Pump.fun's livestream feature is the tab it calls Live, and it lets a coin's creator broadcast video next to that coin's trading page so viewers get pitched the coin as it trades. The feature has a rough history, because pump.fun shut it off in November 2024 after streamers used shock stunts to pump their coins, then brought it back in April 2025 with a written moderation policy and a slow, limited rollout. This article is educational only and does not offer financial advice.
What the Live feature actually is
On pump.fun, Live is a menu item that opens a wall of active streams, each one tied to a specific coin (source: Pump.fun). The person on camera is usually that coin's creator or a promoter, talking up the project while its price moves. Streaming works as a promotion layer built on top of the launchpad more than a product of its own. The coin still lives on its own page, and the stream is one more way to pull a crowd toward it.
Why pump.fun switched it off in November 2024
The feature became a problem quickly, because during 2024 some streamers found that the surest way to spike a coin's price was to do something extreme on camera. The stunts got worse over time, running from degrading acts to threats to harm pets and at least one faked suicide attempt staged to pump a coin. On November 25, 2024, pump.fun shut off livestreaming after growing criticism (source: DL News). The single incidents matter less than what they showed: tie a broadcast straight to a coin's price, and you give people a reason to perform, and some will perform anything.
How it came back in April 2025
Livestreaming returned in April 2025, though carefully, because pump.fun reopened it to about 5% of users first instead of turning it on for everyone. That phased rollout came with a new moderation policy (source: The Block). Live is only one of the surfaces pump.fun runs, alongside its wider product line. Gating the feature and watching it closely showed that the company took the first version's mess seriously.
What the rulebook now bans
The current Livestream Moderation Policy spells out what gets a stream cut off (source: Pump.fun). It bans nine kinds of content: violence and threats, harassment, sexual content, use by anyone under 18, youth endangerment, illegal activity, privacy violations such as doxxing, copyright violations, and terrorism or violent extremism. Youth-endangerment content, including any child sexual abuse material, is reported to law enforcement where possible. Enforcement sits at pump.fun's sole discretion and can escalate from ending a stream to banning the account. Recorded video may be kept for up to thirty days, and a creator who believes a takedown was a mistake can appeal through support. How a creator earns from a coin is set by pump.fun's separate fee and revenue rules.
Where PUMP trading fits
The coins featured in pump.fun's livestreams trade on the platform itself, but pump.fun also has its own token, PUMP, which trades on larger exchanges. On BloFin it lists as PUMP/USDT on the spot market, and a PUMPUSDT Perpetual is available for traders who want leverage. A livestream promotes one specific coin, while PUMP is a separate asset tied to the platform as a whole.
Any position carries a cost to open and hold, and BloFin publishes its schedule on the fee page, which is the practical place to start before sizing a trade.
What a livestream should mean if you are buying
Strip away the drama and a coin livestream is a marketing channel, which makes it a persuasion channel. The person on screen wants the price to rise and performs to make it happen, so a stream is a pitch and never research. Watch it the way you watch an ad: fine for mood, useless as proof. What actually goes wrong with these coins, and how often, is its own topic, and reading the coin's page tells you more than the show ever will.
It also helps to remember that a livestream is often part of a planned push instead of one creator's idea, and the same crowd energy turns up when a community takes over an abandoned coin. On Live, attention is the real product, and the coin is just the thing that attention points at.
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
What is Pump.fun's livestream feature?
The Live tab on pump.fun is where a coin's creator or promoter streams video next to the coin's trading page to draw buyers in real time. The stream is a promotion layer on top of the launchpad more than its own product, and each broadcast is tied to one coin.
Why did pump.fun suspend livestreaming?
Because streamers used it to pump coins with worse and worse on-camera stunts, from degrading acts to threats against pets and a staged suicide attempt. Pump.fun shut the feature off on November 25, 2024 after growing criticism. Tying a broadcast straight to a coin's price had given people a reason to act out.
When did pump.fun bring livestreams back?
Pump.fun brought livestreaming back in April 2025, and it reopened the feature gradually instead of switching it on for everyone at once. It started with about 5% of users under a new moderation policy, a slow, limited rollout meant to keep the earlier chaos from returning as access widened.
What does the pump.fun livestream policy ban?
Nine kinds of content, including violence and threats, harassment, sexual content, under-18 use, youth endangerment, illegal activity, doxxing, copyright violations, and violent extremism. Child sexual abuse material is referred to law enforcement, bans are at pump.fun's sole discretion, and video may be kept for up to thirty days.
Should I trust a coin's livestream?
Treat it as an ad and not as research, because the streamer gains if the price climbs, so a stream is built to persuade. It can show you the mood around a coin, but the coin page and the general risks of these tokens hold the useful information.
Researched and written by the BloFin Academy editorial team with AI-assisted drafting. Primary sources are Pump.fun's own published documentation and announcements together with independent reporting from DL News and The Block. All facts independently verified against cited documentation current as of September 2026.
This article is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not financial, investment, or trading advice. Digital assets are volatile and many newly launched tokens lose all value. Do your own research and consider your own circumstances before trading.