🐧 Pudgy Penguins’ PENGU Token: ETF or Just a Flight of Fancy? 🤑

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Ah, the theater of finance! Behold, a tale most absurd: a proposed exchange-traded fund (ETF) doth marry the PENGU token of Pudgy Penguins with their non-fungible trinkets (NFTs), now under the scrutinizing gaze of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as proclaimed by the jesters at Animoca Brands Research. 🕵️♂️

Animoca’s Farce: From IP Folly to ETF Filing 🎭

The wise fools at Animoca declare this hybrid concoction, birthed by Canary Capital, shall allocate 80-95% of its treasure to the PENGU token and a mere 5-15% to the Pudgy Penguins NFTs. A collection once but a fleeting fancy in 2021, ’twas rescued from obscurity by the enterprising Luca Netz in 2022. 🦸♂️

Source: Animoca Brands Research 📜

Netz, with a flourish, shifted focus from the meager crumbs of NFT trading royalties to the grand stage of intellectual property (IP) commerce. Animoca’s scribbles tell of physical toys peddled at the likes of Walmart and Amazon, amassing a tidy $13 million by late 2024. 💰

Through viral memes and jests, the brand did soar, its GIPHY account garnering 53.7 billion views, outshining even the venerable Hello Kitty. And lo, they crafted OverpassIP, a platform where NFT holders might reap royalties from their penguin figures’ licensed frolics in merchandise, tying NFT value to the whims of commerce. 🛍️

With the PENGU token’s debut on Solana in December 2024, Netz proclaimed it a “social currency,” a tool for merriment within the Pudgy realm. By July 2025, Animoca notes, it had ensnared 860,000 holders across Solana and Abstract Chain, used for such trifles as tipping creators. 🎩

This PENGU ETF, a curious beast, doth signal the growing appetite of institutions for tokens steeped in community and culture. The SEC’s nod marks a step forward in this farce of regulation, blending liquid tokens with scarce, utility-bearing NFTs. And let us not forget the other jesters, with their dogecoin (DOGE) ETFs, still awaiting the SEC’s whims. 🐶

Animoca’s scribes extol Pudgy Penguins’ transformation from a speculative NFT folly into a multifaceted brand, leveraging Web3 principles. The PENGU token and its ETF, they say, herald a new act in the drama of mainstream integration. 🎬

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2025-07-31 23:27