Pump.fun gets credit for half the meme coins on Solana, and it launched only a fraction of them. Some genuinely famous coins really did start there. Others that people confidently label pump.fun coins came from elsewhere entirely, either launched on a different platform or already trading before pump.fun existed.
Here is the straight version: which coins actually launched on pump.fun, which famous names came from elsewhere, and how to tell the difference. It is a roster rather than a scoreboard: return figures stay out of it, and how many of these coins actually last is a separate question covered on its own page.
What launching on pump.fun actually means
Pump.fun is a Solana launchpad that went live on January 19, 2024, letting anyone create a token and trade it instantly, then graduate it to a wider decentralized exchange once it reaches a roughly $90,000 market cap (source: Wikipedia). A coin launched on pump.fun is one created through that flow, on that platform, after that date.
The exact mechanics of how a coin is minted are their own topic, walked through in how pump.fun works, and what graduation changes for a holder is covered in the graduation explainer.
That date, January 2024, is the single most useful fact for spotting a false attribution. Any coin already trading before it predates pump.fun entirely, however much it feels like one. Keep that in your back pocket for the corrections further down.
The coins that really did launch on pump.fun
A handful of pump.fun coins broke out far enough to become household names in crypto. The clearest way to see the current roster is the pump.fun ecosystem list, which tracks tokens launched via the platform and, as of this writing, holds a combined market cap in the low billions of dollars (source: CoinGecko). The standouts on it include Fartcoin, the benchmark name that most people think of first; Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT); Moo Deng (MOODENG); Goatseus Maximus (GOAT); and Just a chill guy (CHILLGUY).
Those are real pump.fun launches. What that list leaves out is how the rest of the field did. The overwhelming majority of coins created on the platform go nowhere, and even the famous ones sit far below where they once traded. How many actually make it, and what surviving is worth, is its own reality check in the graduation-rate piece. These are survivors pulled from an enormous pile of launches.
The authorized celebrity launches
Beyond the organic breakouts, some public figures have released their own coins directly on pump.fun, with their blessing rather than an impersonator's. Iggy Azalea, Caitlyn Jenner and Jason Derulo are among the celebrities who put out authorized meme coins there (source: Wired).
The word authorized is doing real work in that sentence. Because anyone can make a token in under a minute, the platform is also full of coins that lift a famous name or ticker outright, and hijacked social accounts have been used to push fake ones. Telling an official launch from a lookalike is a skill of its own, and the steps for it live in how to verify a token and in the pump.fun risks overview. A celebrity name on a coin says little about who actually launched it.
The famous ones that came from somewhere else
Three of the most misattributed coins in the whole ecosystem started somewhere other than pump.fun.
The biggest one is TRUMP, the official Trump coin. It launched in January 2025 on Solana, well away from pump.fun (source: Wikipedia). Its liquidity was set up through Meteora rather than pump.fun. It is a Solana coin, which is probably why the wires get crossed, but pump.fun stayed clear of its creation. The confusion is common enough that pump.fun's own encyclopedia entry points it out directly.
The other two are timing mistakes. BONK, the Solana dog coin from December 2022, and dogwifhat (WIF), which arrived in late 2023, both predate pump.fun's January 2024 launch by many months (source: Wikipedia). They are foundational Solana meme coins that were already trading before the platform existed, so by definition both predate it. If you ever see BONK or WIF described as a pump.fun coin, that is the January 2024 rule catching a false attribution in real time.
The cautionary names, and pump.fun's own token
A few notable pump.fun launches became famous for the wrong reasons, and the roster includes them. Two, FRED and GRIFFAIN, are the tokens the named plaintiffs actually bought in the big investor lawsuit against pump.fun's operator, which makes them the lead coins in that case (source: CourtListener).
What the case alleges and what a judge has actually decided is a full topic in the lawsuits explainer, and the broader question of whether these coins are securities sits in the securities piece.
One last name that belongs in a different column: PUMP itself. PUMP is pump.fun's own platform token, sold in the company's 2025 offering, separate from the ordinary creation flow that produced the others here. Whether PUMP counts as a security is its own separate question in the PUMP token piece. Keep it mentally separate from the meme coins launched on the platform.
On BloFin, PUMP itself trades as the PUMP/USDT Spot pair and as the PUMPUSDT Perpetual contract, a different instrument from holding the token outright.
The funding rate and the cost of carrying a PUMP position are set out on BloFin's fee page, the quickest way to see what a position is charging right now.
Trading PUMP on BloFin
PUMP trades on BloFin as a listed market, separate from the meme coins on the roster above. A trader can take a spot position in the token or a leveraged one through the perpetual, depending on the exposure they want.
Looking to trade PUMP? To get started, you'll need to first create a BloFin account, fund your account with cryptocurrency, and navigate to the PUMP/USDT Spot trading page or PUMPUSDT Perpetual page.
Frequently asked questions
Did the official TRUMP coin launch on pump.fun?
No. The official Trump coin launched in January 2025 on the Solana blockchain through Meteora's liquidity system. It is a Solana token, which is likely where the mix-up comes from, though the platform stayed out of its creation. Pump.fun's own encyclopedia entry explicitly places the coin outside its own launches.
Did BONK or dogwifhat (WIF) launch on pump.fun?
Dates settle this one. BONK launched in December 2022 and dogwifhat launched in late 2023, while pump.fun went live on January 19, 2024. Both coins were already trading before the platform existed, so both clearly predate it. They are important Solana meme coins from the era before pump.fun.
What is the biggest coin launched on pump.fun?
Fartcoin is the best-known coin to come out of pump.fun and is generally treated as the platform's benchmark name, alongside launches like Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT), Moo Deng (MOODENG) and Goatseus Maximus (GOAT). This describes notability, separate from returns or any recommendation. How many pump.fun coins actually survive, and how rare that is, is covered separately in the graduation-rate piece.
How can I check whether a coin really launched on pump.fun?
Start with the date rule: anything trading before January 2024 predates pump.fun. Beyond that, verify the token's contract rather than trusting a name or ticker, since anyone can copy those. The step-by-step for confirming a token is genuine is in the how-to-verify guide linked above; a famous name alone reveals little about who made it.
Is PUMP one of the coins launched on pump.fun?
PUMP sits apart from the meme coins on this list. It is pump.fun's own platform token, issued in the company's 2025 offering rather than created through the ordinary bonding-curve flow. It is closely tied to the platform but is a different kind of asset, and whether it is a security is its own question covered elsewhere.
Researched and written by the BloFin Academy editorial team with AI-assisted drafting. Primary sources are Wikipedia, CoinGecko, Wired and the CourtListener docket. All facts independently verified against cited documentation current as of September 2026. The pump.fun ecosystem roster was pulled live on September 6, 2026, and market data changes constantly, so treat any specific figure as a snapshot and check the current list before relying on it.
This article is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not financial, investment, or trading advice, and it does not recommend any coin. Meme coins are highly speculative and most lose value; the presence of a coin on any roster is not an endorsement. Do your own research and never risk funds you cannot afford to lose.