Pump.fun daily volume crosses $1B as memecoins surge in September

2025-09-16 08:57:32

Solana-based memecoin launchpad Pumpfun recorded more than $1 billion in daily trading volume Monday as the sector extended its September rally.

Data from decentralized exchange (DEX) Jupiter showed Pump.fun processed $942 million in transaction volume on Sunday before topping $1.02 billion on Monday

The surge came as the broader memecoin market cap spiked, climbing to $83 billion on Sunday and holding above $80 billion on Monday, according to CoinMarketCap. At the time of writing, the memecoin sector’s overall market cap is at $76 billion

The $83 billion figure marks a 30-day high for the sector and neared the $85 billion market cap that the sector reached on July 23

Pump.fun volume data. Source: Jupiter## Pump.fun’s DeFi metrics show a positive trajectory

Data from the decentralized finance (DeFi) aggregator DefiLlama shows that Pump.fun’s total value locked (TVL), a key metric that measures the value of assets deposited in a protocol’s smart contracts, continues to rise. On Sunday, Pump.fun’s TVL reached a high of $334 million for the first time

Total value locked of the Pump.fun protocol. Source: DefiLlamaDefiLlama data also showed that Pump.fun surpassed the perpetuals exchange Hyperliquid in revenue for two consecutive days, ranking third in 24-hour revenue among DeFi protocols, behind stablecoin projects Circle and Tether

Pump.fun’s growth comes as the platform continues to push its livestreaming product. On Monday, the protocol said it paid out $4 million in creator rewards. The protocol said most of the funds went to first-time creators

Source: Pump.funPump.fun creator Alon also recently claimed that the platform’s livestreaming feature “flipped” Rumble in the average number of concurrent livestreams.

The Pump.fun co-founder said they were inching at 1% of Twitch’s market share and 10% of Kick’s market share. “We’re nibbling on their lunch,” Alon wrote

While the Pump.fun co-founder made bold claims, the data could not be verified through third-party data platforms

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Broader memecoin momentum

The Pump.fun breakout coincided with renewed enthusiasm across the memecoin sector. Dogecoin’s (DOGE) price rose on Friday even though the launch of a US-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to the memecoin was delayed.

CoinMarketCap data shows that the memecoin saw a modest 11% gain in the last seven days

Apart from Dogecoin, other memecoin tokens like Memecore (M), Moo Deng (MOODENG), and DORA (DORA) saw double-digit percentage gains in the last week

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