PUMP Falls 35% Despite $218M Purchase – What Went Wrong?

PampFun's PUMP token has experienced a nearly 35% price drop in the past month, which has significantly underperformed the broader crypto market.

The decline comes despite the platform's ongoing comeback program. This has raised questions about the effectiveness of revenue-backed support mechanisms in the face of continued whaling and widespread market failure.

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Demand driven by rebounding falls short amid broad selling

Pump.fun launched its return program for PUMP native in July 2025 shortly after the launch of the token. In this method, the platform allocates 100% of the revenue to buy PUMP. This creates constant and intense daily buying pressure.

Since inception, these acquisitions have totaled approximately $218.1 million in acquisitions. The network spent $32.7 million buybacks last 30 days only.

In theory, token reversals are considered bullish because they reduce circulating supply and provide ongoing demand support.

However, this aggressive, income-driven strategy was not enough to offset the impact of the broader market decline. Since the beginning of October, the crypto market has experienced increasing headwinds.

While major assets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are experiencing significant losses, the overall cryptocurrency market capitalization is down by 30%.

PUMP has not been exempt from this trend. The token is down approximately 35% in the last 30 days.

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“PumpFun allocates 100% of its revenue to PUMP purchases, which is close to $1 million in daily buying pressure. Despite this, the token is more than 80% above ATH and 30% below its previous low (pre-purchase). An analyst wrote.

The downtrend extended further today, with the altcoin falling a further 6.9%. At press time, it was trading around $0.0017, a price last seen during the October market sell-off.

PUMP's challenges have been exacerbated by recent whaling activity. A famous whaler recently put 3.8 billion PUMP into FalconX, worth about $7.57 million, after occupying the position for three months. This whale removed tokens from Binance for $19.53 million, resulting in an unknown loss of $12.22 million.

According to data from Nansen, over the past 30 days, the balance of large investors, defined as wallets holding more than 1 million PUMP tokens, has decreased by 13.07%. As large owners exit the space with heavy losses, it often reflects a decline in confidence in the stock.

Overall, PUMP's performance reflects aggressive and revenue-backed buying restrictions during a broader market downturn. As long as selling pressure from large owners continues and investor appetite continues to weaken, buybacks alone are unlikely to provide sustained price support.