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PENGU Holders Make Massive Flip to Pudgy Pandas as China-Backed Mega Meme Erupts

PENGU Holders Make Massive Flip to Pudgy Pandas as China-Backed Mega Meme Erupts

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2025-09-25 15:33:06
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PENGU Holders Flip to Pudgy Pandas—China-Led Mega Meme Explodes

Whale movements shake the meme coin landscape as PENGU loyalists pivot hard toward the emerging Pudgy Pandas phenomenon.

The China Connection

Behind the surge sits unprecedented Asian market momentum—retail traders flooding in as institutional whispers grow louder. Trading volumes smashed previous records while social metrics went parabolic overnight.

Market Mechanics Unleashed

Liquidity pools deepened as early adopters capitalized on the volatility swing. The flip triggered cascading effects across peripheral tokens, creating both staggering gains and brutal liquidations.

Regulatory Shadows Loom

While momentum builds, seasoned traders watch Beijing's stance with heightened alertness. Another 'crypto winter' proclamation could freeze this rally faster than you can say 'FSA scrutiny.'

This Panda packs more punch than your average meme token—but whether it's the next BNB or just another ATH flash in the pan remains the billion-yuan question Wall Street still can't answer.

Pudgy Pandas goes global

Pudgy Pandas is following in the footsteps of a cadre of Asian meme coins that began with viral adoption in Korea and China, and then saw enormous pumps when Western markets pulled the trigger.

One example is PEIPEI, the “Chinese PEPE” that slowly gained momentum in China before Western traders supercharged an upside MOVE that led to a 28,000% rally and then another 100X pump later on.

Then there’s MOODENG, which saw early motion in Korea before hitting nearly a quarter-billion market cap after Western traders took the token under their wing; and MEW, whose Upbit listing lit a fuse that Americans then translated into new all-time highs and a $1 billion capitalization.

Westerners are now pouring into PANDA in much the same way. Investors from across the Pacific were first exposed to Pudgy Pandas—which has a massive IRL following in Korea, with thousands walking around wearing panda masks—at Korea Blockchain Week, where the project was ever-present in discussions thanks to a viral marketing campaign in Seoul.

As a global fanbase flocks to PANDA and its $3.6m presale, it’s carving out a reputation as one of the market’s top performers. In a sector where almost everything is slumping, including PENGU, it’s hard to make a case against an up-only token.

Why PENGU holders are shifting to PANDA

Pudgy Pandas is picking up steam just as perhaps its main competitor, Pudgy Penguins, is losing it. This is already leading to a massive reallocation of capital, with PANDA setting up a major challenge to PENGU.

PENGU had a great summer, peaking at $2.7 billion, but has since cooled down amid a wider downturn in the meme coin market. Many traders have become cynical about memes thanks to a number of pump and dumps resulting from a lack of true community behind new projects.

PANDA bucks this trend, though. Its community is literally visible all over Korea, thanks to a series of viral marketing campaigns that put up billboards in Seoul’s most on-trend districts, as well as a massive airdrop that saw crowds of thousands begin wearing panda masks across the city. This is real audience buy-in: the result of Korea’s panda obsession.

This panda obsession spans the whole of Asia, though, with China also adoring the bears, and WeChat (China’s primary social network, with 1.4 billion users) has been abuzz with Pudgy Pandas HYPE ever since, helping to bring about the $3.6m total raise.

This real community support presents PANDA as the perfect foil to PENGU, and it’s worth noting that PENGU’s recent downtrend began on 15th September—the exact date the Pudgy Pandas presale kicked off. Smart money is already shifting, and retail likely won’t be far behind.

How to join smart money and purchase PANDA

Those in-the-know are already dumping their PENGU as it slumps, and the smart money crowd is taking whatever dry powder they have left and pouring it into Pudgy Pandas.

With the presale coming to an end on 18th October, and rumors of Binance and Coinbase listings immediately after that, it’s not hard to see why. PANDA has already raised $3.6m, and is currently on sale for just $0.03138 with the potential to 100X or 1,000X after listing now that the whole world is behind the token.

Presale prices increase every 72 hours until then, meaning that those wanting to join the smart money cohort will need to be fast to maximize gains—otherwise, they risk FOMOing in later on the open market at a much higher price.

To learn more and purchase PANDA, go to the official Pudgy Pandas website.

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