Pump.fun bounty platform funds memecoin tattoos and dangerous stunts
In brief
- Pump.fun introduced open bounty platform Thursday for crypto-funded promotional tasks
- Bounties ranged $2,630 forehead tattoos to $57,000 World Cup skydive stunts
- Platform showed $115,000 unclaimed rewards across 225 live bounties and 509 submissions
Bounties for the extreme
Some of the highest-paid tasks included a bounty of about $57,000 to skydive into a World Cup match in a memecoin mascot. Other listings offered $25,000 to interview the family of Henry Nowak's killer and $3,000 to quit your job live on camera. One task offered a $3,572 bounty to spray paint the ticker symbol "$memecoin" on a car and set it alight, with 29 days left on the timer.
The forehead tattoo bounty—$2,630 to tattoo the ticker symbol "$boutywork" on users' foreheads—has already received four submissions with people completing the tattoo.
Moderation and risk
Submissions are reviewed by Pump.fun while funds remain in escrow. If accepted, the bounty is paid out to the submitter. Pump.fun said that bounties that "may be deemed as spam by X are not allowed" in its Terms and Conditions document.
Yet the platform's moderation thresholds remain unclear. At the time of writing, the platform showed an unclaimed pool of $115,000 across 225 live bounties and 509 total bounty submissions. Some listings raise questions about safety, legal exposure, and whether the platform adequately screens for risky or degrading promotional acts.
Reactions on social media have been sharp. One observer noted the ethical angle: "This is a horrible market. It's like playing with poor people's lives and paying them to entertain you."
