How to Graduate Token on PumpFun: Everything You Need to Know

Graduating Token on Pump Fun is one of the hardest milestones to hit, and it’s no accident that fewer than 2% of tokens ever make it. The market is saturated with meme coins, and yours can easily get buried under the dozens launching every minute.

That’s why this article covers the best practices to hit the market cap you need and graduate your token from Pump.fun. Read through to the end if you want to stack every possible advantage.

What Is Graduate Token on Pump Fun and How Does It Work

When a meme coin or token on Pump.fun reaches a market cap of roughly $75k, it automatically becomes a Graduated Token. At that point, all existing liquidity is automatically migrated to PumpSwap (the funds held in the bonding curve).

This kicks off a strong trading pair backed by solid liquidity, built by an individual or team. Once you Graduate Token on Pump.fun, you instantly unlock these PumpSwap benefits:

• Massive exposure on one of the most popular DEX: thousands of traders can swap your token on the most widely used DEX for meme coins in the Solana ecosystem.
• A major market cap milestone for your meme coin or token: PumpSwap creates the liquidity pool with the bonding curve and burns the tokens, marking a critical turning point for your project.
• New utility paths for your meme coin: staking, multiple liquidity pools across more stablecoins, cross-platform DeFi integrations, and more.

Before PumpSwap, meme coins graduating from Pump.fun were added to a pair on Raydium, the most popular DEX on Solana. That changed when PumpSwap launched at the end of March 2025.

How Much SOL Do You Need to Graduate a token on Pumpfun?

Once a market cap of roughly 75k is reached, the token graduates to Pumpswap. For a rough estimate of the SOL in bonding curve required, you’re currently looking at around 70 $SOL, though this can shift depending on the Solana price and platform parameters.

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In short, Pump.fun allows tokens to graduate and launch a liquidity pool on PumpSwap. From there, the token gains more utility, builds value, grows in popularity, and gets broader exposure, all while locking the liquidity and removing any possibility of a rug pull.

What Actually Determines Whether a token Graduates on Pump Fun?

Whether a token graduates comes down to a single metric: its bonding curve. That’s the money added to the liquidity by buyers after the token goes live on Pump Fun. Time, transaction count, and volume are all irrelevant. bonding curve progress climbs with buys and drops with sells.

How to Graduate token on Pump Fun: Beating the bonding curve

Now that you have the basics down, let’s walk through the full guide for how to Graduate a token on Pump Fun. Here’s a clear strategy to hit that PumpSwap milestone and capture all the benefits that come with it.

1. Build a Community That Has Your Back

Before you dive into the flood of meme coins launching on launchpad, you need to build a solid community behind you. Whether it’s a meme coin or a token with future utility, work on a clear, consistent identity at every stage. That includes:

1. Pick a name and an image.
2. Set up social profiles on X (formerly Twitter), a website, and Telegram.
3. Post consistently and keep your audience engaged.
4. Set up a rewards strategy for your community, whether through token distributions at launch or real incentives.
5. Get everything ready to launch when the time comes.

Keep your meme coin or token active even after launching the coin on Pump.fun. The more engagement you maintain, the more people will join, giving you a real shot at hitting the bonding curve.

2. Launch Your token With a bundler on Pump Fun

It’s time to create your token on Pump Fun, but we strongly recommend doing it with a bundle bot like ours. Why? Because the moment you go live, sniper bots will try to front-run your position, cutting into your gains and your community’s. A bundle bot not only lets you create the token, it also executes an automatic buy to counter the snipers.

On top of that, a bundle can speed up your bonding curve progress, giving you two key advantages:

• You protect your position from snipers.
• You shorten the path to graduating your meme coin.

3. Use a market maker bot to Go Trending

One of the biggest challenges you’re up against is competition. There are thousands of coins on Pump.fun. Why would anyone stop and look at yours? That’s why you need a unique meme coin or a token backed by a compelling strategy.

We recommend using the Pump.fun Market Maker to boost transaction volume, generate hype, and pull in new investors. It’s straightforward to use:

1. Paste the token address into the input field.
2. Select the number of makers (bots).
3. Set the total investment or the volume you want to generate.
4. Review or adjust the SOL you want to spend on gas fees.
5. Set an approximate run time.
6. Click “Start Bot”.

