{"id":184,"date":"2026-02-06T14:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/?p=184"},"modified":"2026-02-06T14:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T14:57:42","slug":"pump-fun-absorbs-vyper-as-part-of-major-trading-infrastructure-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/?p=184","title":{"rendered":"Pump.fun Absorbs Vyper as Part of Major Trading Infrastructure Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a move to dominate the full lifecycle of digital assets on Solana, <strong>Pump.fun<\/strong> has officially acquired the trading terminal <strong>Vyper<\/strong>. The deal signals a shift for Pump.fun from a simple launchpad to a comprehensive financial ecosystem as the standalone Vyper product begins its sunset phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strategic Integration into &#8220;Terminal&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting this Tuesday, Vyper will begin deactivating its core features. Existing users are being transitioned to <strong>Terminal<\/strong> (the platform formerly known as Padre), which now serves as Pump.fun\u2019s primary hub for advanced execution and data analytics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key elements of the transition:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tool Migration:<\/strong> Vyper\u2019s proprietary infrastructure will be woven into Terminal to provide deeper insights for traders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Consolidation:<\/strong> This acquisition follows the October purchase of Padre, showing a clear pattern of Pump.fun buying up the tools that facilitate high-speed trading.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Financial Terms:<\/strong> The specific valuation of the acquisition remains undisclosed by both parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pivoting Amidst the Memecoin Winter<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The acquisition arrives as the speculative fever that defined late 2024 begins to break. Pump.fun is actively diversifying to protect its bottom line from the volatility of the meme sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The data behind the pivot:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Revenue Decline:<\/strong> After hitting a massive peak of <strong>$137 million<\/strong> in monthly revenue in January 2025, the platform saw a <strong>77% drop<\/strong>, pulling in approximately <strong>$31 million<\/strong> in January 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market Contraction:<\/strong> The total market cap for memecoins has withered from a staggering <strong>$100 billion<\/strong> in late 2024 to just <strong>$28 billion<\/strong> today\u2014a <strong>72% wipeout<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To counter this trend, Pump.fun recently launched <strong>Pump Fund<\/strong>, an investment arm designed to back early-stage ventures even outside the crypto space, moving the brand away from its &#8220;pure memecoin&#8221; origins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move to dominate the full lifecycle of digital assets on Solana, Pump.fun has officially acquired the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-last-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions\/186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1stblock.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}