ChainCatcher news, Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz stated in an interview with Odaily Planet Daily: "We will announce some latest news soon, including several offline stores in South Korea.We have been advancing brand collaborations, and last year the sales of Pudgy Penguins toys exceeded 2 million, with excellent sales performance. In just December 2024, we sold about 400,000 toys, setting the best record to date.Regarding business balance, our team currently has 65 people, with 20 members in the crypto field; 45 in the IP field. Clear division of labor brings better business balance."

ChainCatcher news, according to CirrusNFT monitoring, a certain address sold 42 Pudgy Penguins (worth about 2.3 million USD), making a profit of approximately 1.2 million USD. According to on-chain historical records, the address spent about 500 ETH to gradually acquire these NFTs when the ETH price was 2100 USD.

According to ChainCatcher news, the NFT project "Fat Penguin" Pudgy Penguins' merchandise Pudgy Toys is now available in 2,000 Walmart stores across the United States. Walmart will sell 16 different types of Pudgy Toys manufactured by PMI Kids' World, with prices ranging from $2.99 to $11.97.According to the data platform RootData, in May of this year, the company behind Pudgy Penguins raised $9 million in a funding round led by early investor 1kx, with participation from Big Brain Holdings, Kronos Research, DFG, Old Fashion Research, and founders of LayerZero Labs.

According to ChainCatcher news, the NFT project "Pudgy Penguins" announced on social media that the first community-licensed mass-market product combining NFT and blockchain technology with physical toys, Pudgy Toys, as well as the NFT digital platform Pudgy Worlds, have officially launched.It is reported that Pudgy Toys are priced between $8.99 and $24.99, with shipping scheduled for June 3. Buyers will receive a "birth certificate" to unlock the trait box on Season 1 of Pudgy World, and will obtain soul-bound tokens and NFTs, with all minting processes taking place on the Polygon blockchain. (Source link)