{"id":8215,"date":"2026-01-21T07:59:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T07:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/?p=8215"},"modified":"2026-01-21T08:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:00:53","slug":"pudgy-penguins-to-launch-pengu-token-on-solana-blockchain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/pudgy-penguins-to-launch-pengu-token-on-solana-blockchain\/","title":{"rendered":"Pudgy Penguins To Launch PENGU Token on Solana Blockchain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8215\" class=\"elementor elementor-8215\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-624d676d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"624d676d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b01699e\" data-id=\"5b01699e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-309872b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"309872b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.2 - 21-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/acudc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/News0120.03.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acudc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/News0120.03.png 805w, https:\/\/acudc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/News0120.03-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/acudc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/News0120.03-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/acudc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/News0120.03-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d5cd177 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d5cd177\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.2 - 21-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Image by The Crypto Times<\/p><p>The company itself will retain 11.48% of the token supply, also with similar vesting conditions.<\/p><p>Pudgy Penguins, one of the most popular NFT projects, is launching its cryptocurrency called PENGU later this year. The announcement was made by the Pudgy Penguins team in a post on X on Thursday.<\/p><p>The new token, PENGU, will be available on the Solana blockchain and is designed to give the millions of Pudgy Penguins fans\u2014and many others who know the adorable characters\u2014a chance to get involved in the community with the new cryptocurrency.<\/p><p>According to the team, there will be a total of 88,888,888,888 PENGU tokens. While the Pudgy Penguins NFTs are based on the Ethereum blockchain, PENGU will be launching on Solana.<\/p><p>A significant portion of total PENGU supply will be allocated to the team and the community. Over 25.9% of the tokens will go to the Pudgy Penguins community, and 24.12% will go to other communities, including new members of the \u201cHuddle\u201d group.<\/p><p>The core team of Pudgy Penguins will also receive 17.8%, but there will be a one-year cliff and a three-year vesting period before they can access these tokens. The company itself will retain 11.48% of the token supply, also with similar vesting conditions.<\/p><p>Since launching in 2021, Pudgy Penguins has become one of the most successful NFT projects. The collection consists of 8,888 unique penguin NFTs, and they\u2019ve gained a lot of popularity, even securing retail partnerships with major stores like Walmart and Target.<\/p><p>Currently, the floor price for Pudgy Penguins NFTs is about 17.90 ETH, which is around $68,535. The market cap of the collection sits at $609 million (159,086 ETH), according to CoinGecko.<\/p><p>Following the announcement, the trade volume of the NFT collection surged by 212%, reaching 2,877 ETH (about $8 million) in just one day.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Retrieved from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cryptotimes.io\/2024\/12\/06\/pudgy-penguins-to-launch-pengu-token-on-solana-blockchain\/\"><u>https:\/\/www.cryptotimes.io\/2024\/12\/06\/pudgy-penguins-to-launch-pengu-token-on-solana-blockchain\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image by The Crypto Times The company itself will retain 11.48% of the token supply, also with similar vesting conditions. Pudgy Penguins, one of the most popular NFT projects, is launching its cryptocurrency called PENGU later this year. The announcement was made by the Pudgy Penguins team in a post on X on Thursday. The &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/pudgy-penguins-to-launch-pengu-token-on-solana-blockchain\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pudgy Penguins To Launch PENGU Token on Solana Blockchain<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[15,9],"tags":[38],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8215"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8219,"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8215\/revisions\/8219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acudc.com\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}