# PENGU community: where Pudgy Penguins holders chat > PENGU, the Pudgy Penguins coin on Solana: the verified mint, supply and holders with dates, the official channels, and a PENGU holders room on Cherry. PENGU is the coin of Pudgy Penguins, an SPL token on Solana that went live on 17 December 2024, and the PENGU community sits on two chains at once: the token on Solana and the penguin NFTs on Ethereum. This page covers what the token is, where its holders talk, and how a room that checks the real mint works on Cherry (cherry.fun), a wallet-to-wallet messenger for crypto where you sign in with a wallet, DM any address, and join token-gated group chats. It is for holders looking for a room checked against the chain. ## What PENGU is PENGU is the token of the Pudgy Penguins brand, an SPL token at mint `2zMMhcVQEXDtdE6vsFS7S7D5oUodfJHE8vd1gnBouauv` with six decimals. Pudgy Penguins started as 8,888 ERC-721 NFTs minted on Ethereum in August 2021. Luca Schnetzler bought the project in April 2022 for 750 ETH, about $2.5 million then, and built it into a consumer brand with toys on retail shelves. The token arrived two and a half years later, on Solana, while the NFTs stayed where they were minted. Most of the supply went out as an airdrop. Of the 88.88 billion tokens minted, 25.9% was set aside for the Pudgy Penguins community: each Pudgy Penguin carried 1.7 million PENGU, with smaller allocations for Lil Pudgys and Pudgy Rods. Another 24.12% went to other NFT communities, among them Azuki, Doodles and Memeland. The claim window was cut short on 30 January 2025 to five more days, and unclaimed tokens were burned, which is why total supply now stands at 76.72 billion against a maximum of 88.89 billion. About 62.9 billion PENGU circulate, worth roughly $458 million on 12 September 2026, and around 557,000 wallets held the Solana mint that day. PENGU also has deployments on Ethereum and other chains; the Solana mint above is the original and the one a gating rule should name. ## Where the PENGU community talks today The project's published channels are the site at pengu.pudgypenguins.com, a Telegram at [t.me/pengutg](https://t.me/pengutg), and the [Pudgy Penguins Discord](https://discord.com/invite/pudgypenguins). A holder base that large attracts the matching volume of impersonation, and the airdrop taught this community to click claim links. Anyone can walk into an open Telegram and claim a position. The usual patch is a verify bot that sends you to a third-party site to sign something, the shape of the scam it is meant to prevent. ## PENGU holders on Cherry [PENGU Holders on Cherry](https://chat.cherry.fun/@pengu) Cherry opened a PENGU Holders room at [chat.cherry.fun/@pengu](https://chat.cherry.fun/@pengu) on 11 September 2026. Cherry created it and runs it: this is Cherry's holders room, not the project's channel, and Cherry is not affiliated with the PENGU team. Entry is a single token balance rule against the mint above, minimum 1 PENGU. The room is public, and on 12 September 2026 it had one member and no reviews. Every name in the member list passed [an on-chain read](https://cherry.fun/learn/features/token-gated-chat/) by the app itself. Nobody sends you a verify link, and membership is re-checked in the background, so a wallet that sells out loses access. Holders can [DM any wallet address](https://cherry.fun/learn/features/dm-a-wallet-address/) from the room, including wallets that have never opened Cherry, and trade $PENGU in the chat: type the ticker and the composer renders a token card with price and market cap, with the swap powered by Jupiter. Larger deals go through [OTC escrow](https://cherry.fun/learn/features/otc-escrow/) in the mobile app, where a program settles both legs atomically and refunds a timed-out deal. An [airdrop campaign](https://cherry.fun/learn/features/airdrops-and-quests/) can pay SOL or an SPL token to wallets that pass the same check. The PENGU-specific recipe is the second rule. The token is SPL on Solana and the penguins are ERC-721 