We have a dedicated article with a deeper look at how to use our volume bot for Pump Fun. Either way, it’s one of the most effective tools for becoming a Graduate Token.

Pro Tip: How to Use the Volume Bot to Beat the bonding curve

Inside the Pump.fun Market Maker by Smithii, you can enable the “Target Price” option, which drives the bot to push your token price up through strategic buys and sells that bump the price. This accelerates your bonding curve progress, since the tokens the bots buy go back to your wallet once it finishes running.

Use the Anti-MEV Version of the Volume Bot

If you have significant capital to invest in your project’s growth, consider using the Pump Fun Anti-MEV Volume Bot when giving your token a boost. It lets you run high-volume trades (e.g., 8-10 SOL) while preventing MEV bots from skimming a cut of your traded funds.

Running high-volume SOL trades significantly increases your chances of trending on the front page of Pump Fun, pushing you closer to graduation.

Ethical and Legal Considerations for Using Market Makers

While using market makers or volume bots is common practice on Pump Fun and other crypto exchanges, there’s a fine line between using them ethically and responsibly versus using them dishonestly and excessively.

“Unethical market makers manipulate token prices, inflate trading volumes through wash trades, and engage in pump and dumps.” Awang W. (2024, May 30). BINANCE SQUARE. How should Web3 project owners view crypto market makers who “cut the leeks”?

These tools should never be used to support fraudulent activity, such as exit scams or liquidity drains that harm investors. Always use volume bot in moderation and pair it with organic marketing strategies.

4. Drive as Many Buyers as You Can

At this point, you have a meme coin or token listed on Pump.fun, your followers have bought in, and you’re generating hype with the volume bot. The best thing you can do to keep the momentum going is build trust.

That means not dumping your tokens all at once, staying active on your social channels, and keeping up with any developments throughout. The moment investors see something suspicious, trust breaks down and your price drops.

That said, the reality is you’ll need funds to keep incentivizing buyers. How do you sell part of your holdings without tanking the price or killing credibility? By using the bundle sell in a coordinated, staged way.

This lets you reinvest back into your project until you Graduate Token on PumpFun.

5. Stay Consistent and Be Patient

In April 2025, only 0.37% to 1.78% of tokens on Pump Fun graduated and migrated their liquidity pool to PumpSwap. As we mentioned upfront, graduating a token is tough, but it’s absolutely doable. Stick to a clear, consistent strategy and you’ll eventually get there with any meme coin you launch.

What Happens When You Become a Graduate Token on Pump Fun? (Updated)

Once you hit the target, the bonding curve liquidity migrates to PumpSwap, launching a liquidity pool with your meme coin. At that point, the LP Tokens belong to no one: they’re burned to lock in trust for the pair and allow anyone to trade freely without restrictions.

In short: deeper market cap, more exposure, more DeFi utility, and bigger rewards. As the creator, you earn 0.3% as a revenue fee on every transaction (up from 0.05%). On top of that, you can multiply your initial investment by selling your token at a higher price, as can all early holders.

Graduating Your token to Pumpswap Is Now More Important Than Ever

Starting September 3, 2025, following the fee update on Pump.fun, creators of graduated tokens can now earn up to 0.95% (3x compared to tokens still on the bonding curve). You unlock the maximum rate once you hit a market cap above 420 SOL.

For a full breakdown of the changes, check out our analysis of the Project Ascend update.

What’s Next?

With your Graduated Token on Pump Fun now live on PumpSwap, you can keep scaling your token with these tools:

• Pump Swap Market Maker: the volume bot built for pairs on this platform. A token’s perceived potential comes down to transaction count, and this bot lets you boost it.
• PumpSwap Bundle Buy: for executing large purchases across multiple wallets with a single click.
• PumpSwap Bundle Sell: perfect for strategic, coordinated sells across multiple wallets in a single block.

Conclusion

Now that you understand how token graduation on Pump Fun works, it’s time to put these strategies and tools into practice. Your project could be the next DOGE or SHIB. At Smithii, we make that path as clear as possible.