Sell pressure emerged after the wallet linked to “77DsB…” began offloading large Pump.fun batches into USDC.
The address had received 3.75 billion tokens months earlier, valued near $25.39 million. Distribution unfolded gradually rather than through a single liquidity shock.
Source: X
Sales started with 543 million tokens, generating about $1.2 million in USDC around the 17th of February. Activity escalated quickly, surpassing 2 million tokens by the 19th of February.
By the 21st of February, disposals reached 3.376 billion, converting into roughly $7.23 million. About 373 million Pump.fun [PUMP], worth $788,000, remained afterward.
Source: Onchain Lens/ X
Execution data showed repeated 14.3–14.4 million token swaps, each routed into roughly $30,000 USDC fills. That staggered routing reduced slippage while sustaining continuous sell pressure.
As supply entered circulation, price drawdown deepened. PUMP remained down roughly 75% from peak levels.
However, distribution was not the only pressure point.
Declining platform revenue and memecoin fatigue reinforced liquidation motives. Operational funding needs and structural supply expansion likely compounded downside pressure.
DEX leadership divergence and Solana’s market structure
Uniswap [UNI], PancakeSwap [CAKE], and Pump anchor current DEX activity, yet their momentum profiles diverge sharply.
Uniswap leads with $1.84 billion in 24-hour volume and $12.12 billion in weekly turnover, reflecting a 570% surge.
Source: DeFiLlama
That expansion signals a consolidation of liquidity toward Ethereum-aligned execution venues. PancakeSwap follows with $710.6 million in daily volume, although weekly flows declined 84.41%, indicating rapid participation cooling.
Pump.fun ranks third at $499.9 million daily but recorded a 56.26% weekly contraction, reinforcing weakening Solana-native speculative demand.
Source: DeFiLlama
Fee performance echoes this hierarchy.
Pump.fun generated $3.15 million in 24-hour fees and $100.13 million over 30 days. Cumulative fees stood near $1.457 billion.
Even so, it trailed structural DeFi leaders.
Uniswap recorded $1.46 million in 24-hour fees and $964.52 million over 30 days. Tether and Circle maintained significantly higher fee dominance.
Meanwhile, Solana’s supply structure continued evolving.
Circulating supply stood near 568 million SOL out of roughly 620 million total. About 8.4% remained locked.
Holder dispersion improved, with the top 10 controlling 6.58% and the top 100 holding 22.76%.
Supply compression deepens as PUMP offset reaches 25%
Pump.fun reported $1,444,291 in PUMP purchases over the last 24 hours, reinforcing sustained buy-side activity. That daily flow adds to cumulative purchases of $297,829,062.
Consequently, revenue-funded buybacks have now offset 25.062% of the circulating supply.
Source: X
That milestone mattered because PUMP operates on a fixed 1 trillion token supply.
By absorbing a quarter of circulating tokens, the platform materially reduces available float. As float tightens, supply-side pressure structurally declines if demand remains stable.
Meanwhile, daily trading volumes of roughly $80 million confirm continued ecosystem participation. Community engagement around incentives and ecosystem tokens further sustains attention.
Taken together, consistent buybacks and reduced float establish a firmer supply floor, reinforcing long-term scarcity dynamics for $PUMP.
Final Thoughts
- Insider sales and token unlocks expanded supply, deepening downside pressure despite staggered execution.
- Buybacks offset 25% of float counterbalance distribution, leaving $PUMP between overhang risk and engineered scarcity.
