The rewards model follows months of criticism that too few Pump.fun traders were breaking even on the platform, let alone profiting.
Brayden Lindrea
Brayden Lindrea is a staff writer at Cointelegraph and a member of the APAC news team. He joined the publication in 2022 and reports on cryptocurrency market developments, regulatory trends, cybercrime, and industry innovation, with a focus on Bitcoin adoption across community, institutional, and national contexts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from the University of Sydney.
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