Pump.fun’s PUMP token extended its recovery this week, rising back above the $0.002 level as buying pressure continued to counter concerns surrounding a major token unlock.

PUMP gained more than 14% over the past 24 hours, while daily trading volume climbed to roughly $135 million. The increase showed that market participation remained elevated as the token rebounded from recent lows.

The move was notable because it followed one of the project’s largest vesting events, which many traders had expected to create heavy selling pressure. Token unlocks are closely watched in crypto markets because they can increase the amount of supply available for sale, especially when allocations tied to teams or investors become liquid. Instead, demand continued to absorb additional supply as the token reclaimed a key psychological price level.

BOOST buybacks help absorb unlock pressure

A major factor behind the latest recovery has been Pump.fun’s BOOST mechanism, which is designed to create ongoing buying pressure for PUMP through token buybacks.

The feature has become a central part of the project’s token economy and has drawn renewed attention as PUMP recovered from its recent decline. For a launchpad-linked token, buyback activity is particularly important because traders often compare recurring demand mechanisms with the pace of new supply entering circulation.

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The rebound followed a major vesting event in which around 32.5 billion PUMP tokens allocated to investors and another 50 billion tokens allocated to the team became eligible for unlocking under the project’s vesting schedule.

Rather than triggering an immediate price collapse, the market continued to absorb the newly available supply. The remaining unlocked allocations are scheduled to enter circulation gradually over the next 36 months, rather than being released all at once.

That schedule has shifted traders’ focus toward whether ongoing demand can keep pace with future releases, instead of concentrating only on the initial unlock. It also makes future vesting dates, buyback activity, and spot trading volume key data points for assessing whether the recovery remains supported by actual demand.

Technical indicators show a stronger trend

The improving price structure has also appeared across several technical indicators. PUMP has moved back above the Guppy Multiple Moving Average cluster, indicating that short-term momentum has strengthened.

At the same time, the Supertrend indicator has turned bullish as the token attempts to break above the upper boundary of a long-term descending channel that has limited price advances for months.

Derivatives market activity has also attracted attention. Unlike rallies driven mainly by leverage, recent data showed open interest declining while PUMP’s price continued to rise. That combination suggests that spot market demand has played a larger role in the recovery.

Trading activity has increased sharply as well. Daily volume rose above $135 million, while recent sessions recorded volume growth of more than 500% compared with earlier levels. Higher participation helped support the move as buyers pushed PUMP back above the $0.002 level.

Market participants have also monitored the positioning of well-known Solana trader Ansem, who publicly disclosed a long position near the $0.001675 area. The disclosure drew additional attention to PUMP in the early stages of its recovery and coincided with improving sentiment across the Solana memecoin sector, where liquidity and social attention can shift quickly between newly launched tokens and established names.

Key PUMP price levels to watch

The next technical test is around the $0.00210 to $0.00215 resistance zone, an area where previous rallies have struggled to sustain momentum.

A sustained move above that range would put the next upside targets between approximately $0.0025 and $0.0028.

On the downside, immediate support is seen between $0.00185 and $0.00190. A deeper pullback could bring the $0.00170 area back into focus, while broader technical analysis identifies around $0.00130 as a level that would invalidate the current bullish structure.

Over a longer time frame, some market observers have identified $0.005 as a possible target if the current breakout turns into a sustained trend. However, reaching that level would require continued buying pressure, further growth in trading activity, and the market’s continued ability to absorb tokens released through the vesting schedule.