Solana Meme Coin Platform Pump.fun to Raise $1B at $4B Valuation, Eyes Unicorn Status

Often times when a crypto project starts moving fast, our first instinct is to brush it off as noise, just another hype cycle waiting to burn out. But every now and then, something flips the script. In the case of Pump.fun, Solana’s memecoin launchpad is now taking on real numbers in a billion-dollar raise.

In just about a year since launch, Pump.fun has positioned itself to join the crypto unicorn club, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with names like Coinbase, Blockchain.com, and other billion-dollar builders.

According to Blockworks, Pump.fun is gearing up for a token sale that could raise $1 billion at a $4 billion fully diluted valuation (FDV)—a move that, if it goes through, would instantly rank it among the 30 most valuable crypto tokens by market cap.

And while most would suspect this as hype on the surface, there’s actual traction behind the numbers. Since its launch in 2024, Pump.fun has generated over $700 million in cumulative revenue and helped users mint nearly 11 million tokens, with a combined market cap of about $4.5 billion.

So far, the team behind Pump.fun hasn’t made any official statements about the raise. Still, conversations in the X space speculate that the token will be launched in the next two weeks, followed by an airdrop for users.

That said, it hasn’t all been smooth. The project’s rapid rise has come with its share of mess, ranging from disturbing livestream incidents involving users to legal pressure. Recently, the platform faced a cease and desist from Burwick Law over more than 200 meme tokens that allegedly infringed on intellectual property. Even with that friction, user activity hasn’t slowed down.

As for Solana itself, the signs are already showing up in the charts. Earlier this week, SOL saw a 7% jump, breaking above $159 with strong volume. The price briefly dipped by over 2% as the Pump.fun headlines started circulating, but quickly regained much of that ground. At the time of writing, SOL is trading at $156.5, with a total market cap of $81.74 billion and a 24-hour trading volume of $3.3 billion, per CoinMarketCap.

If the raise goes through, Pump.fun won’t just be another headline — it’ll mark one of the fastest ascents to unicorn status in recent crypto history. More than anything, it signals how Solana has quietly become the launchpad of choice for viral, high-volume meme projects with real liquidity behind them.

What used to be brushed off as internet noise is now a billion-dollar asset class — and Solana, with tools like Pump.fun at its center, is increasingly the place where that noise turns into numbers.