Someone asked how much money it would take to double Pippin's value. I counted it on my fingers.

First, look at the basic data: the current market cap is $311 million, a dog on the Sol chain, only tradable on-chain since there's no spot market. The liquidity pool holds $11.8 million, with tokens and Sol split 50/50.

Interestingly, aside from some exchange wallets ranking first, most of those large holders are just the addresses of whales—effectively locked positions. According to the pool, the truly circulating supply is about 18.6 million tokens.

Using a formula to estimate the current price: 44,450 ÷ 18,600,000 = 0.002389... * 145 (Sol price) ≈ $0.34, which matches the actual quote.

So, how much real money would it take to double the price?
The formula is: △X = Pool Sol amount * (√multiplier - 1)
Plugging in the numbers: 44,450 * 0.4142 = 18,411 * 135 (Sol price) ≈ $2.48 million

In other words, preparing around two million dollars, theoretically, could push the price to double.

But there's a terrifying aspect—whales can directly sweep through the pool. The total liquidity is 11.8 million, with roughly half (about 5.9 million Sol). If they want to dump, they can almost drain this part without waiting for retail investors to buy in. The price could collapse by 97% instantly, because the pool's design can't fully reset to zero.

After doing the math, I suddenly feel like on-chain "pumping" of these meme tokens is like walking a tightrope—whales can pull the safety net at any moment.