Pump.fun has acquired Padre, an advanced multi-chain trading terminal, in hopes of building a professional retail user base. This will help businesses capture and tokenize more opportunities.
However, PADRE has an existing token that has apparently been shut down and its value has significantly evaporated. This unexpected development sparked community backlash and condemnation.
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Pump.fun acquires Padre
Pump.fun made its first acquisition in July, purchasing the Solana wallet tracking and analysis tool, and is already planning a second acquisition. Meme Coin Launchpad is expanding with PUMP tokens and now Pump.fun has acquired Padre.
Padre is a multi-chain trading terminal, and Pump.fun hopes to use its infrastructure to expand its business. Launchpad set out to build its own advanced trading terminal almost exactly a year ago, and today’s plans take it even further.
Specifically, Pump.fun said it wants to “tokenize the world’s most potential opportunities” and that terminals like Padre are capturing high levels of activity within the ecosystem.
To that end, the company believes that expanding its presence in professional retail trading is paramount to these long-term goals.
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Still, there’s one group of users who aren’t happy. Pump.fun claimed that Padre’s trading functionality will continue as usual, but the company already has its own token.
From now on, PADRE will have “no future plans, no usefulness on the platform” and its value will effectively evaporate.
Many Pump.fun fans were angry at this decision and accused the platform of pulling the rug from the PADRE holder. Although the assets are still very small, this unexpected setback could still negatively impact investors.
It will be interesting to see if this controversy outweighs the potential benefits going forward.
Of course, Pump.fun is already embroiled in controversy, and PADRE’s crash may not change anything. The company has been accused of everything from enabling market manipulation to platforming a series of racist and profane tokens, but its prominence remains intact.
For all we know, any downside to the Padre acquisition could just be an acceleration for Pump.fun’s continued advancement.
