Pump.fun launched its GO bounty platform on June 4, and within hours, a listing offering 10,000 SOL-roughly $690,000-appeared tied to a suicide-related task. The post garnered over 1,800 likes on X, not as endorsement, but as a signal flare. Users criticized the platform’s lack of guardrails, questioning how such a listing could exist on a platform that reviews bounties before they go live.
GO is a task marketplace where users post jobs and lock rewards in SOL as escrow. According to its terms, Pump.fun retains full authority over approval. The suicide-linked listing was not the only concern; other bounties offered up to approximately $57,000 for extreme stunts, with over $100,000 sitting unclaimed in rewards for reckless tasks.
This is not the first controversy for Pump.fun. In November 2024, the platform shut down its livestream feature after users broadcast self-harm and animal cruelty. It later brought the stream back, and similar issues resurfaced.
The PUMP governance token is currently trading around $0.001465, with a market capitalization of approximately $514 million.
Pump.fun has not issued any public statement addressing the backlash. No moderation guidelines have been published.
Note: This report was compiled by the editorial team.