How to Graduate Token on PumpFun: Everything You Need to Know
Graduating Token on Pump Fun is one of the toughest hurdles to clear. It’s no coincidence that less than 2% actually make it. There are way too many meme coins out there, and yours can easily get buried under the flood of new ones launching every minute.
That’s why in this article we’ll walk through the best practices to help you cross the market cap threshold and graduate your token on Pump.fun. Read to the end if you want to max out your chances.
What Graduate Token on Pump Fun is and how it works
When a meme coin or token on Pump.fun hits a market cap of roughly $75k USD, it automatically becomes a Graduated Token. All the liquidity accumulated up to that point gets moved over to PumpSwap (in other words, the money sitting in the bonding curve).
This is the start of a pair that looks very attractive thanks to its solid liquidity, backed by a person or team running the project. Once you Graduate Token on Pump.fun, you’ll unlock these benefits on PumpSwap:
- Massive exposure from landing on an extremely popular DEX: thousands of people will be able to swap your token on the most-used DEX for meme coins in the Solana ecosystem.
- Huge capitalization for your meme coin or token: at this point, PumpSwap creates the liquidity pool with the bonding curve and burns the tokens, marking a major milestone for your project.
- New use cases open up for your meme coin: staking, multiple liquidity pools paired with more stable coins, contributing to cross-platform DeFi protocols, and more.
Before PumpSwap, meme coins graduating from Pump.fun used to land on a pair on Raydium, the most popular DEX on Solana. That changed once PumpSwap launched in late March 2025.
How many SOL do you need to graduate a token on Pumpfun?
Once a market cap of around 75k is hit, the token graduates on Pumpswap. To give you a rough estimate of the amount of SOL in bonding curve required, right now it sits around 70 $SOL, though this can shift with the price of Solana and any platform tweaks.
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In short, Pump.fun lets its coins graduate to kick off a liquidity pool on PumpSwap. This way, the coin unlocks a lot more utility, boosts its value, grows in popularity, and gets wider exposure, while locking in liquidity and eliminating the possibility of a Rugpull.
What counts toward Graduating a token on Pump Fun?
To determine whether a token graduates, only its bonding curve is taken into account. That’s the money added to liquidity when other people buy in, after the token launches on Pump Fun. Time, transaction count, and volume don’t matter: the bonding curve progress goes up with every buy and down with every sell.
Graduate token on Pump Fun: how to clear the bonding curve
Now that you’ve got the basics down, let’s get into the guide on how to Graduate a token on Pump Fun. Here’s a clear strategy to help you reach the PumpSwap exit and all the perks that come with it.
1. Build a community that has your back
Before going up against every meme coin flooding the launchpad, it’s key to build a solid community that backs you. Whether it’s a meme coin or a token with future utility, we recommend working on a clear, sharp identity at every stage. That means:
- Picking a name and an image.
- Setting up social profiles, like X (formerly Twitter), a website, and Telegram.
- Posting content regularly and keeping the audience hooked.
- Set up a rewards strategy for your users, whether through tokens at launch or real incentives.
- Prep the launch, once the moment comes.
Remember to keep engagement going on your meme coin or token, even after launching the coin on Pump.fun. This raises the odds of more people joining in so you can hit the bonding curve.
2. Launch your token with a bundler on Pump Fun
Now it’s time to create the token on Pump Fun, but we recommend doing it with a bundle bot like ours. Why? Because the moment you hit the platform, sniper bots will try to front-run your position, cutting into your profits and your community’s. A bundle bot doesn’t just deploy the token: it also runs an automatic buy to shut snipers out.
On top of that, a bundle can speed up your bonding curve progress, so you get two wins:
- You lock in your position against snipers.
- You shorten the path to graduating your meme coin.
3. Use a market maker bot to hit trending
One of the biggest hurdles you’ll face is competition. There are tons of coins on Pump.fun, so why would anyone lock in on yours? That’s why you need a unique meme coin or a token backed by a solid strategy.
We recommend using the Pump.fun Market Maker to boost transaction volume, creating hype and pulling in new investors. It’s simple to use:
- Paste the token address into the empty field.
