Hyperliquid beats Pump.fun because buying back airdropped tokens works far better than buying back tokens sold to insiders. Both did over $1B in revenue, but Hyperliquid airdropped 31% of supply to users and its chart only went up, while Pump.fun airdropped nothing, gave 46% of supply to sales and VCs, and its chart only fell. Pump.fun bought back and burned about 36% of circulating supply, more than Hyperliquid's 17%, and still barely moved. x.com

