An Introduction to Pump Markets

• We’re excited to announce that Pump Markets is live on Blast Mainnet! 

• Buyers and sellers receive up to 15% yield on their collateral deposited into orders

• Sellers have increased flexibility to reduce collateral requirements by up to 50%

• Our innovative Proof-of-Collateral NFTs unlock idle liquidity for buyers.

2024 is the year of points, airdrops and pre-market tokens. We’re either farming, selling or thinking about building reward systems. The meta will evolve but it’s here to stay. In any case, we’re here for the long-haul.

Pump Markets is the ultimate pre-market token protocol. A few months ago, we started building Pump Markets to solve capital inefficiency and liquidity issues. On our platform, you can trade your points and airdrop allocation before the TGE (Token Generation Event). After extensive analysis and refinement on testnet, our marketplace is live on Blast Mainnet. 

One of the biggest problems with current OTC points marketplaces is capital inefficiency. 

In this existing model, both buyers and sellers are at risk of locking capital in escrow for a long time if a project does not launch its token quickly. Essentially, they lose time value on their money, when it could be spent earning yield. In addition, both parties have to deposit 100% of the order collateral, resulting in idle capital being locked in smart contracts.

Pump Markets resolves this. By building on Blast, our buyers and sellers will earn yield even while their capital is in escrow. Blast is the first L2 that incorporates a native yield design, enabling automatic compounding. The default yield on other L2s is 0%. In comparison, on Blast, users receive 4% for ETH and ~15% for stablecoin deposits. Their native yield, which comes from ETH staking and RWA protocols, is automatically passed on to Blast users. 

On Pump Markets, early mainnet users will earn Blast Gold, Blast Points AND Pump Points. 

In the near future, we will also be partnering with other leading projects to implement optional collateral staking on additional yield-maximizing vault strategies. 

On existing OTC points marketplaces, sellers can default after settlement. However, buyers cannot cancel an order. The buyer is relatively powerless in this situation; It’s time we changed this by giving additional flexibility to buyers. 

On Pump Markets, we enable buyers to unlock liquidity via an innovative NFT-driven mechanism. Our Proof-of-Collateral NFT allows buyers to trade out of their positions. 

Buyers receive a Proof-of-Collateral NFT when they create an offer-to-buy or fill a buy order. As a buyer, you will be able to:

• Sell your NFT on NFT marketplaces or;

• Borrow against your NFT on an NFTFi platform to unlock liquidity.

At Settlement, burning the NFT will allow redemption of the underlying tokens or collateral.

On Pump Markets, we enable sellers to deposit reduced collateral: Sellers can choose to deposit either 50% or 100% collateral. This provides greater flexibility to the seller, with the option to either unlock 50% liquidity immediately or earn additional Blast Points when proceeding via the default 100% deposit option. 

If a seller opts for reduced collateral, the Blast Points accumulated in their deposited yield are transferred to the Buyer to compensate for the increased risk being taken in this position. It’s a trade-off between immediate liquidity and longer-term rewards, with the seller having the option to select the approach that suits them best for each order.

We also understand the inconvenience faced by traders. Pump Markets is the starting point for crypto’s pre-market. Trade, learn and analyse with us. We help you get in early.