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An Open Letter

To: Rep. Walen, Sen. Slatter, Gov. Ferguson, Rep. Salahuddin

From: A verified voter in Kirkland, WA

June 9

Stop UK crypto “pay anyone to do anything” bounty apps Body text: I’m asking you to act now to protect our state from a UK‑based crypto bounty platform called Pump.fun GO. Their pitch: “Pay ANYONE to do ANYTHING.” Reality: anonymous crypto bounties on real people, in the real world. This is a UK company running a Solana‑based “bounty” site where users lock up crypto and offer rewards to strangers for completing tasks. Anyone with an X account and a wallet can post or claim bounties. Funds sit in escrow. Pump.fun decides who gets paid. This is not harmless meme‑coin fun. It is crypto bounty bullshit with almost no guardrails. Early bounties have already included dangerous and suicide/self‑harm‑related tasks, with large payouts advertised to anyone willing to do them. I am asking you to: • Treat “pay anyone to do anything” bounty apps as a high‑risk category. • Direct state regulators and law enforcement to investigate Pump.fun GO and similar platforms for operating unlicensed digital financial services and enabling solicitation of harmful acts toward our residents. • Support legislation to: • Ban anonymous bounties tied to self‑harm, violence, and targeted harassment. • Require any crypto bounty or escrow platform serving our state to be licensed, run KYC, and accept legal responsibility for foreseeable harm. Innovation does not require anonymous cross‑border bounties on people’s bodies and lives. That is not a tech experiment. It is a public safety risk. Please move quickly, speak out publicly, and make it clear that UK‑based crypto bounty platforms are not welcome to run this model on people in our state. If you want more background, this short explainer covers what Pump.fun GO is and why people are alarmed: “Pump.fun says people can ‘pay anyone to do anything.’ Is it legal?” on Straight Arrow News: … <Read full article at https://san.com/cc/pump-fun-says-people-can-pay-anyone-to-do-anything-is-it-legal/>

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