Pudgy Pandas (PANDA) has continued its viral presale rampage, hitting a total raise of $2.6m barely a week after opening its doors.
Its success so far has put the whole meme coin market on notice, causing price predictions for major memes like the $2 billion PUMP to be revised downwards as inflows are redirected towards the newcomer, PANDA.
PANDA’s upside move could be bolstered even further by its unavoidable presence at Korea Blockchain Week (KBW), which runs from 22nd-28th September in Seoul—the city where Pudgy Pandas first achieved viral fame.
Currently available at $0.02777 per token and boasting clear 100X potential, PANDA is emerging as one of the most exciting opportunities of this market cycle, overshadowing rivals like PUMP and PENGU with ease.
Here’s a closer look at how these prospects stack up as we head into Q4.
Buy PANDA, sell PUMP: The market speaks
Buy signals for Pudgy Pandas are flashing green brighter than ever right now.
The upstart project has already raised a staggering $2.6m after just one week, almost entirely from Asian traders. Now, it’s the main topic of conversation at Korea Blockchain Week, which is attended by the crypto industry’s biggest names, including Arthur Hayes, Charles Hoskinson, and US President Donald Trump’s sons, Eric and Don Jr.
If its presale performance alone wasn’t enough to swing buyers, its narrative dominance at one of the crypto calendar’s most important events is sure to. The Asian sensation, which began life with a huge viral moment in Seoul’s Gangnam district, is primed to find an enormous Western audience now that word has spread globally through KBW.
In response, price predictions for PUMP—one of 2025’s standout meme coins so far—are being downrated as smart money reallocates into PANDA. CoinCodex expects a decline of around 30% over the next 3 months, whereas Cryptopolitan predicts a 25% slump from current levels around the $0.007 mark.
PUMP price predictions fall as PANDA gains steam. Source: CoinCodex
It’s also clear from PUMP’s price chart that its current downtrend began on 15th September—exactly when the PANDA presale began. This paints a clear picture: inflows that would have otherwise gone into PUMP are now being redirected into PANDA as it gives off buy signals that smart money is refusing to ignore.
PUMP price chart. Source: CMC
PANDA’s road to 100X is clearer than ever
The playbook that could take Pudgy Pandas through a 100X rally—or even more—is best understood by referencing another Asian meme coin that has followed an eerily similar trajectory.
PEIPEI is a Chinese meme coin, dubbed Asia’s answer to Pepe the Frog. Like PANDA, it began life with a viral storm in the East, rapidly accumulating die-hard fans in China and Korea. Then, like PANDA is doing now, PEIPEI spread to the West, causing a tidal wave of FOMO as American investors scrambled not to be left out of a rising trend.
The result? A rapid 100X to a market cap of over $100 million, and a total rally of 28,000% from its original price to its peak. When Asia picks a winner, that token runs, and Western traders have no option but to FOMO in at a much higher price to avoid missing the swing.
Pudgy Pandas is following the exact same trajectory, and is currently awaiting the cultural crossover that could see it go completely vertical. At $0.02777, the presale offers an unbelievably rare opportunity to get onto the rocket before it takes off—at a sizeable discount.
Given its early success, raising $2.6m in a week from Asia only, as well as the precedent set by PEIPEI, it makes sense that smart money is dumping PUMP hard in order to acquire PANDA at this price.
The real pump begins on 18th October
While the success of Pudgy Pandas so far has been enough to make it the talk of Korea Blockchain Week and cause PUMP holders to dump their tokens in droves, the major upside is still to come.
The presale ends on 18th October, after which exchange listings will follow immediately. By this time, day-one presale buyers will have realized 288% gains already, but that’s just the beginning. With Western interest, unprecedented liquidity, and major exchange visibility, listings could be the beginning of a 100X, or even 1,000X pump.
With prices currently at $0.02777, and that figure increasing every 72 hours, there is an unmissable opportunity at hand to join the world’s smart money as they dump their other memes (like PUMP) to scoop up PANDA.
Crypto’s first movers in Asia are clearly expecting a cycle-defining rally, and it looks like the rest of the world is starting to agree.
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