‘Hamster Kombat’ Airdrop Postponed as Pre-Market Trading for Telegram Game Expands
Viral Telegram-based tap-to-earn game, Hamster Kombat, had initially planned to launch its token on The Open Network (TON) in July. However, with only two days remaining in the month, the team behind the game revealed that they are still working on a plan to deploy a large-scale airdrop.
Although the Hamster Kombat website still mentions a July target for the token generation event (TGE), a recent tweet from the developers implies that the token debut is unlikely to happen before the end of the month. In the tweet, the developers acknowledged the complexity of the technical task at hand and emphasized that they are working closely with the TON blockchain team to find the most efficient technical solution for the airdrop.
While the development team did not explicitly confirm the delay of the token launch, a game representative mentioned that the team is actively working on making the airdrop happen and will share the exact date as soon as possible.
Adding to the speculation, the same representative informed Decrypt that OKX will be launching pre-market futures trading for the HMSTR token on August 1. This news has further heightened the excitement surrounding the game and its upcoming token launch.
Hamster Kombat is an anonymous development team that has created a game within the messaging platform Telegram. It rewards players with in-game coins for interacting with a cartoonish hamster and encourages them to invest their coins in upgrades for a fictional crypto exchange. The game has gained significant popularity, with over 250 million players in recent months, but has also faced criticism from government officials.
Similar to its predecessor, Telegram game Notcoin, Hamster Kombat plans to launch a token on TON and distribute tokens to players through an airdrop claim. Notcoin’s NOT token, launched in May, quickly became the most valuable gaming token of 2024 based on market capitalization.
OKX is now joining the growing list of exchanges that offer pre-market trading for the HMSTR token, joining Bybit, KuCoin, Bitget, and Gate.io. Pre-market trading allows cryptocurrency users to speculate on the token’s future price before the token generation event.
However, the conversion rate from in-game coins to on-chain tokens has yet to be announced by the Hamster Kombat team. This lack of information makes pre-market trading somewhat risky for participants.