Pump.fun pairs 0% Solana trades with a 0.45% app fee it plans to give away

Pump.fun has rolled out a new fee setup for its mobile app and website. It pairs 0% trading fees on Solana trades through the mobile app with a fresh 0.45% platform fee on trades placed through the app or web. The twist is where that 0.45% ends up. The Solana-based token launchpad says it will send all of the revenue from the fee back out through referral rewards, so none of it is booked as platform profit. How the new structure works The revamped structure takes effect on October 17, 2026. The referral program behind it was announced a day earlier, on October 16, 2026. The mechanics are fairly simple. Users who arrive through a referral get a 10% discount on fees. They are also eligible for matching bonuses on deposits, capped at $50. The people doing the referring get a perk as well. Pump.fun is running a limited-time 4x boost on referrer bonuses, which rewards anyone who brings new traders onto the app. The fees that are not changing Not everything is being reworked. Pump.fun’s existing bonding-curve fees stay in place at a combined 1.25%. That 1.25% splits two ways. Token creators receive 0.30%, and the protocol keeps 0.95%. A bonding curve is a pricing formula that sets a toke...