It seems like every time I check in on Pump.fun, the livestreams are getting weirder. And honestly, a bit more popular. Established creators are jumping over, clips are spreading everywhere, and the whole atmosphere feels both chaotic and, for some, incredibly profitable.
But it’s not all polished setups and professional streams. There’s still that wild, almost reckless energy the platform is known for. It’s just that this time, the people behind the bizarre antics are actually making real money from it. A lot, in some cases.
The Lamp Guys and the New Fee Model
Take the two guys pretending to be lamps. Seriously. They’ve had lampshades on their heads for hours—standing on tables, sitting, even sleeping like that. And for some reason, it worked. Their token’s value shot up to over a quarter-million dollars at one point. For being lamps. They made nearly five grand in rewards from it. It’s a strange new world.
This is all happening under Pump.fun’s updated system, which funnels fees back to creators as rewards. It’s changing the game. Former esports player BunnyFuFuu, for instance, reportedly pulled in over $240,000 in just three days from his token. That’s not pocket change. It’s making people believe in this idea of “creator capital markets,” where attention directly translates to earnings on these crypto platforms.
Beyond the Absurd: The Talent Show and the Egg
Then you have the more organized chaos. The Basedd House group is running a talent show to find new influencers, and the auditions have been… something else. One person rode a bull. Another shaved their head with autotune blasting. A fight broke out. It’s a spectacle, and it draws a crowd.
Perhaps the most dedicated, or maybe just the most bizarre, is the guy spinning an egg on stream. That’s it. Just an egg with a hat, spinning. It was inspired by that famous Instagram egg from years back. The token for it actually reached a market cap of $1.6 million. The stream itself had about ten viewers when I looked, but the deployer still earned over $72,000. Go figure.
The Physical Stunts: Dare Coin and the Runner
Some streams get physical. One developer shaved half his head, painted his face like a clown, and went out in public acting completely unhinged—scaring people outside McDonald’s, wearing a diaper, pouring coffee on his own head. His Dare Coin token briefly touched $1.7 million in value.
In a slightly more healthy approach, another dev is running on a treadmill. He says he’ll run every day until his token hits a $100 million market cap. After one day of streaming himself getting progressively more exhausted, his token was worth millions and he’d already earned over $100,000 in rewards.
It’s a fascinating, if utterly confusing, shift. The wild streams have always been a part of Pump.fun’s identity. But now, the people creating them are getting paid directly for the attention and the virality, not just hoping their personal token value goes up. It adds a whole new layer to the chaos.
