- B HODL buys 100 BTC for £8.4M, entering the top 100 public bitcoin treasury holders.
- Pudgy Pandas raises $3.19M in presale, gaining strong traction across Asia.
- PANDA plans global campaigns, token burns, and conservation funding.
Cryptomarkets are still reeling in the aftermath of Monday’s massive liquidation.
Bitcoin was trading at $113,102.47, up by 0.17% in the last 24 hours, consolidating at current levels.
Ethereum remains mostly unchanged from the previous day at $4,191.57.
Even in this backdrop, UK-listed investment firm B HODL Plc has entered the ranks of public companies holding bitcoin, while a new meme coin project, Pudgy Pandas, is rapidly gaining traction across Asia.
B HODL acquires 100 BTC to launch treasury strategy
On Wednesday, B HODL Plc announced the purchase of 100 BTC at an average price of £83,872 ($113,227) per coin, representing a total investment of roughly £8.4 million ($11.3 million).
The move positions the company at rank 98 on Bitcoin Treasuries’ global leaderboard of public firms holding bitcoin, though it remains far behind Smarter Web, the UK’s largest public bitcoin treasury, which holds 2,525 BTC valued at $284.4 million.
Globally, MicroStrategy continues to dominate with 639,835 BTC worth $72 billion following an additional 850 BTC purchase last week.
B HODL, which is listed on London’s Aquis Stock Exchange on Monday under the ticker “HODL,” raised £15.3 million ($20.7 million) to fund its strategy.
The company aims to build a long-term bitcoin reserve while leveraging its holdings to operate Lightning Network nodes, providing scalable liquidity and generating routing fees.
The firm is led by Freddie New, co-founder of Bitcoin Policy UK, and backed by exchange CoinCorner, which holds 14.3% of its shares.
CoinCorner CEO Danny Scott serves as Chief Bitcoin Officer and director, while Blockstream CEO Adam Back owns over 25.5% of shares.
Shares in B HODL rose 34.7% since listing, trading at £21.55 ($29.06) in early Wednesday trading.
Pudgy Pandas: Asian meme coin goes viral
While institutional players like B HODL accumulate bitcoin, retail-driven meme coins remain a dominant theme in crypto markets.
Pudgy Pandas (PANDA), created in Asia, is seeing early adoption led by traders in China, Korea, Japan, and other East Asian markets.
The token has surpassed $3 million mark in its presale, raising $3.19 million so far.
The project’s backers frame it as an opportunity for Western traders to act early, with the narrative that Asia is setting the pace in crypto culture.
Pudgy Pandas is positioning itself not only as a meme coin but also as a movement, with initiatives ranging from panda conservation to activist-style campaigns targeting zoos.
Its roadmap includes the “PANDA Conservation Foundation,” which allocates 10% of supply to long-term charity funding, and a “Panda Birth Initiative,” which burns tokens for each cub born, creating programmed scarcity.
Global ambitions of Pudgy Pandas
The Pudgy Pandas presale is structured across 11 stages over 33 days, with the token price increasing from $0.021 in stage one to $0.060545 by stage eleven.
This structure offers returns to investors in the current stage of the presale, because the token is currently available at $0.03138, and the price is scheduled to increase after 2 days.
The presale concludes on 18 October 2025.
According to its distribution plan, 68% of PANDA tokens are allocated to presale and community, 8% to liquidity, and 2% to marketing.
Additionally, 10% is locked into the Panda Conservation Fund with a 10-year linear vesting schedule, while 10% supports the birth initiative.
The team allocation is set at 2% and released gradually.
The campaign also plans global attention-grabbing initiatives under banners such as #FreeThePandas, with ambitions to elevate Pudgy Pandas into the ranks of top meme coins by the next market cycle.
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Source: https://coinjournal.net/news/pudgy-pandas-presale-races-past-3m-as-asian-meme-token-shows-no-sign-of-slowing-down/
