Hamster Kombat followers are nonetheless ready for the hit Telegram recreation’s promised second season following the September token drop, however a launch window given by the builders has come and gone—and the HMSTR token retains sinking within the meantime.
HSMTR, minted on The Open Community (TON), hit a brand new all-time low worth of $0.0025 on Friday, per knowledge from CoinMarketCap. It’s now down 11% over the previous week at a present worth of $0.0026, rebounding barely from the Friday low.
The value of the Hamster Kombat token has fallen sharply for the reason that September 26 launch and airdrop, and is about 74% down from the height worth as of this writing. That dip intently resembles these of different prime Telegram recreation tokens, with Catizen (CATI) down 71% since its personal peak and Notcoin (NOT) down 78% since hitting a virtually $3 billion market cap in June.
Hamster Kombat’s airdrop was massively anticipated after the Telegram tap-to-earn recreation attracted greater than 300 million gamers earlier this 12 months. Roughly 129 million gamers have been finally eligible to assert HMSTR tokens, based mostly on their gameplay.
When the token dropped, nevertheless, many gamers complained in regards to the measurement of their reward, with some taking to social media to say they’d obtained $10 or much less price of the token, and evaluating the airdrop to “mud.”
Hamster Kombat will proceed on after the token launch, with a second airdrop deliberate for summer season 2025 following a second full season of gameplay. The upcoming overhaul will let gamers take the reins of a hamster-run recreation growth studio, as they design and deploy video games—whereas nonetheless containing tap-to-earn gameplay.
The nameless growth workforce just lately shared a teaser video displaying a primary glimpse of the overhaul, however an “finish of October” launch estimate given to Decrypt final month has since come and gone with no Season 2 launch—and no up to date timeframe for the refresh.
It’s not solely the token worth that’s struggling, both. The quantity of month-to-month energetic customers for Hamster Kombat has plummeted of late, falling an increasing number of every day. In accordance with Telegram’s personal knowledge, fewer than 44 million customers have performed the mini app during the last month—down from over 100 million as of late September.
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