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Pump.fun (PUMP) price surged more than 25% in a sharp intraday move, as renewed legal developments surrounding Pump.fun and the Solana Foundation injected fresh volatility into the market. The rally unfolded alongside a visible shift in market structure, with traders rotating back into high-beta Solana ecosystem assets following weeks of compressed price action.
The move appears less speculative than previous spikes. This time, it is being underpinned by a combination of legal catalysts, on-chain activity, and a technical breakout from a multi-month downtrend. Together, those signals suggest the market is starting to reprice risk across the Pump.fun narrative.
Solana Lawsuit Puts Pump.fun Back in the Spotlight
PUMP token latest price surge comes after class-action litigation involving Pump.fun and the Solana Foundation resurfaced across crypto media, drawing attention back to the meme token launch platform and its role in Solana’s retail trading ecosystem. Pump.fun has been one of the most active token-generation venues on Solana over the past year, driving millions of transactions and becoming a key liquidity funnel for speculative flows.
The lawsuit, while still in early stages, has reignited debate around platform accountability, token issuance mechanics, and the legal status of meme token infrastructure. Rather than triggering risk-off behavior, the news appears to have had the opposite effect. Market participants interpreted the renewed attention as a liquidity catalyst, with PUMP becoming the primary vehicle for expressing exposure to the broader Pump.fun narrative.
Whale Activity Signals Active Positioning
On-chain data shows that large wallets were actively repositioning into the move. Recent data highlights that a whale wallet deposited 1.42 billion PUMP tokens, worth approximately $4.43 million, into Binance after being dormant for nearly two months. The same wallet had originally received over 3.3 billion PUMP tokens, valued at around $14.4 million, and deposited a significant portion during earlier market cycles.
The latest transaction reflects a realized loss, suggesting this wallet used the recent rally as an opportunity to exit or rebalance exposure. While large exchange deposits often imply potential selling pressure, in this context they also confirm rising liquidity and heightened participation from high-volume holders, a typical feature of trend inflection zones rather than distribution peaks.
PUMP Price Breaks Four-Month Downtrend, Eyes Next Expansion Leg
PUMP token price has now registered a clean breakout from its four-month descending trend channel and is now on the verge of a major range breakout. The token reclaimed the former $0.0030-$0.0035 zone into short term support and is now acting as the primary structural pivot for maintaining bullish continuation.
If PUMP price holds above the $0.0031-$0.0032 cluster, the next major resistance band sits near the $0.005-$0.006 range, while failure to hold above the breakout zone would invalidate the bullish structure and shift the token back into consolidation.