What Is Pumpfun Mayhem Mode? A Complete Guide

Mayhem Mode is an experimental feature on Pump.fun where an autonomous AI trading agent buys and sells newly launched coins during their first 24 hours to increase early price discovery and attract traders. It is designed to help small projects gain visibility, create more active markets, and support faster liquidity formation within the Pump.fun ecosystem.

Understanding Pump.fun and the Role of Mayhem Mode

Pump.fun is the main launchpad for new Solana memecoins. It uses a bonding-curve model, where each token begins with fixed parameters: a starting supply, curve shape, liquidity amount, and a defined threshold before the coin “bins” to PumpSwap.

Most new coins receive little attention and often fail early due to low volume, weak initial traction, or limited visibility. Mayhem Mode was introduced to address this problem.

Mayhem Mode aims to increase the number of good projects that break out by adding AI-driven trading activity to the earliest stage of a coin’s life.

Why Pump.fun Introduced Mayhem Mode

Pump.fun highlights two main motivations:

• For projects: Many small creators lack followers or network effects. Their coins fail before traders even notice them. Mayhem Mode tries to level the playing field by injecting activity that makes early markets look more active.
• For traders: More early-stage coins gaining traction means more opportunities to find winners. Higher volume and sharper price movement can create better entry points for active traders.

Pump.fun calls Mayhem Mode part of Project Ascend, a broader effort to make launches more sustainable without relying on outside market makers.

How Mayhem Mode Works

Mayhem Mode can only be enabled during coin creation. Once a coin is deployed, the option cannot be turned on afterward. When enabled, several rules automatically apply.

1. AI Agent Trades the Coin for 24 Hours

An autonomous AI trading agent becomes active on eligible coins during the first 24 hours after creation. It performs a random walk of buy and sell orders with equal probability.

2. The Agent Mints Extra Supply

When Mayhem Mode is enabled:

• The creator receives the standard 1,000,000,000 token supply.
• The Agent mints an additional 1,000,000,000 tokens for internal trading.
• Total supply = 2,000,000,000 tokens.

These extra tokens are used only for the Agent’s trading operations.

3. After 24 Hours, Unsold Tokens Are Burned

Any Agent-owned tokens not sold during trading are permanently burned.
This burn prevents long-term distortion of supply.

4. Community-Sent Tokens Are Burned or Stored Forever

If users send tokens to the Agent wallet:

• If the token is Mayhem-enabled and within 24 hours:
  The Agent burns them at the end of the period.
• If the token is not Mayhem-enabled or past 24 hours:
  The Agent stores them permanently and never interacts with them.

Sending tokens to the Agent does not increase trading activity.

5. Liquidity Risks May Occur

If the Agent becomes a net seller and sells much of its additional supply into the bonding curve, and all other holders also sell, some holders may be unable to exit due to depleted curve liquidity.

However, if the coin bins to PumpSwap, traders can always sell for SOL.

6. Bonding-Curve Parameters Stay Unchanged

Mayhem Mode does not modify:

• curve shape
• starting market cap
• liquidity size
• bonding threshold
• fees or take-rates

The only difference is the Agent’s temporary presence.

How to Check if a Coin Has Mayhem Mode Enabled

Users can verify status on:

• Pump.fun website
• Pump.fun mobile app
• Terminal (formerly Padre)

Coins that do not enable Mayhem Mode at creation can never add it later.

Revenue, Funding, and Restrictions on the AI Agent

Pump.fun outlines strict rules around Agent behavior:

• Hard caps on how much SOL worth of tokens it can buy
• Hard caps on total sell amounts
• Hard caps on number of trades per time period
• Agent does not pay protocol fees
• Agent may make small profits or losses but cannot meaningfully extract value

Any profit becomes part of an insurance fund to ensure long-term solvency.

Protocol fees generated from Mayhem coins are routed to new publicly disclosed wallet addresses and are not tracked on fees.pump.fun.

Pump.fun funds the Agent entirely from its own balance sheet.

How Traders Experience Mayhem Mode

A Solana Level Up analysis described Mayhem Mode as a more intense trading environment. Traders report:

• Faster order flow
• Sharper candles
• Quick reversals
• More active bots
• Higher volatility
• Less room for slow decision-making

Key Observations From Traders

1. It feels like trading in a live arena.
Volume hits fast, price moves quickly, and automated strategies shape most early action.

2. It attracts active traders and bots.
The presence of system-driven trading means human traders must adapt quickly.

3. It demands tighter risk management.
Mayhem markets can swing in seconds, making it unsuitable for long holding or passive strategies.

Real-World Performance: Has Mayhem Mode Worked?

Early results suggest mixed outcomes.

1. Small Increase in Token Launches

Before Mayhem Mode: ~17,300 daily launches
After introduction: ~17,800 daily launches

The difference—about 500 tokens—is minor.
The data so far suggests Mayhem Mode has not materially increased launch activity.

2. Daily Revenue Has Declined Since Launch

Pump.fun’s top line depends on:

• creation fees
• bonding trades
• early trading activity

Despite the new feature, revenue has fallen. Lower revenue also reduces PUMP token buybacks, weakening mechanical price support.

PUMP’s market cap currently sits around $1.1B, roughly 30% below its all-time high.

3. Early Price Discovery Improved, but Noise Increased

AI-driven activity does increase early price movement. But this can appear “wash-like” because a single platform-controlled actor is contributing much of the order flow.

The transparency and opt-in nature of the feature keep it within acceptable boundaries, but without better curation or ranking, Mayhem Mode risks becoming high noise with low discovery value.

4. Visibility Gains Have Been Limited

Initial platform dynamics do not indicate major improvements in:

• token traction
• breakout frequency
• sustainable floors
• user retention

It may require more time, or additional features, to meet its intended impact.

Conclusion

Mayhem Mode is a controlled AI-driven feature that increases early trading activity for new Pump.fun coins. It introduces a 24-hour trading window using an autonomous agent, extra supply that is later burned, and strict operational limits to avoid major distortions. For traders, it creates faster price discovery and higher volatility. For projects, it attempts to provide early traction that many small launches lack.

However, early data shows modest impact on platform growth and a decline in revenue despite higher on-chain activity. The feature increases trading intensity but does not yet show strong evidence of sustained improvements in project visibility or ecosystem output.

Mayhem Mode expands Pump.fun’s toolkit, but its long-term role will depend on how it evolves and whether future updates, such as better curation or ranking mechanisms, are added.

Resources: 

1. About Mayhem Mode: https://pump.fun/docs/mayhem-mode

2. Pump’s new ‘Mayhem Mode’ fails to boost token launches or revenue in first week - report by The Block: https://www.theblock.co/post/379285/pump-funs-new-mayhem-mode-fails-boost-token-launches-revenue

3. So What Is Mayhem on Pump FUN and Should We Even Touch It - report by Solana LevelUp: https://medium.com/@gemQueenx/so-what-is-mayhem-on-pump-swap-and-should-we-even-touch-it-f3251cbd1a63