Pump.fun ties callout rewards to followers’ profits starting October 10

Pump.fun is changing how it pays people to recommend tokens. Starting with the October 10 payout, callouts on low-cap tokens will earn less, according to co-founder Alon. The bigger change is in what gets measured. Rewards will now track whether followers actually benefited from a recommendation, not how much trading volume the call generated. What changed in Callout Rewards Alon announced the update in a post on X. Under the revised model, callers who steer followers into profitable trades are the ones who get rewarded. Until now, the program favored callouts that drove trading activity. That approach has a familiar flaw. Volume rewards the person making the call whether the trade goes well or badly for the people who followed it. Alon framed the goal as spreading the gains more widely. The idea is to create broader “wealth effects” instead of letting most profits flow to a small group of skilled traders. Under the new structure, creators earn by guiding their followers into successful trades. Low-cap tokens take the most direct hit. Recommendations on smaller tokens will be rewarded at a reduced rate. These are the assets where thin liquidity can leave late followers holding the ...