Airdrops

FOX Token Up 77% on ShapeShift DAO, Airdrop News

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

Business  ·  14 July 2021

XRP Liquidations Soar as SEC Lawsuit, Token Airdrop Whipsaw Markets

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

Markets  ·  24 December 2020
Markets

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

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

Markets  ·  24 November 2020
CoinFlash

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

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

Markets  ·  24 September 2020
Stellar

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

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

Business  ·  13 December 2019
EOS

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

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

Markets  ·  11 November 2019
Polkadot

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

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

Business  ·  20 March 2019
Tron

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

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

Markets  ·  10 February 2019
Tokens

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

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

Markets  ·  4 December 2018
Marketing

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

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.

Markets  ·  12 November 2018
Wallets

Crypto Wallet Firm Blockchain to Airdrop $125 Million in Stellar

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

Business  ·  6 November 2018
Regulation

China’s Central Bank Moves to Restrict Free Crypto Giveaways

The People's Bank of China, the country's central bank, is looking to clamp down on airdrops – free distributions of crypto tokens.

Policy & regulation  ·  5 November 2018
Tokens

Wallet Provider Blockchain Is Backing Crypto Giveaways In a Big Way

Cryptocurrency wallet and data provider Blockchain.info is launching a program to assist crypto projects distributing free tokens to users worldwide.

Business  ·  17 October 2018
Markets

Say Hello to SmartDrops: The New Way to Give Away Free Crypto

Can smarter airdrops help crypto projects build communities and keep speculation at bay?

Markets  ·  6 August 2018
Neo

$42 Million In Crypto Is Now Being Airdropped to NEO Investors

The second half of the Neo Council's airdrop of ONT tokens is finishing up. Now NEP-5 ONT holders need to migrate to Ontology's mainnet.

Tech  ·  9 July 2018