The daily wire: the winners, losers, and the rest of us
Sun, Oct 18, 2026
The biggest launch's peak market cap came in at $1.23B on Sun, Oct 18, 2026, 773% over the average of the 5 days before. 41,217 launched, 961 graduated (2.33%), 5,803,965 SOL ($597.1M) traded by 364,994 wallets.
The day in numbers
- Launched: 41,217 (9% under the 5-day average)
- Graduated: 961, 2.33% of launches (11% under the 5-day average)
- Traded: 5,803,965 SOL, $597.1M: 1,182,581 SOL on the bonding curve, 4,621,385 SOL on PumpSwap (7% under the 5-day average)
- Trades: 10,547,077 by 364,994 wallets (37% under the 5-day average)
- Failed transactions: 15,573,526, 284 SOL in fees for nothing
- Wallets down on the day: 37% (130,024 down, 225,011 up) (30% over the 5-day average)
- Best hour to launch: 07:00 UTC, 3.10% of 1,163 graduated within the hour; worst 18:00 UTC, 1.43% of 2,309
Sources
The tables (top coins, wallets, hours, deployers): https://pumpdata.fun/stats/2026-10-18, with every definition, and in JSON at https://pumpdata.fun/stats/2026-10-18.json. Incomplete day: the recorder caught 95.7% of its blocks; the day is recomputed from the archive once the archive reaches it. Data: pump.fun bonding-curve and PumpSwap trades from our own live Solana recorder (as of 2026-10-19T02:11:50Z). Wallets and coins are named with their numbers, never with verdicts. Not affiliated with pump.fun.
The model-written section is not in this edition (it did not pass the number check, or was not written); everything above is computed from the day's data. The day's page: /stats/2026-10-18. JSON: /report/2026-10-18.json; markdown: /report/2026-10-18.md. Written 2026-10-19T02:42:29Z.
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