Pudgy Penguins (PENGU)
Unlock Schedule
Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) token release schedule, showing when and how tokens enter circulation across investor, team, treasury, and community allocations. Understanding these tokenomics dynamics is critical for evaluating potential supply pressure, inflation impact, and market liquidity over time — key factors that can influence PENGU price performance.
Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.
Tokenomics & Utility
PENGU’s total supply is 88,888,888,888 tokens on Solana. At launch, the allocation outlined by the team centered on community growth and distribution: a large portion for the Pudgy community, a similarly sized portion to invite new communities (including Solana and Ethereum users), a specific slice for liquidity, and structured team and company allocations with a 1‑year cliff followed by multi‑year vesting. A public-goods fund and a small allocation to FTT holders were also included, reflecting the brand’s “good vibes” message and broad reach. (coinmarketcap.com)
What can PENGU do today? It acts as the social glue across experiences. Holders can:
- Join challenges, campaigns, and cultural activations in the Pudgy ecosystem.
- Interact with gaming initiatives like Pudgy Party (a casual mobile title developed with Mythical Games).
- Engage with token-driven licensing or community reward programs that emerge around OverpassIP and brand partners. (prnewswire.com)
The early rollout emphasized distribution—airdrop eligibility extended far beyond existing NFT holders. Industry coverage described it as one of the largest community token launches to date, with an 88‑day claim window. While numbers evolve over time, the headline was clear: get PENGU into as many real users’ wallets as possible. (coinmarketcap.com)
Assumptions
- Airdrop claims modeled as linear over the 88-day window (2024-12-17 to 2025-03-14).
Exact day-by-day claim data by allocation not publicly published; linear interpolation provides monthly granularity for charting.
- Unclaimed airdrop tokens were burned after the claim window; this model shows maximum potential unlocked supply for airdropped categories.
Official pages reference an 88-day claim and project communications cited burn of unclaimed tokens; exact per-allocation burn amounts were not disclosed.
- Public Good and Proliferation/Expansion distributions assumed to vest evenly over 48 months from TGE.
No official vesting cadence or spend schedule published; linear assumption prevents overstating immediate circulation.
- Team and Company allocations interpreted as 1-year cliff followed by 36 months of linear vesting with no lump-sum unlock at the cliff date.
Language ‘1-year cliff and 3 years vesting’ typically means vesting commences after the cliff and continues linearly.
- Liquidity allocation treated as circulating at TGE.
Tokenomics state allocation to create liquidity pairs post-TGE; specific lockups for LP positions were not disclosed.
- No ongoing PoW/PoS issuance or protocol-level PENGU staking emissions modeled.
PENGU is an SPL token on Solana with fixed max supply per official/launch communications; no protocol inflation specified.
- 1. https://claim.pudgypenguins.com/
- 2. https://pengu.pudgypenguins.com/
- 3. https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/9486fe94-7793-445f-929c-b605f981fbe2
- 4. https://www.coingecko.com/learn/what-is-pengu-pudgy-penguins-token
- 5. https://decrypt.co/296507/pengu-pudgy-penguins-solana-token-airdrop-tokenomics/
- 6. https://panewslab.com/en/articles/09sbll18
- 7. https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/0a421d80-84d9-4511-9fd2-83831f856389
Allocations
Description
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The PENGU token is part of the Pudgy Penguins ecosystem, which includes a collection of 8,888 unique NFTs. The token will be launched on Solana with a total supply exceeding 88 billion tokens. It will allocate 25.9% of the supply to the Pudgy Penguins community.
| Sector: | NFT |
| Blockchain: | Solana |