{"id":24119,"date":"2025-05-20T12:32:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/expert-highlights-bot-infiltration-on-pump-funs-meme-token-platform\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:32:12","slug":"expert-highlights-bot-infiltration-on-pump-funs-meme-token-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/expert-highlights-bot-infiltration-on-pump-funs-meme-token-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert Highlights Bot Infiltration on Pump.fun&#8217;s Meme Token Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;bot army&#8221; on Pump.fun accounts for 60-80% of the trading volume of certain tokens to create <a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5\">FOMO<\/a> and drive up prices, according to researcher Naveen_0505.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Naveen_0505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Naveen_0505<\/a> warns that \u201cProxies,\u201d a bot army on Pump Fun, fakes 60\u201380% of trading volume in some tokens to create FOMO and pump prices. These bots simulate real activity to lure buyers, but distort markets and signal manipulation. Watch for Proxy farming in sudden meme\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/1924648635889009004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bots generate fake market activity to attract buyers, but they distort genuine price formation, the expert asserts. He claims this army, which he calls Proxies, is often behind sudden price spikes.<\/p>\n<p>Naveen_0505&#8217;s efforts resulted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/naveen2k\/solana-bot-wars\">dashboard<\/a> on Dune Analytics.<\/p>\n<p>The algorithm analyzes the following parameters:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>tokens launched on Pump.fun in the last 24 hours;<\/li>\n<li>wallets exhibiting high-frequency trading behavior in these assets;<\/li>\n<li>total turnover attributed to such high-frequency traders;<\/li>\n<li>comparison of total trading volume with the share obtained by this category of participants for individual tokens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Monitoring revealed that in some cases, bots accounted for up to 60-80% of the turnover of certain &#8220;funny coins.&#8221; In other words, not all volume reflects real demand.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThis is not organic trading. This is engineered liquidity,\u201d<\/em> he lamented.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-1566.webp\" alt=\"1-1566\" class=\"wp-image-259004\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: Dune Analytics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The researcher urged that during each subsequent frenzy, one should question whether a bot army is behind the FOMO. Transparency and data defeat deception and narratives, he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Blockworks Research<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/pump-funs-dominance-among-token-launch-platforms-faces-challenges\"> suggested<\/a> a potential decline in Pump.fun&#8217;s dominance among Solana launchpads as new players experiment with revenue distribution settings, &#8220;bonding curves,&#8221; and other mechanisms.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, CoinGecko <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/coingecko-identifies-key-cryptocurrency-market-narratives-for-q1-2025\">identified<\/a> meme coins as the most popular narrative of the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>In early May, mentions of such assets on social media reached<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/social-media-buzz-around-meme-coins-hits-yearly-high\"> their peak in 2025<\/a> amid a shift in traders&#8217; interest towards high-risk instruments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;bot army&#8221; on Pump.fun accounts for 60-80% of the trading volume of certain tokens to create FOMO and drive up prices, according to researcher Naveen_0505. Analyst @Naveen_0505 warns that \u201cProxies,\u201d a bot army on Pump Fun, fakes 60\u201380% of trading volume in some tokens to create FOMO and pump prices. 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