.fun Callout Rewards Now Pay on Follower Profits: My Read

Pump.fun's callout rewards started out paying for volume. Now the team says pay follows whether followers actually made money. Here's what changed, what the fine print says, and what it means in the trenches.

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