Pump.Fun and Kraken Pull LAPTOP Promotion
Pump.fun (PUMP)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that Pump.fun and Kraken have removed promotional material for Hunter Biden’s $LAPTOP memecoin ahead of its September 9 launch on Base. Both platforms had initially highlighted the token on Monday, but the promotional push attracted criticism from traders, forcing the companies to reassess their association with the project. The token is built around the controversy surrounding Hunter Biden’s laptop, a major political story from the 2020 US presidential election. Biden confirmed the $LAPTOP ticker on X alongside a montage of media coverage related to the device.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for PUMP, measured when this story was written up on 8 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Pump (Pump.fun) is trading at $0.004364 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 56.4% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 50.0%, compared to a 24-hour buy ratio of 55.4%. The 1-hour buy ratio is higher than the 24-hour average, while the 4-hour ratio matches the daily average, suggesting that buying pressure is stabilizing after a recent spike. The 1-hour volume delta is +$193,679, indicating immediate net inflows, while the 24-hour volume delta is +$6,461,551, showing significant net buying over the full day. The CVD at 24-hour close is +$150,404, confirming that buyers have been in control for 9 of the last 24 hours. Spot volume reached $58,359,420 with 444,881 trades, reflecting active market participation.
The latest daily buy ratio of 50.6% sits at the 63rd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 49.3% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for PUMP, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 50.1%, meaning today’s 24-hour ratio of 55.4% is 5.4 percentage points higher than the weekly norm. Volume was 1.88x the average, indicating that trading activity is unusually elevated compared to the previous week. The 8-day price change is -2.0%, and the total volume delta for that period is +$8,362,403. Net buying occurred on 3 of the last 7 days, showing that while buying is stronger today, it has not been a consistent feature of the entire week.