HashKey Group, a leading company that provides financial services related to digital assets in Asia, has announced that it is partnering with Catizen.
HashKey Group is a well-known company that offers a wide range of services in the digital asset and blockchain industry. They have operations in several countries in Asia, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan.
Catizen is a Telegram-based gaming bot integrated into TON blockchain. Catizen has also stated it plans to evolve from a single game into a multi-gaming hub
Per HashKey, this partnership will grant Catizen’s 29 million worldwide users access to its reliable and regulated digital asset services. Its goal is to alongside Catizen, develop advanced Web3 gaming experiences by building the next generation of GameFi, products and digital entertainment.
Additionally, HashKey will offer regulatory guidance and technical support to Catizen to fuel its expansion globally starting from the TON ecosystem. Other products expected from the partnership includes a joint HSK airdrop campaign, animal protection, and social responsibility projects.
Catizen originally operated on the Ethereum blockchain before moving to the TON blockchain. After this move, the game has gained over 1.8 million on-chain users and 3.5 million daily active users. One of the major factors that has driven this is the increase in users on TON filed by Telegram and the presence of other tap-to-earn projects like Notcoin, Hamster Kombat, and Blum.
In the beginning of Q2 2024, HashKey Group joined forces with the TON Foundation to boost the TON ecosystem. Accoridng to HashKey, the collaboration has grown the ecosystem, with Catizen gaining over 29 million users globally within just 150 days.
Ben El-Baz, Managing Director of HashKey Global, expressed excitement about the partnership, highlighting Catizen’s potential in the GameFi sector and their joint goal to blend digital finance with entertainment.
Tim Wong, Chairman of Catizen Foundation, said that the collaboration will enable Catizen to offer better, more reliable digital asset services to its millions of users worldwide and help drive the global adoption of blockchain technology in entertainment.