on Ethereum, and a Cherry room holds up to five rules combined with all (every rule passes) or any (one is enough). Pair a PENGU balance rule with [an NFT rule](https://cherry.fun/learn/features/nft-gated-chat/) for the Pudgy Penguins collection under any logic, and one room admits both halves of the community, the Solana holder and the Ethereum collector, each read on its own chain. [Gating across chains](https://cherry.fun/learn/features/multichain-token-gated-chat/) covers mixed rooms. ## How to create a PENGU-gated room 1. Open [chat.cherry.fun](https://chat.cherry.fun) and sign in with a Solana wallet. The wallet signs a message; nothing goes on-chain, no gas. 2. Create a group with a name, description and handle, and set it public so it gets a storefront page. 3. Add an access requirement of the token-balance type and paste the mint `2zMMhcVQEXDtdE6vsFS7S7D5oUodfJHE8vd1gnBouauv`. Check the symbol resolves to PENGU before saving. 4. Set the minimum: 1 PENGU admits any holder, a six-figure minimum builds a room of larger positions. 5. Add the Pudgy Penguins NFT rule if you want collectors too, switch the logic to any, and share the public link. Visitors see the requirements, and whether their wallet passes, before they join. The full walkthrough is [how to create a token-gated group chat](https://cherry.fun/learn/guides/create-a-token-gated-group-chat/); [reaching token holders](https://cherry.fun/learn/guides/reach-token-holders/) covers announcements once the room exists. ## Risks and disclaimers PENGU is a meme and brand token: its price moves on attention, and much of the supply sits in wallets that received it free. A balance gate proves a wallet held the minimum when it was read, not that its owner is honest, so scam links and impersonation still need mods who can mute and ban. Group chats on Cherry are not end-to-end encrypted, by design, so moderation and bots can work; DMs are end-to-end encrypted with keys derived from your wallet. The figures above are as of 12 September 2026 and move constantly. Nothing here is financial advice. Tokens can lose value. ## FAQ ### Does PENGU have an official Telegram group? Yes. The project publishes a Telegram at t.me/pengutg alongside its site at pengu.pudgypenguins.com and the Pudgy Penguins Discord. A Telegram search for PENGU also returns copycat groups and trading bots, so start from the link on the official site. ### Is the PENGU Holders room on Cherry run by the Pudgy Penguins team? No. Cherry created and runs it, and Cherry is not affiliated with the PENGU team. It is a holders room for anyone whose wallet passes the balance check, and it does not speak for the project. ### How much PENGU do I need to join? The room at chat.cherry.fun/@pengu asks for at least 1 PENGU in the wallet you sign in with, so any holder qualifies. An owner running their own room picks the minimum, so a whale room is a one-field change. ### Can one room admit both PENGU holders and Pudgy Penguins NFT owners? Yes. A Cherry room takes up to five access rules under all or any logic. A PENGU balance rule and a Pudgy Penguins NFT rule under any logic admit a member who passes either one, with each rule read on its own chain. ### What happens if I sell my PENGU? Cherry re-checks holdings in the background, so a wallet that drops below the minimum loses access. The check can take a few days to catch up, and buying back restores entry. ## Sources - [PENGU on CoinGecko](https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/pudgy-penguins) - [PENGU on Jupiter](https://jup.ag/tokens/2zMMhcVQEXDtdE6vsFS7S7D5oUodfJHE8vd1gnBouauv) - [PENGU on Solscan](https://solscan.io/token/2zMMhcVQEXDtdE6vsFS7S7D5oUodfJHE8vd1gnBouauv) - [The PENGU token site](https://pengu.pudgypenguins.com/) - [Decrypt on the PENGU airdrop and tokenomics](https://decrypt.co/296507/pengu-pudgy-penguins-solana-token-airdrop-tokenomics) - [Pudgy Penguins on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudgy_Penguins) - [PENGU Holders on Cherry](https://chat.cherry.fun/@pengu)