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💊 Pump(.)fun token rumors.

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🍋 News drops: the official Trump wallet, Meta's nuclear energy deal + more

🍍 Market flavor today

Crypto Market Cap: $3.31T -1.2% (24H)
Name		Price	24H	7D
	Bitcoin BTC	$104,711.10	-1.37%	-2.17%
	Ethereum ETH	$2,633.90	0.10%	0.78%
	XRP XRP	$2.25	0.85%	-0.39%
	BNB BNB	$665.08	0.04%	-2.32%
	Solana SOL	$156.42	-3.39%	-7.43%

It’s been nearly two weeks since Bitcoin hit its all-time high above $111K, and it's been either downhill or flat since then.

And yeah, we’ve already talked about the main reasons for that: macro uncertainty, profit-taking, and lack of retail demand.

That hasn’t changed - but we've got more data to back it up.

First off, analyst Willy Woo pointed out that some of the biggest whales in the market - those holding over 10,000 BTC - have been gradually selling since 2017.

Most of these coins were bought for peanuts (like $0 - $700) and held for 8 - 16 years. So yeah, they’re sitting on massive gains - and some are finally taking profits.

Their selling adds steady downward pressure that’s hard to fight without new demand.

Which brings us to retail.

We’ve already talked about the fact that retail investors aren't here yet, and CryptoQuant’s Cauê Oliveira gave us more proof.

Over the past month, on-chain transactions under $10K - the kind linked to retail - have dropped by about 2.45% = the hype just isn’t there.

ETFs and treasury buyers are doing some of the heavy lifting, but without broader demand from regular investors, Bitcoin doesn’t have enough momentum to push higher.

At least for now 👀

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💊 Pump(.)fun token?

Pump(.)fun... the memecoin platform that brought us endless celebrity rug pulls, a 14-year-old scammer, and that dude who barked in a cage on live for people to buy his memecoin.

And now, they’re cooking up… their own token?

Reports say Pump(.)fun is planning a token sale to raise $1B, with a $4B valuation.

Which is... wild.

For context: so far, launching a token at a $4B+ valuation has mostly been big L1s (like Aptos and Sui), scalable tech (like Arbitrum), or sci-fi type crazy projects with huge backers (like Worldcoin).

But here we've got Pump(.)fun - a platform that made its name off fast-and-loose memecoin launches, has no proven long-term utility, can easily be copied (like Sun Pump on TRON) - aiming for $4B.

So, if the raise is real, it's gonna have to answer some questions to prove this isn't just another stupid joke with a price tag:

• Why is it worth $4B?

• What does it actually do?

• How safe is it from pump-and-dump risks or legal issues?

• Etc, etc, etc.

That said, keep in mind that the only sources so far are "people familiar with the matter," which, for all we know, could just be Bob from accounting who had a vision during his lunch break.

Still, the rumors alone have people talking - and most takes aren't bullish.

👉 Some think this could drain liquidity out of the entire memecoin market, just like the TRUMP token did. In other words, if everyone rushes into the Pump(.)fun token, other memecoins might get dumped.

👉 Others see it as their exit plan. Pump(.)fun once said they'd never launch a token - so now that the fee income is slowing, launching one feels less like growth and more like a final cash grab.

And because Pump(.)fun has been the face of the memecoin cycle, a token sale like this could mark the end of it - not just because it breaks their anti-token position, but because it turns a free-for-all culture into a monetized product.

Assuming the sale happens at all.

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🍋 News drops

🤔 Magic Eden and the team behind the TRUMP token dropped the Official TRUMP Wallet. The only problem? People close to Donald Trump are saying they didn’t sign off on that.

☢️ Meta locked in a 20-year deal to get nuclear energy from a power plant in Illinois. They say it’ll help power all the AI stuff they’re building - which, surprise, needs a ton of electricity.

📢 The SEC wants to set clearer rules for crypto and will let the public weigh in during the process. Chair Paul Atkins said they’ll use their existing authority to create guidelines that better fit how the crypto market actually works.

🚀 California might let state agencies accept crypto for some payments. If the bill passes, the state’s financial regulator would set up rules so people can use crypto to pay fees and charges under its digital assets law.

⚖️ Coinbase wants a federal judge to take over a lawsuit filed by Oregon’s attorney general, saying it shouldn’t be handled by the state. They argue the case is basically a copy of a past SEC lawsuit that was already dropped.

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