what's Jump Crypto?
Jump Crypto is a division of Jump Trading Group, specializing in the development and investment of Web3 infrastructure. The team focuses on building high-performance systems, conducting research, and supporting open-source blockchain projects to enhance scalability and efficiency in decentralized networks. They contribute to initiatives like validator clients and network security, emphasizing long-term sustainability over short-term gains. Key efforts include engineering contributions to protocols such as Solana through projects like Firedancer, a high-performance validator client designed to improve transaction throughput and reliability. Jump Crypto also engages in strategic partnerships, token sales, and vulnerability disclosures to foster a robust crypto ecosystem, drawing on expertise in trading, research, and software development.
Jump Crypto received 500M WLFI tokens on Jan 12, 2026, totaling 750M WLFI holdings.
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x.com/jump_Received 500M WLFI tokens (valued at approximately $84.36M) from the WLFI team on January 12, 2026, bringing total WLFI holdings to 750M tokens (valued at approximately $127.38M) including a prior 250M WLFI transfer from December 2025.
Received approximately 9.285 million LIT tokens (worth roughly $24.2 million, equal to around 0.93% of total supply) in airdrops from Lighter.
Transferred approximately 106 million USD1 to Binance on December 24-25, 2025, to provide liquidity for the USD1/USDT trading pair during Binance's promotional campaign offering up to 20% APY on USD1 holdings.
faces a lawsuit filed by Terraform Labs plan administrator seeking $4 billion in damages, accused of contributing to the collapse of Terraform and Do Kwon's crypto empire
Jump stakes 500,000 $HYPE tokens in Hyperliquid on the same day as Solana's Firedancer upgrade launch.
Co-leads a $20 million Series A for Ostium (total raise $24 million) with General Catalyst, joined by Wintermute Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Crucible Capital.
Forward Industries (Solana's largest treasury company) launches a proprietary AMM backed by Galaxy Digital with infrastructure input from Jump Crypto. The AMM is currently in testing phase according to Company Chairman Kyle Samani.
Monad exhibits unusual trading behavior with Jump reportedly holding all of the supply.
FolksFinance, backed by Jump, confirms listing on Binance Alpha & Futures with TGE happening this week, and reports $400M ATH TVL alongside current $200M+ TVL and 35K+ monthly active users.
Backs FolksFinance alongside Coinbase Ventures, OKX Ventures, and Parafi, with the project's $FOLKS token listing on Binance in 2 days.
Partnership with Aptos announced to build Shelby, a high-performance storage infrastructure system designed to compete with Amazon Web Services.
$MMT (Momentum) launches tomorrow on Binance and Bybit exchanges after reaching #3 protocol ranking on SUI with record TVL numbers.
Jump received $375M in unlocked tokens before the token and market crashed.
Swaps 1.1 million SOL (worth $205 million) for approximately 2,455 BTC (worth $265 million) with Galaxy Digital in the past 15 minutes.
Jump listed as a backer of SolvProtocol ($SOLV), an institution-grade liquidity layer, alongside Binance Labs, Hashed, Mirana, Spartan, and Laser Digital.
Jump Crypto transfers 1.1 million SOL worth $205.16 million to Fireblocks custody platform.
Jump listed as backer of Momentum (@MMTFinance) alongside Sui, Coinbase, Circle, and OKX, with token sale 5x oversubscribed and ending tomorrow.
Messari H1 2025 report highlights Jump Crypto's integration with Stacks (STX) as Bitcoin liquidity layer, alongside institutional partners BitGo, Hex Trust, and Copper.
FolksFinance sets TGE date for November 6, with current metrics showing $200M+ TVL and 200K+ users across 8 chains.
Jump Crypto serves as key architect with Ambient Finance to implement Dual Function Batch Auction (DFBA) technology, with the execution mechanism launching soon.
FolksFinance announces upcoming $FOLKS TGE with Jump listed as a backer alongside Coinbase Ventures and ParaFi for the cross-chain lending protocol.
Jump listed as a backer and contributor to Double Zero network, which launches its 2Z token on October 2, 2025 on Solana, having raised $28M at $400M valuation.
Forward Industries has closed on the $1.65 billion PIPE investment co-sponsored by Jump, Galaxy, and Multicoin Capital.
JupiterExchange and StakingFacilities upgrade to Firedancer validator infrastructure, showing adoption of the technology by major Solana ecosystem participants.
Co-sponsors $1.65B PIPE deal for Forward Industries alongside Multicoin Capital and Galaxy Digital, structured as 100% USD investment.
Jump participates in a $1.65 billion PIPE investment in Forward Industries ($FORD) alongside Galaxy and Multicoin to develop what's described as the world's largest Solana treasury strategy through a publicly traded company.
Jump Trading joins Galaxy and Multicoin to raise $1B for SOL acquisition.
Leads $1B initiative with Galaxy Digital and Multicoin to establish Solana treasury firm.
Major crypto firms planning $1B Solana acquisition fund with Cantor Fitzgerald as lead banker.
Introduces new Dual Flow Batch Auctions protocol feature.
Whale wallet linked to firm transfers 7,499 BTC ($816.48M) to new wallet after 2-year dormancy.
Jump and Aptos collaborate on Shelby, a new AWS competitor in crypto space.
Jump Trading resumes market making operations with new stablecoin transfers from Binance.
Major strategic equity acquisition in BlackRock-backed Securitize to expand institutional tokenization access.