Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of Solana , has made a striking statement that Pump.Fun (PUMP) could become a major rival to TikTok thanks to the launch of its livestream feature. He calls this “the next social media war: TikTok vs. Pump.Fun.”
The biggest difference between Pump.Fun and TikTok lies in the operating model. TikTok is a centralized platform where most of the advertising revenue flows to the management company. Meanwhile, Pump.Fun develops in a “crypto-native” direction with features related to cryptocurrencies such as meme coins, creator fees, and direct rewards for content creators. This helps the community not only consume content but also become part of the ecosystem, earning profits right on the platform they contribute to.
A typical example is Unchained – a media platform in the crypto field – quickly tested livestreaming on Pump.Fun. Not stopping there, they also released their own meme coin and charged creators a fee of about 1%. This move is XEM a bold experiment, opening up the possibility of combining media and Token economics.
Of course, compared to TikTok, which has more than 1.5 billion users worldwide, Pump.Fun still has a long way to go. But Yakovenko believes that the advantages of decentralized mechanisms and Token monetization model will be the key to Pump.Fun's competitiveness. This trend is reinforced as many young creators are looking for more fairness and transparency in income distribution.
In terms of markets, Pump.Fun continues to record strong growth. In the past 30 days, the price of PUMP has increased by 58.69%, currently trading at $0.005366. Some optimistic predictions suggest that PUMP could reach $0.01 by the end of 2025. However, not everyone is excited. Vitalik Buterin – co-founder of Ethereum – once criticized Pump.Fun as a “bad” example of crypto applications, saying that the project did not prioritize ethics and community values.
