- Pudgy Pandas raises $1M in presale, as token prepares for its Oct 2025 launch.
- PANDA links meme hype to conservation, burning tokens for cub births and funding panda charities.
- Early Asian traders bet PANDA could be the next top-10 meme coin.
As meme coins continue to capture investor attention across the globe, a new entrant from Asia is drawing significant interest.
Pudgy Pandas (PANDA), a China-born token that is spreading quickly across platforms like Xiaohongshu, Bilibili, and WeChat, is being positioned as the next major meme coin export from the East.
With Asian traders reportedly accumulating positions before the coin gains traction in the West, backers look at PANDA to make its mark on global markets.
Viral growth in Asian markets
While Western markets debate over established meme coins such as Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, Asia is moving decisively in new directions — across artificial intelligence, technology, and increasingly in digital assets.
PANDA’s surge across Chinese and Korean social media illustrates this trend.
Trading activity during Asian hours has shown early momentum, with observers noting strong interest from communities in China, Korea, Japan, and broader East Asia.
Investors see this early adoption as a repeat of past meme coin cycles.
Asian traders were key to the growth of tokens such as FLOKI, BONK, and SHIBA INU.
Early buyers in these projects saw substantial returns, with SHIBA INU, for example, delivering returns exceeding nine hundred thousand per cent from launch.
More recently, PENGU rose by more than 900% in just a few months.
Supporters of Pudgy Pandas expect PANDA to follow a similar trajectory, potentially becoming a top-10 meme coin during this cycle.
Conservation and tokenomics initiatives
Pudgy Pandas has outlined a series of initiatives tied to its branding.
Ten per cent of the token’s total supply is earmarked for panda charities, locked with a 10-year vesting period and a 12-month cliff, aiming to provide long-term conservation support.
Another 10% is reserved for the “Birth Initiative,” which burns 1% of its allocation for every panda cub born, gradually reducing supply.
The project also outlines more activist ambitions.
These include targeting zoos that keep pandas in captivity, campaigning through protests and billboards under the “#FreeThePandas” banner, and maintaining a “Wall of Shame” for organisations accused of profiting from panda exploitation.
The marketing angle is designed to attract both meme traders and socially engaged communities, framing scarcity mechanics around conservation narratives.
Presale and launch timeline
Pudgy Pandas is currently in presale, which will run till October 18, 2025.
The project plans to launch officially on October 15 at 2 p.m. KST (5 a.m. UTC), with token claims and exchange listings set for October 18.
The presale is in stage 1, and the token has raised $1.02 million in 2 days.
Pudgy Pandas‘ price is set to increase by 15% as the presale enters stage 2 in 17 hours from the time of writing.
The organisers are looking to ensure there are “zero delays” in the listing process.
With major Asian exchanges like Binance, Gate, OKX, and Upbit regularly recording billions of dollars in weekly trading volume, backers see a clear path for PANDA to gain liquidity and visibility.
The broader narrative being advanced is one of Asia leading the way in meme coin innovation, with Western markets likely to follow.
But as the presale window unfolds, the project is gaining momentum as investors jump in early to cash in on the PANDA token hype.
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