In a surprising flip of occasions, the much-anticipated Hamster Kombat, which had been trending for months, has left hundreds of Nigerians in uproar.
After 5 lengthy months of steady tapping to earn rewards, customers anticipated substantial payouts promised by the coin’s promoters—some dreaming of turning into millionaires.
Nonetheless, because the coin lastly launched on Thursday, the truth hit arduous: as a substitute of the large monetary rewards customers had been led to imagine, payouts ranged from a mere 1 to 4 {dollars}.
Unconfirmed stories concerning the highest earner thus far ranged from 7 to 17 {dollars}.
Social media is ablaze with frustrations, as disgruntled customers lament receiving as little as ₦2.75 for his or her efforts.
The marketing campaign, which had promised to show on a regular basis Nigerians into billionaires and CEOs, has as a substitute sparked widespread disappointment and anger.
Nigerians have taken to numerous platforms to specific their outrage, accusing Hamster Coin of deceptive them.
The once-hopeful group of tappers is now crammed with “tears and wailings,” as what was alleged to be a life-changing alternative has changed into a bitter letdown.
Hamster Kombat got here to life in March 2024.
On Thursday afternoon, the official X account, #hamster_kombat, introduced the coin’s long-awaited launch.
It learn, “THE MOMENT IS HERE
“$HMSTR buying and selling has official begun! Congratulations, and to the moon, CEOs.
“On-chain is on. On-chain direct declare and steadiness withdrawal choices are open. Now you can switch your tokens anyplace!”
The put up, shared lower than two hours in the past, has already garnered practically a million views and over 13 thousand feedback.
One other put up made about an hour after learn, “TAKE YOUR POSITION @binance simply opened futures buying and selling for $HMSTR!
“Buying and selling with as much as 75x leverage is offered. Commerce good and comply with your personal threat coverage! The place will the worth go now?”
PUNCH On-line, in a verify to CoinMarketCap, said that the crypto asset was listed as HMSTR on quantity 114 at $0.008315 at at about 15.36pm on Thursday.
The market cap is valued at $535.3m and the quantity since launch (in 24 hours) is $448.7m.
Netizens react
Geoffrey Nwankpa, with X deal with #GeoffreyNwankpa, wrote, “You gave me mud after 4 months I’m killing hamsters, rats, rabbits or something that appears like a hamster. It’s looking season.”
One other person, Ediboi through #hosky2701, posted, “I’m the ceo of mud. We’re all ceo Sure or no???”
Additionally, realworldxpp, tweeted, “Bro that is the worst venture ever”
One other person, Lord Nate with the deal with #natedeyforyou wrote, “I hold refreshing to see $0.19.”
In his remarks, Obj with deal with #iamofficialobj, said, “So principally i spent 5 good strong months farming hamster Kombat solely to be rewarded with this ? Reallyy???”
One other person, Ayaj Sunwaves, with deal with #AyajSayyad11, said, “One minute silence for the individuals… Who stated hamster shall be 1$. Thanks no matter I received”
A well-liked tap-2-earn app, Tapswap, powered by TON Blockchain, additionally dashed customers’ hope because the token allocation to customers had been postponed many times.
