Pump.fun generated more than $500 million in profit last year with fewer than 100 people. Now it is offering a single Chief Legal Officer candidate up to $5 million to join the team.
Co-founder Alon Cohen posted the opening on X. The salary band, between $1 million and $5 million, puts the role among the highest-paid legal positions in the crypto industry.
The gap between Pump.fun’s revenue and its legal maturity has grown fast. Baton Corporation built one of crypto’s most profitable platforms on Solana, processing more than $300 million in daily volume. However, it has been contending with a class-action lawsuit, federal racketeering charges, regulatory scrutiny across three continents, and public backlash over its bounty products.
The $5 million figure represents base salary alone. Pump.fun launched in 2023 and became the dominant meme coin launchpad on Solana within months. Its model, letting anyone create and trade tokens for a flat fee, turned a lean team into one of crypto’s most profitable operations. That same model now sits at the center of federal litigation.
Pump.fun has been facing a class-action lawsuit in New York federal court since early 2025. The case expanded to include Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claims, with plaintiffs characterizing the platform as an “illegal digital casino.” The complaint now names additional defendants from the broader Solana ecosystem and seeks compensatory damages, treble damages, and a permanent injunction.
The litigation is not the only pressure point. Meanwhile, Pump.fun drew criticism over its GO bounty marketplace, which paid users for public stunts including extreme body modifications.
One episode centered on a forehead tattoo bounty where a meme coin name was misspelled. The platform also faces complaints from token creators over alleged intimidation. Together, these episodes gave regulators and plaintiffs additional grounds to argue that the platform operates without adequate user protections.
The incoming CLO will inherit all of it at once, with litigation, regulation, and public scrutiny running in parallel. Therefore, the $5 million base salary reflects what it now costs to build a legal strategy at a platform that regulators across multiple jurisdictions are watching closely.
The post Pump.fun Seeks Multi-Million Dollar CLO Amid Ongoing High-Stakes Class Action Lawsuit appeared first on BeInCrypto.
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