pump.fun meme launches

Two meme coins that were barely known outside Solana trading circles a week ago are suddenly getting countdown treatment: $SOLKID pointed traders to an April 10, 2026 launch, and $YEGGY followed with an April 11, 2026 launch, turning pump.fun back into a watchlist instead of a graveyard. (x.com 1) (x.com 2) That matters because pump.fun is not a normal token listing site. It is a Solana launchpad built so anyone can create a coin that starts trading immediately, without first raising money for liquidity the way older decentralized exchanges usually required. (pump.fun 1) (pump.fun 2) The basic mechanic is a bonding curve, which works like a vending machine that raises the price as more people buy. Pump.fun says coins trade on that curve first, and once they “graduate,” they move into a canonical pool on PumpSwap, the platform’s exchange layer. (pump.fun 1) (pump.fun 2) The platform also takes a cut all the way through. Pump.fun’s current fee page says bonding-curve trades carry a total 1.25 percent fee, split between the coin creator and the protocol, and graduated coins on PumpSwap use a sliding fee schedule tied to market capitalization measured in Solana. (pump.fun) That setup is why launches like $SOLKID and $YEGGY can attract attention before a chart even exists. The pitch is simple: traders are not buying a business or a product roadmap on day one, they are buying position in a queue, hoping the next buyer pays more a few minutes later. (pump.fun) (pump.fun) Pump.fun has spent the past year turning that loop into a bigger machine. Its main app now advertises alerts, direct messages, chat-based trading, and “what’s trending” discovery, while its separate terminal advertises execution across Solana, Ethereum, Binance Coin, and Base. (pump.fun) (pump.fun) It has also added features that make the early minutes even noisier. Pump.fun’s “Mayhem Mode,” published in its docs in late 2025, lets an autonomous trading agent place random buys and sells during a coin’s first 24 hours and can double total token supply from 1 billion to 2 billion when enabled. (pump.fun) So the current buzz around $SOLKID and $YEGGY is not just about two names on a calendar. It is about a platform that has rebuilt the meme-coin casino with more automation, more surface area, and more ways to keep traders inside one app from launch to exit. (x.com) (x.com) (pump.fun) The friction is still there, and it is public. Trader @coldtrz used X to accuse pump.fun-linked developers of misconduct ahead of these launches, a reminder that on meme-coin platforms the argument usually starts before the token does, and the evidence often arrives as screenshots, wallet traces, and social posts rather than formal disclosures. (x.com) Pump.fun’s own terms are written for exactly that kind of market. The March 12, 2026 terms say the platform is not acting as a broker or adviser, says meme coins can fluctuate significantly, and says users are responsible for deciding whether any user-generated digital asset is appropriate for them. (pump.fun) That leaves $SOLKID on April 10 and $YEGGY on April 11 as a familiar pump.fun test. If the launches rip, traders will point to momentum; if they implode, critics will point to the same mechanics, the same incentives, and the same warnings that were on the site the whole time. (x.com) (x.com) (pump.fun)