Feline-themed Telegram game Catizen has partnered with the HashKey Group, in a collaboration it says will lead to an airdrop for players.
Catizen, which competes with other tap-to-earn Telegram games such as Hamster Kombat and Notcoin, is built on The Open Network (TON). Catizen’s developer, Pluto Studio, claims the game has 26 million users.
In an announcement, HashKey Group, a digital assets firm based in Hong Kong, says the collaboration will use the TON ecosystem to “provide unique Web3 gaming experiences for global players and digital asset users”.
The group said the collaboration will lead to “gamified experiences in digital finance, a joint HSK airdrop campaign, animal protection, and social responsibility initiatives.”
The statement did not indicate when the airdrop would take place, or what the terms and conditions would be.
CATI airdrop delayed
The news comes after Pluto Studio delayed its original plans to launch its own CATI token in late July.
In a tweet, the developer put the decision down to a variety of challenges including “ensuring sufficient liquidity, providing trading options, and determining the listing price,” as well as “compliance and market sentiment.”.
'Catizen' Review: Should You Play the Telegram Game Ahead of the Airdrop?
I’ve played the Telegram swipe-to-earn game Catizen for hours over the past few weeks, but despite this, I still can’t decide if it’s actually fun... or just mildly infuriating. Catizen is, for the most part, similar to the other tap-to-earn games that are currently racking up millions of players on Telegram, with the key difference here being that you need to swipe instead of tap. You run what is essentially a cat café, with higher-level cats earning you more passive income. Cats periodically...
“Unfortunately, while we can focus on elements that are within our control, there are aspects that are not entirely under our control,” it added.
At present, Catizen users are unable to receive crypto for the credits they earn in the game by upgrading their collection of virtual cats. Many of tap-to-earn’s largest games, including Hamster Kombat, are also dealing with delayed airdrops of their own.
Telegram Game ‘Catizen’ Delays Airdrop Amid Blowback Over PETA Donation
The makers of Catizen, a Telegram-based puzzle game, planned to launch their CATI crypto token in July. But with the end of the month nearing, they’ve addressed the elephant in the room, admitting that the token launch has been delayed and acknowledging that the community of players has grown frustrated around recent moves. No new launch target has been announced for the token that will launch on The Open Network (TON), but Pluto Studio—the developer behind the rising Telegram game—said that it...
The partnership with Catizen builds on HashKey’s previous shows of support for the TON ecosystem.
In April, the HashKey group partnered with the TON Foundation to provide accessibility to on-and-off ramp services in APAC and to “explore new ways to support early-stage TON ecosystem projects”.
It’s also not the first time that Pluto Studio has attracted major institutional support. It announced strategic funding, of an undisclosed amount from Binance Labs in July.
TON is up 3.2% following the announcement to $6.80, per CoinGecko. Its upward price action is at odds with the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies, which has dropped by 3.3% over the same period.
