Pump.fun, the popular Solana-based memecoin launchpad, has rolled out a new initiative allocating $60K in community grants to support six standout token projects.
This move is part of a broader push to bolster ecosystem growth, drawing from the platform’s ecosystem fund which receives 2.4% of $PUMP token supply dedicated to partnerships, grants, and development.
The selected projects—focused on innovative memecoins, tools, and community tools—will receive $10K each to fund marketing, liquidity boosts, or feature expansions. Pump.fun’s co-founder Alon Cohen announced the grants on X, emphasizing how they aim to “fuel the next wave of viral tokens” amid the platform’s record 6M+ token launches in 2025.
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This comes on the heels of Pump.fun’s $PUMP token ICO in July 2025, which raised $1.32B at a $4B valuation, with 24% of supply earmarked for community initiatives like these grants and airdrops. Critics note the timing aligns with recent treasury management drama, where $436M in USDC transfers sparked sell-off rumors later denied by the team.
Still, the grants highlight Pump.fun’s revenue-sharing model: creators earn 0.05% on trades via PumpSwap DEX, and now communities can redirect fees for takeovers of abandoned tokens. For context, Pump.fun’s “graduation” threshold for tokens is $90K market cap up from $60K earlier in 2025, after which they migrate to Raydium or PumpSwap with auto-liquidity.
The platform has generated $800M+ in fees since 2024, making these grants a drop in the bucket but a smart play for loyalty.
Sappy Seals Releases NFT Mint Launchpad on Monad
Sappy Seals, the Ethereum-native PFP NFT collection 10K seals launched in 2021, current floor ~0.28 ETH, has expanded into the Monad ecosystem with “Seals on Monad”—a dedicated NFT mint launchpad built on the high-performance EVM-compatible L1 blockchain.
The platform enables seamless minting of seal-themed NFTs, integrating with Monad’s testnet for low-fee, fast transactions, and ties into the $PIXL token for governance, breeding, and DeFi utilities like staking Pixl Pets.
The launch coincides with Monad’s NFT Week and features collaborations like “All Roads Lead to Seals” via Magic Eden’s Monad testnet launchpad—a Sealuminati-driven activation blending Sappy Seals lore with Monad’s cultural push.
Sealuminati, incubated by PixlDAO, acts as the bridge, allowing holders to mint chapter-based NFTs that unlock WLs, codes, and rewards from Monad partners (e.g., Purple Frens staking nodes or Mop Nads PFPs).
Sappy Seals holders qualify for Monad’s airdrop claims open through November 2025, rewarding long-term NFT ownership alongside DeFi activity. The launchpad supports no-code mints, allowlists, and royalties, positioning Sappy Seals as a metaverse “safe haven” for creators—echoing its meme-heavy roots.
With Monad’s node architecture emphasizing speed (10K TPS), this could supercharge Sappy’s community-driven drops, especially as the ecosystem adds GameFi like Flappy Trump or Valor Quest. Both announcements underscore 2025’s trend of cross-chain expansions.
Pump.fun rewarding Solana memecoin chaos, Sappy Seals betting on Monad’s DeFi/NFT synergy. Raydium focuses on broader ecosystem incentives, liquidity mining, and token allocation for partnerships—leveraging its $RAY tokenomics to fuel growth.
About 30% of the total $RAY supply 555M tokens is reserved for “partnerships and ecosystem expansion,” explicitly including grants to projects that enhance Raydium or the Solana ecosystem.
This pool has supported integrations, liquidity bootstraps, and developer tools since Raydium’s 2021 launch, generating over $500M in cumulative fees with 0.25% directed to the protocol treasury for such initiatives.
Raydium distributes rewards to liquidity providers (LPs) and traders via its farms and pools. A key recent example is the April 2025 LaunchLab Incentives Program, which allocated 50,000 $RAY ~$132K at the time to users trading tokens launched through Raydium’s LaunchLab.
Eligibility is based on trade volume across DEXs like BullX, Photon, or Banana Gun—no minimum, but higher activity yields more. Rewards are claimable post-campaign; it’s open to anyone trading LaunchLab tokens, boosting memecoin liquidity and creator revenue.
This echoes Pump.fun’s fee-sharing but ties directly to $RAY emissions. Revived trading activity in Solana’s memecoin sector, with BONK’s partnership enabling auto-Raydium integrations for new launches. Current APYs range from 10-50% on select pools, with ~12% of $RAY supply staked for governance and fee shares.
Automatic via wallet activity; check claims on Raydium’s dashboard. Ongoing emissions total ~34% of supply over three years. Raydium’s IDO platform for vetted Solana projects, offering liquidity bootstrapping, marketing, and treasury grants often $50K-$200K in $RAY or SOL equivalents.
It’s selective 10-15 projects/year but has launched hits like Star Atlas and Aurory, providing seed funding for DeFi, GameFi, and tools. Projects apply via Raydium’s site; approved ones get priority $RAY staking access for backers, plus post-launch liquidity mining boosts.
This functions like grants for “ecosystem contributors,” with funds from the 30% partnership pool. Over $100M raised across launches; stakers earn priority WLs and revenue shares. In 2025, it expanded to support concentrated liquidity pools, granting more granular funding for asymmetric LPs.
Raydium’s model is more decentralized and ongoing, rewarding broad participation over targeted grants—ideal for Solana’s trading frenzy.