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What does Pump mean?
A pump is a sharp price increase. The word by itself does not explain why the move happened: it can come from genuine demand, thin liquidity, coordinated promotion, manipulation or a mix of factors.
IN THE WILD
How people use it
Crypto, meme stocks and speculative markets.
EXAMPLE“The token pumped hard after a wave of attention hit X.”
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