Troll Football draws mixed reactions after Pump.fun meme token launch

Football memes X account Troll Football drew mixed reactions when it launched its first digital asset, a Solana-based token called FOOTBALL, through memecoin launchpad ￰0￱ on ￰1￱ Football is one of the most recognized meme pages in global football culture, with more than 4.8 million followers on ￰2￱ account claims over 100 million impressions per month and 2 billion total views in ￰3￱ tokens launched on ￰4￱ often start anonymously or with little community backing, but observers have noted that FOOTBALL has a major meme brand behind ￰5￱ launch is the first step of the project’s four-part roadmap that promises collaborations with professional players, brand tie-ins, and more additions from football ￰6￱ has community backing, project team says According to its website , FOOTBALL takes the passion of football fandom to crypto markets as a sports-focused memecoin supported by an already-established global ￰7￱ data from DEXScreener shows FOOTBALL surged after its launch, climbing to an early high of $0.0021.

However, the token quickly retraced, falling back to around $0.00162 as of Thursday morning ￰8￱ drop is approximately 22% from its peak price on the same ￰9￱ press time, the token has a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of $1.6 million and a market capitalization of $1.6 million, with reported liquidity of around $167,000. Trading activity has recorded over 76,000 transactions and over $2 million in volume since it ￰10￱ the price retracement in the last half hour, FOOTBALL has recorded a 438% increase in the past 24 hours, according to market tracking data, as early speculators moved in on the ￰11￱ Football outlines roadmap, but reception has been negative Troll Football may have attempted to present FOOTBALL as a fan-driven token with mass appeal, but social media reactions have been largely on the negative ￰12￱ the project’s announcement post on X, several users accused the account of being compromised or running a potential “rug pull.” “You’re promoting a scam.

I know they paid you,” one user wrote in a ￰13￱ others shared similar ￰14￱ about scams have grown on ￰15￱ , as the platform’s popularity has invited both genuine community-driven tokens and bad actors looking to exploit its ease of ￰16￱ from the backlash, Troll Football’s published roadmap shows the second phase after launch will see the project form partnerships with professional footballers and online ￰17￱ third and last phase seeks to expand FOOTBALL into having more football culture through collaborations and global campaigns, leading the sports memecoin to top charts on the Solana network. Pump. fun’s good and bad memecoin relationship In a report released Wednesday, Galaxy Digital analyst Will Owens wrote that meme coins are now more than the Dogecoin internet jokes and have become a “cultural and economic force.” Galaxy’s report stated that one of the reasons the market has witnessed this growth is because of Pump.

fun, the Solana-based launchpad that allows anyone to create a token in ￰18￱ noted that the platform has “turbocharged activity in 2025,” contributing to record fee generation on the Solana ￰19￱ dubbed a “memecoin factory,” ￰20￱ tools make token creation simple, fast, and ￰21￱ researchers and naysayers are bashing many tokens created on Pump. fun, saying most of them are offensive or extremist ￰22￱ the top 15 trending tokens on DEXScreener this week, at least four referenced racial slurs or skin ￰23￱ ranking coins on Pump. fun.