Airdrops

Ripple Effect

XRP Liquidations Soar as SEC Lawsuit, Token Airdrop Whipsaw Markets

Zack VoellDec 24, 2020

Over $1.5 billion in XRP futures have been liquidated since the start of November.

XRP

XRP Price Surges to 2-Year High as Airdrop Frenzy Builds

Omkar Godbole Sebastian SinclairNov 24, 2020

The December airdrop of 45 billion spark tokens may be fueling XRP's rapid climb to two-year highs, say analysts.

ShapeShift

FOX Token Up 77% on ShapeShift DAO, Airdrop News

Zack SewardJul 14, 2021

ShapeShift’s token is up significantly on news the exchange is becoming a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO).

DeFi

Uniswap Users Have Claimed $560M Worth of UNI Tokens in a Week

Paddy BakerSep 24, 2020

Dune Analytics data shows nearly 80% of the current UNI token supply has so far been snapped up by eligible Uniswap wallet addresses.

Venezuela

Venezuela’s Maduro Says He Will Airdrop Half a Petro Each to Public Employees, Retirees

Paddy BakerDec 16, 2019

Venezuelans including public sector workers, retirees and the military are set to receive a petro token handout this Christmas, so long as they register for the state's crypto payments platform.

Airdrops

Airdrops

Stellar Tried to Give Away 2B XLM Tokens on Keybase. Then the Spammers Came

Brady Dale

What was advertised to be a $120 million giveaway will now be much less. Here's why.

News

A Mysterious Airdrop Called EIDOS Is Clogging EOS to Make a Point

Brady Dale

Maximum transactions: How a project called EIDOS is congesting the EOS blockchain.

Venture Capital

Lock Up Ether, Get Free Crypto: Twist on Airdrops Attracts Top VCs

Brady Dale

Governance startup Commonwealth, which offers a new twist on token airdrops, has raised $2 million from a group of notable investors.

BitTorrent

What to Know About Tron’s BitTorrent Token Airdrop This Week

Brady Dale

Starting Monday, Tron embarks on one of the longest airdrop experiments in history, with BTT token giveaways happening monthly into 2025.

Hedge Funds

Numerai to Cut Token Supply by 10 Million to Become ‘Decentralized as F*ck’

Brady Dale

Numerai, a next-gen hedge fund, plans to decentralize its platform by destroying the keys to the smart contract controlling its token supply.

Subfeatured

Airdrops Are a Marketing Ploy (And That’s OK)

Michael J. Casey

A currency is nothing if not widely used, and that can't be achieved unless people make some cost-incurring effort to encourage widespread usage.

Wallets

Crypto Wallet Firm Blockchain to Airdrop $125 Million in Stellar

Nikhilesh De

Crypto wallet provider Blockchain says it will distribute $125 million in Stellar XLM to users, with some receiving tokens within the week.