Forehead tattoos and alcohol dares: Inside the dark underbelly of crypto's memecoin craze
Users are being paid to shave their heads, chug liquor and interview homeless people on camera, raising questions about whether Pump.fun's latest product rewards creativity or exploitation.
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
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Pump.fun is showing up inside the Memecoins theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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