Pump.fun has emerged as the year’s largest token sale, drawing market attention. The PUMP token sale, conducted on July 12, raised $600 million in just 12 minutes, signaling the peak of the meme-coin frenzy. World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi project backed by former President Donald Trump, followed with about $550 million. Pump.fun is a Solana-based meme-coin launchpad platform.
For the PUMP sale, only 12.5% of the total supply of 1 trillion tokens was allocated to the public sale, with 18% already allocated in a prior pre-sale. Despite KYC requirements, funds rushed in, driven by the restricted supply and meme-coin investor enthusiasm, according to analysts. The project says the token launch is part of expanding into on-chain social features and live streaming. WLFI co-founder Zak Folkman said about 63% of the total 100 billion tokens will be released gradually via public sale, suggesting possible future rounds.
Beyond Pump.fun, other high-performance chains attracted significant funding. Monad and MegaETH raised about $217 million and $78 million, respectively, with Monad launching mainnet on November 24 and MegaETH backed by notable investors including Dragonfly Capital and Vitalik Buterin.
Aztec Network and Plasma raised $52 million and $50 million, respectively. Top 10 token sales included Gensyn with $16 million, Solayer with $10.5 million, Sahara AI with $8.5 million, and Lombard with $6.7 million. This demonstrates that the 2025 crypto market is expanding beyond major chains into niche technologies and domains.
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