The Chimpzee ICO combined meme coin energy with an explicit environmental mission, positioning CHMPZ as a token that funds animal conservation and reforestation while offering three separate earning mechanisms. The presale raised over $2.4 million and, unlike many 2023 launches in this catalogue, the project can point to independently verifiable charitable donations made during the sale itself. This review covers the tokenomics, earning model and where CHMPZ stands today.
The token sale ran from 20 September 2023 to 29 September 2023 at an entry price of $0.00105, moving through 16-plus presale stages toward a listing price around $0.00185. The presale raised more than $2.4 million, with the team reporting over $50,000 donated to environmental causes during the sale itself, verifiable through The Giving Block donation platform. Buyers received bonus tokens of up to 200% during promotional windows, alongside giveaway allocations of up to 1,000,000 CHMPZ for select participants.
Chimpzee's ecosystem is structured around three earning mechanisms: Shop2Earn, where spending CHMPZ in the Chimpzee Store generates passive rewards; Trade2Earn, an NFT marketplace focused on environmentally themed digital assets where NFT holders capture a share of trading fees; and Play2Earn through the Zero Tolerance Game, which rewards players for completing in-game challenges. Four tiers of NFT Passports (Diamond, Gold, Silver, Bronze) unlock different levels of access across these earning streams.
Chimpzee reports a smart contract audit by SourceHat and completed KYC verification with CoinScope, in which founders submitted identity documents and completed an on-camera ownership check, a meaningfully higher verification bar than most anonymous-team presales in this catalogue.
The presale delivered on its core promise of tying fundraising to environmental impact, with donations that predate and are independently verifiable outside the project's own marketing, an unusually strong transparency signal for a meme-adjacent token sale. Investor response through the final stages was steady, driven by the combination of charitable framing and the multi-earning-stream utility model. The raised capital appears to have funded the Shop2Earn store, NFT marketplace and Zero Tolerance Game as planned, giving Chimpzee tangible post-ICO deliverables rather than an unfulfilled roadmap.
CHMPZ trades today around $0.000014 to $0.000026 depending on the source and time window, roughly 92% below its all-time high of $0.0003253 reached in March 2024, according to CoinGecko. The most active exchange is MEXC, where the CHMPZ/USDT pair typically sees tens of thousands of dollars in daily volume, indicating the token retains meaningfully more liquidity than several peers from the same presale cohort. The official platform, chimpzee.io, hosts the Shop2Earn store and NFT marketplace.
Chimpzee continues operating its Shop2Earn store, NFT marketplace and Zero Tolerance Game, with the project's environmental angle remaining central to its ongoing marketing, including reforestation figures cited on third-party trackers. For comparison against a similarly meme-rooted but larger-scale 2023 raise, see the Wall Street Memes ICO, or explore Sharkroll presale review.
Consider these points: the price remains over 90% below its all-time high, consistent with the broader 2023-24 meme-token drawdown; environmental impact figures and donation totals, while independently traceable via The Giving Block, should still be cross-checked for currency; and the multi-earning-stream model, while more substantive than most meme presales, still depends on continued platform engagement to sustain token demand. Verify the current SourceHat audit report and CoinScope KYC certificate directly before relying on presale-era claims.
For related research, see Sonic Token token sale.
Shop2Earn: a rewards model where spending a project's token in its store generates cashback-style token rewards. NFT Passport: a tiered NFT that unlocks different levels of access or rewards within an ecosystem. KYC (Know Your Customer): an identity-verification process used to confirm a project team's real-world identity.
This content is for informational purposes only and is not investment advice. Environmental and charitable claims should be independently verified through the cited third-party platforms. Conduct your own research before investing.