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Pudgy Penguins Asia is the official Asia Huddle of Pudgy Penguins. This huddle was created to form a community to welcome all Pudgy holders that reside in Asia as well as host meet-ups and side-events for real-life NFT/Web3 events. [1]
Pudgy Penguins Asia, was formed in August 2022 by Den, the Community Lead, when he transformed the PudgyHK Twitter account to Pudgy Penguins Asia. With the help of Shaun who is currently the Community Manager of Pudgy Asia they have formed multiple local communities throughout Asia. Since inception, Pudgy Penguins Asia has formed the Pudgy Asia Council, with a representative from each country, coordinating with each one another for any events that need to be held in their respective country. Currently there is a representative for each of these countries: Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan. [2][3]
The foundations of Pudgy Asia were established with the creation of the "Asia Huddle" Telegram chat on August 1, 2022. Spearheaded by Den and Only Shauns who both met through Telegram, this chat marked their first milestone, representing the first organized effort to bring together Pudgy Penguin huddle members across the Asian region. [4][5]
On August 28, 2022, Pudgy Asia hosted their first-ever in-real-life (IRL) meetup. Hosted by OnlyShauns and other organizers, this event brought together Pudgy Penguin enthusiasts to Singapore for face-to-face interactions which was sponsored by Voyage Labs, Nansen, and HQ.xyz. [6]
On October 25, 2022, the Pudgy Asia community hosted their first-ever Pudgy Penguins Malaysia meetup held in Kuala Lumpur. [9]
On November 13, 2022, the first Pudgy Penguins Japan meet up took place in Tokyo. [10]
On March 5, 2023, Den met up with Nat, an active member from Thailand, welcoming him to join the Pudgy Asia Council as the Thai Representative. [14]