- Pick the number of makers (bots).
- Choose how much each will invest or the total volume you want to generate.
- Review or adjust the SOL you’re willing to spend on gas fees.
- Set a runtime (approximate).
- Click ‘Start Bot’.
We have a dedicated article walking you through how to use our volume bot for Pump Fun. Either way, it’s a highly effective tool for reaching Graduate Token status.
Pro Tip: how to use the volume bot to clear the bonding curve
Inside the Pump.fun Market Maker options on Smithii, you can select ‘Target Price’, which tells the bot to push your token price up by running strategic buys and sells to bump the price. This accelerates your bonding curve progress, since the tokens bought by the bots end up in your wallet once the run finishes.
Run the Volume Bot in its Anti-Mev version
If you have serious capital to invest in your project, you can go with the Pump Fun Anti-Mev Volume Bot when boosting your token. This lets you execute high-volume buys and sells (for example, 8-10 SOL) while blocking MEV bots from skimming a cut of the traded funds.
By running the operation with high SOL volume, you’ll boost your odds of trending on the front page of Pump Fun and push closer to graduation.
Ethical and legal considerations around using Market Makers
While using market makers or volume bots is standard practice on Pump Fun and other crypto trading platforms, there’s a fine line between using them ethically and appropriately and using them in a dishonest, over-the-top way.
‘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 for fraudulent moves, like exit scams or liquidity drains that hurt the investor community. Always use the volume bot with restraint and pair your strategies with organic marketing efforts.
4. Bring in as many buyers as you can
At this point, you’ve got a meme coin or token listed on Pump.fun, your followers have bought in, and you’re building hype with the volume bot. The best move to keep scaling is to build trust.
That means you can’t dump all your tokens overnight. You have to stay active on the social channels you set up and keep on top of anything new during that whole period. Any doubt or move that spooks investors and trust takes a hit, sending the price down.
That said, you’ll still need funds to keep incentivizing new buyers. So how do you offload part of your holdings without tanking the price or your credibility? By using bundle sell in a coordinated, staged way.
That way you can reinvest into your project until you hit Graduate Token on PumpFun.
5. Consistency and patience
During April 2025, only 0.37% to 1.78% of tokens graduated on Pump Fun and moved their liquidity pool over to PumpSwap. As we mentioned earlier, getting a token to graduate is tough, but not impossible. If you stick to a clear, consistent strategy, sooner or later you can hit that goal with any meme coin you create.
What happens when you become a Graduate Token on Pump Fun? (Updated)
Once you reach the target, the bonding curve’s liquidity migrates to PumpSwap, kicking off a liquidity pool with your meme coin. At this point the LP Tokens belong to no one: they get burned to lock in trust for the pair and let many more people trade without friction.
In short: more market cap, more exposure, more use cases across other DeFi protocols, and bigger upside. As the creator, you earn a 0.3% revenue fee on every transaction (it used to be 0.05%). On top of that, you can multiply your initial investment by selling your token at a higher price, just like the early holders.
Graduating a token to Pumpswap is now critical
Starting September 3, 2025, following the fee update on Pump.fun, creators of tokens that graduate can now earn 0.95% (3x what tokens on the bonding curve earn). You unlock the max rate once you hit a market cap above 420 SOL.
For the full breakdown of the benefits, check out our analysis of the Project Ascend update.
What’s next?
With your Graduated Token on Pump Fun now showing up on PumpSwap, you can keep growing your token using these tools:
- Pump Swap Market Maker: this is the volume bot for pairs on this platform. Getting other people to notice your potential always comes down to transaction count, and this bot lets you boost your token.
- PumpSwap Bundle Buy: to run mass buys from multiple wallets in a single click.
- PumpSwap Bundle Sell: perfect for coordinated, strategic sells, also from multiple wallets and inside the same block.
Graduating shifts your fee tier: see how much the creator earns at each stage of the token
Conclusion
Now that you get how token graduation on Pump Fun works, it’s time to put all these tips, strategies, and tools into action. Your project could be the next DOGE or SHIB. At Smithii, we make the path there easier.
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