PANews reported on January 20th that Pump.fun announced its newly established investment arm, Pump Fund, will launch a "Build in Public" hackathon with a total prize pool of $3 million. The hackathon will fund 12 projects, providing $250,000 to each project, representing a valuation of $10 million. Participants must issue tokens and publicly build their projects. The event emphasizes a user-market-centric judging mechanism. Non-crypto projects are also welcome to participate. Registration closes on February 18th, and the first batch of winners will be announced within 30 days.