Catizen

About Catizen

Catizen is a cool mini-game you can play right inside Telegram, and it blew up pretty fast. Since it kicked off in March 2024, more than 26 million people have joined in. The game uses TON smart contracts to dish out in-game rewards.

Catizen connects Telegram with the TON blockchain, making it super easy for folks to get into Web3 and mobile payments. They’re aiming to be a hub for Web3 traffic by offering mini-apps, short videos, e-commerce, and Play-to-Airdrop events to keep everyone engaged.

On 20th of September, the CATI token got listed on all the big crypto exchanges like ByBit, OKX, KuCoin, Gate.io, Binance, and Bitget. The most active players snagged tokens through an airdrop.

The Catizen Team

Catizen is put together by a team that really knows their stuff:

• David – He’s the CEO and co-founder of PlutoStudio and Catizen. He also leads the Web3 Credito Capital investment fund and is the COO of the Yao Teng fund.
• Pierce – The Marketing Director and co-founder of Pluto Studio and Catizen. He’s got experience in portfolio management, investment advice, and all things Web 3.0.
• Stanislav – The Product Director, with over 9 years under his belt as a music composer and sound designer for games like Yandere Simulator, Wenjia, Stickman, and more.

This team has already launched successful projects that reached millions of users. With backing from the TON Foundation and top investors, their new project is set to make a big splash.

Gameplay

In Catizen, your main goal is to merge cats of the same level to create higher-level cats. It might look funny, but that’s what the game’s all about. There’s no end to it — you can keep leveling up your cats forever.

The higher your cat’s level, the more coins it brings in. It’s kind of like passive income games such as Hamster Kombat, but in Catizen, this is the main deal.

Besides the main tokens your cats mine, called $vKITTY, there’s also $FISH tokens in the game. You can get these by inviting friends, doing in-game transactions, and subscribing to project partners.

You can use these tokens for a few things:

• Fishing – It’s like an in-game casino where you can win more $vKITTY or $FISH tokens.
• Buying higher-level cats – Skip the merging and get stronger cats faster.
• Getting an auto-bot – This handy tool merges cats for you automatically.

Catizen has already done an airdrop and handed out tokens to active players. They’ve also launched a new game called Bombie by Catizen, where another airdrop is on the horizon.

Tokenomics

There’s a total of 1,000,000,000 $CATI tokens out there. Here’s how they’re divvied up:

• 34% (Airdrop): A big chunk is set aside for the airdrop, letting early users grab some $CATI without spending any money.
• 9% (Binance Launchpool): This part is for the Binance Launchpool, where you can stake Binance Coin (BNB) or Binance USD (BUSD) to earn new tokens.
• 5% (Liquidity): Reserved to keep trading smooth on decentralized exchanges like Uniswap.
• 15% (Treasury): Controlled by Catizen’s treasury to fund future development.
• 20% (Team): Set aside for the Catizen team, with tokens locked for 12 months after the Token Generation Event (TGE) to keep them committed.
• 10% (Investor): For the early investors who backed the project from the start.
• 7% (Advisor): Tokens for advisors and sponsors helping the project grow.

When the TGE happens, only 30.5% of the total tokens will be unlocked, so 305 million tokens will be in circulation. The rest, meant for the team, advisors, and investors, will be locked up for 12 months.

Roadmap and What’s Next

1. Rolling out the CATIZEN mini-game
2. Setting up the CATIZEN Launch Pool for liquidity
3. Launching a platform in the gaming world
4. Bringing in NFTs and the Metaverse
5. Expanding in the mobile Web3 space

In 2024, they’re planning to launch the Catizen Game Center, a platform for developing and launching Play-to-Earn games. Then in 2025, they’re looking to introduce a Web3 advertising system to attract more users and keep them hooked.

This project has loads of potential to make a name for itself in the gaming crypto scene and Web3.