A ‘Hamster CEO’ Offers Clues to Crypto’s Latest Hopes for a ‘Killer App’

“Tap-to-earn” is the latest gaming craze on messaging platform Telegram. Many in the crypto community believe this trend could be the “killer app” that will define the current bull market, something akin to the attention paid to Axie Infinity in the last cycle.

Take, for example, Hamster Kombat, a game where you earn points by tapping a cute hamster on your phone screen via the Telegram-based mini-app. Accumulate enough points, and you can purchase various strategies to grow a pretend crypto exchange run by the “hamster CEO” character. These strategies include enabling margin trading, listing new meme coins, and implementing “anti money loundering” (not a typo) policies. Effective strategies can help you earn more points per hour.