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Crypto platform offers rewards for stunts including forehead tattoos and Mount Everest climb
Pump.fun has paid out more than $370,000 since June 4 for user-submitted videos of unusual or risky tasks. Roughly $200,000 in additional rewards remains available across about 270 open listings.
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fun began a bounty feature on June 4 that pays participants in cryptocurrency for completing tasks posted by other users. The California-based platform has distributed more than $370,000 so far, with roughly $200,000 still available across about 270 open bounties.
Some completed tasks have been low-risk. One participant received $71 for feeding stray cats, while another earned $114 for donating clothes to Goodwill. A separate submission paid $72 for pouring a gallon of milk over the participant's head while shouting a cryptocurrency name.
Other tasks have involved greater physical risk. fun" on his forehead. com, and a $26,000 prize for attending every match of the 2026 World Cup while holding a sign promoting a specific token.
Platform response and user warnings Pump.fun stated on its site that participants engage in tasks at their own risk. The company posted on X that the feature combines "humans & money" to allow "ANY task for UNLIMITED rewards." Individual users create and fund the bounties. Listings have included requests to quit a job on camera for $3,100 and to dress a person as a purple baby Wojak for $287.
Public reaction Some observers compared the feature to an episode of the television series "Black Mirror." A since-removed listing had offered about $50,000 for parachuting into a World Cup match. Pump.fun did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
