Pump.fun, the Solana-based memecoin launchpad, is facing the unlock of 6.875 billion PUMP tokens on August 12, 2026, representing approximately 0.69% of the total supply of 1 trillion tokens, valued between $10 million and $16 million. These tokens are split between the development team, receiving approximately 4.17 billion units, and early investors, who obtain nearly 2.71 billion, following a three-year linear vesting schedule. This unlock comes after a much larger event in July 2026, when 82.5 billion tokens had already been distributed, more than ten times the size of August’s unlock. The platform has changed its revenue allocation policy, moving away from a model heavily focused on buybacks and token burns toward a 50/50 split between these buybacks and operational needs, while cumulative buybacks have already exceeded $350 million.
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