‘Hamster Kombat’ Token Hits All-Time Low Price With Next Telegram Game Season MIA

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 Network (TON), hit a brand new all-time low value of $0.0025 on Friday, per information from CoinMarketCap. It’s now down 11% over the previous week at a present value 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 value as of this writing. That dip intently resembles these of different high Telegram recreation tokens, with Catizen (CATI) down 71% since its personal peak and Notcoin (NOT) down 78% since hitting a nearly $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 in the end eligible to say HMSTR tokens, primarily based on their gameplay.

When the token dropped, nonetheless, many players complained in regards to the measurement of their reward, with some taking to social media to say they’d acquired $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 planned for summer 2025 following a second full season of gameplay. The upcoming overhaul will let gamers take the reins of a hamster-run game development studio, as they design and deploy video games—whereas nonetheless containing tap-to-earn gameplay.

The nameless improvement staff lately shared a teaser video exhibiting a primary glimpse of the overhaul, however an “end 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 value that’s struggling, both. The quantity of month-to-month lively customers for Hamster Kombat has plummeted of late, falling an increasing number of every day. In response to Telegram’s personal information, fewer than 44 million customers have performed the mini app during the last month—down from over 100 million as of late September.