Pump.fun expands trading to Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, and more EVM networks

Pump.fun just made its biggest infrastructure bet yet. The memecoin launchpad, which built its empire on Solana, now supports frictionless trading across multiple EVM-compatible chains, including Ethereum, Base, and BNB Chain.

The key selling point: users can trade with SOL as their primary currency across all supported networks without manually bridging assets or holding native gas tokens for each chain. Pump.fun covers the gas fees itself.

How the multichain system works

Pump.fun’s approach strips cross-chain trading down to something closer to a single click. The platform automatically generates multichain wallets for users, meaning a single wallet interface provides access to tokens across all supported EVM chains. No separate wallet setup, no chain-switching, no gas token management.

SOL serves as the universal trading currency throughout the experience. When a user wants to buy a token on Ethereum or BNB Chain, they pay in SOL, and Pump.fun handles the backend complexity. The platform sponsors the gas fees on the destination chain, which removes what has historically been the most annoying speed bump in multichain DeFi.

The infrastructure behind the expansion

In October 2025, the platform acquired Padre, a cross-chain infrastructure tool that was subsequently rebranded as Terminal. Then in February 2026, Pump.fun picked up Vyper, further bolstering its technical capabilities for operating across multiple blockchain networks.

In March 2026, Pump.fun registered subdomains for Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, and other networks. A partnership with MoonPay also plays a role here, enabling fiat-to-crypto deposits across nine different networks.

Pump.fun launched as a Solana-native memecoin launchpad in January 2024. In roughly two years, it has surpassed $1 billion in cumulative revenue.

What this means for traders and the broader market

Some analysts have described the potential dynamic as a “vampire attack” on liquidity. The logic is straightforward: if Pump.fun offers a simpler experience for launching and trading tokens across EVM chains than native alternatives do, liquidity and users will migrate.

If SOL becomes the default trading currency across multiple EVM ecosystems via Pump.fun, that’s a meaningful expansion of its utility beyond the Solana network itself.

Pump.fun is subsidizing gas fees, which means the company is absorbing real costs on every cross-chain transaction. The sustainability of that model depends on whether the platform generates enough revenue from trading fees and token launches to offset those subsidies.

Pump.fun’s acquisitions of Terminal and Vyper suggest the team is building proprietary infrastructure rather than relying on third-party bridges. Bridges and cross-chain messaging protocols have been the source of some of crypto’s most devastating exploits.

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