A few weeks after Grizzle chose to embrace the Trencher token, creator fees were introduced and the serial deployer began earning off Grizzle’s art. He would become one of the top earners on PumpFun via Trencher.

Despite this set back, Grizzle continued to push forward, creating daily artwork, honoraries, and working on partnerships, all the while advocating for changes in the creator fee structure.

PumpFun eventually created a system to redirect creator fees to legitimate creators who are actually supporting the token. They announced Grizzle and Trencher as the very first token to receive this change, with all creator fees moving forward going to her. At the same time, Grizzle and PumpFun announced an official partnership

Grizzle and Trencher set the stage for PumpFun to shift to a “creator first” model, where they have since launched multiple initiatives to support legitimate creators. Multiple artists have launched on PumpFun, citing Grizzle as an inspiration.

More than just an artcoin, Trencher is a compelling narrative of a small artist who took the major setback of having her artwork stolen, and used it as an opportunity to build her brand. The newly earned creator fees allow her to support herself as an artist, giving her the time and freedom to continue creating Trencher content.

With “creator capital markets” emerging as a major narrative, the story of Grizzle and Trencher stands out. Creator coin, artcoin, memecoin. Trencher is all of the above. An art movement that started in the most unexpected of ways, led by an artist who never expected to find herself at the center of it all.