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In brief A meme coin creator is currently attempting to solo-travel all 50 U.S. states in record time. He’s livestreaming the entire journey via token launchpad Pump.fun. The associated 50STATES token is currently down sharply from the peak price. A livestreaming Solana meme coin developer has been breaking speed limits and driving round-the-clock for stretches in sometimes inclement weather, all in an attempt to break the world record speed for solo-traveling all 50 American states. Leland King Fawcette set out in his Hyundai Kona on June 11 from White River Junction, Vermont. He must finish in Honolulu on June 19 by 7:33 PM EDT to beat the record. At the time of writing, Fawcette had completed 47 of the 50 states in approximately seven days, and said he was on track to smash the record—but there were still vast distances to cover. “The problem is: These are the big Western states. These are the ones where you drive through them for six hours and don’t hit anything,” the streamer told Decrypt. “[They] are bigger than most countries are. Having to drive across them and through them is going to be mind-numbing.”  The All Fifty States Club is a challenge created in 1998 by Barry Stiefel, who finished his trip around the country in the current record of eight days and seven hours. Fawcette unveiled the Solana meme coin 50STATES on June 11, the first day of his odyssey, as he set off to break Stiefel’s record. With a camera strapped on top of his vehicle, he began livestreaming the trip on Pump.fun, the token launchpad that he used to create the coin. The event is one of a long line of streams born on Pump.fun, which has taken over as a favored platform for meme coin creators and others…

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