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Pump Plummets 23% in Hours—Is This the Start of a Deeper Crash?

Pump Plummets 23% in Hours—Is This the Start of a Deeper Crash?

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Beincrypto
Published:
2025-07-17 08:30:00
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Blood in the crypto streets as Pump gets gutted—23% wiped out faster than a meme stock's gains. Panic selling? You bet.

Whale dumps or just paper hands bailing? Either way, the charts look uglier than a bear market portfolio.

Here's the real question: Will 'buy the dip' work this time, or are we watching the next domino fall?

(Bonus jab: At least traditional bankers can't blame this one on 'irrational exuberance'—just another Tuesday in crypto.)

Smart Money Starts Dumping as Realized Profits Surge

The latest on-chain data reveals an aggressive round of profit-taking by top holders. According to PnL data, the top 10 wallets alone realized over $17 million in profits, with the leaderboard showing traders cashing out completely.

Wallet CxSZ84Ui booked $1.79 million, while eight others followed with $1.5 million or more in realized gains. Notably, over 95% of top wallets are now holding 0% of their initial positions, signaling total exits.

PUMP price and aggressive profit booking

PUMP price and aggressive profit booking: Nansen

Meanwhile, smart money wallets, wallets tagged for high win rates, have seen a 34.5% drop in holdings, now sitting at 3.17 billion tokens, down from over 4.3 billion earlier in the day. The balance for PUMP whale wallets also slipped by 3.63%, suggesting that large players aren’t just watching; they’re actively selling.

That means the PUMP buyback simply hasn’t outweighed sustained sell pressure. Fees spent on repurchases are being canceled out or even surpassed by profit-taking from whales unloading huge stakes.

PUMP holders and their 24-hour moves

PUMP holders and their 24-hour moves: Nansen

On the flip side, the unrealized PUMP profit leaderboard reveals a dangerous setup: wallets still holding nearly $10 million in paper gains. For instance, wallet 9mKy1K8S shows $1.38 million in unrealized profit with 100% still held, indicating that these traders could become the next wave of sellers if the price weakens further. Or they might just be the reason for a deeper PUMP price weakening stint.

Unrealized profits signal caution

Unrealized profits signal caution: Nansen

Supertrend Flips Bearish, Matching Whale Exit Behavior


The Supertrend indicator has now turned red on the 1-hour chart — a sign that the short-term trend has flipped bearish. This lines up with what we’re already seeing from large wallet holders. After riding the rally, whales have started pulling out, and that exit seems to be dragging the price down.

PUMP Supertrend indicator

PUMP Supertrend indicator: TradingView

When big players stop buying, and the trend indicator also flips, it’s often a sign that more downside could be ahead.

For those unfamiliar, the Supertrend is a trend-following indicator that reacts to both price and volatility. When the price falls below a certain range, the line flips from green to red, signaling a shift from bullish to bearish momentum.

PUMP Price Risks Breakdown Below Key Support

The price chart tells a clearer story. We’ve drawn Fibonacci retracement levels from the local high at $0.00689 to the swing low at $0.00529. As of writing, the PUMP price is trading around $0.00535, dangerously close to breaking below the Fibonacci base (0.0 level).

Key levels have already been breached. The 0.382 retracement at $0.00590 and the 0.236 level at $0.00567 failed to hold as support. If $0.00529 breaks, it opens up the risk of cascading selloffs, especially with so many wallets still in unrealized profit territory.

PUMP price analysis

PUMP price analysis: TradingView

The bearish thesis holds unless bulls can reclaim the 0.618 Fibonacci level at $0.00628, which now acts as the strongest resistance/support. A clean break above that could signal buyer re-entry and set up a retest of $0.00689.

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