Airdrop

An Airdrop is a distribution of free tokens to a community, typically used as a marketing tool or a reward for early protocol adopters and testers. In 2026, the "points-to-airdrop" model has matured into merit-based incentive programs that utilize Sybil-resistance and Proof-of-Humanity to filter out bots. Airdrops remain a primary method for decentralized governance (DAO) bootstrapping. Follow this tag for the latest on retroactive rewards, eligibility criteria, and how to participate in the most anticipated token distributions in the ecosystem.

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Solana Mobile Plans To Roll Out SKR Token In January With 10 Billion Fixed Supply ⋆ ZyCrypto

Solana Mobile Plans To Roll Out SKR Token In January With 10 Billion Fixed Supply ⋆ ZyCrypto

The post Solana Mobile Plans To Roll Out SKR Token In January With 10 Billion Fixed Supply ⋆ ZyCrypto appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Solana Mobile, a subsidiary of blockchain developer Solana Labs, has announced that the awaited native token for its latest mobile phone model, the Seeker, will go live on Solana’s layer-1 blockchain early next year. SKR Tokenomics The soon-to-be-launched SKR token aims to form the economic and governance backbone of the Solana decentralized mobile platform.  “It only takes 10 years to build an ecosystem,” Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko posted on X in response to a Solana Mobile announcement saying: “SKR is coming in January 2026.” SKR is designed to power governance, economics, incentives, and ownership across the ecosystem, and will be distributed directly to builders and users, according to developers. The token will allow users to stake to entities known as Guardians, who will manage device verification and implement community standards within the Seeker smartphone ecosystem. “Guardians verify device authenticity, review DApp submissions, and enforce community standards,” Solana Mobile stated.  Advertisement &nbsp According to the company, SKR will have a fixed supply of 10 billion tokens. Distribution is designed to favor users and ecosystem growth: 30% of the tokens have been earmarked for airdrops at launch, 25% for growth initiatives and alliances, and 10% for liquidity and launch support. Another 10% will be assigned to a community treasury, while 15% is reserved for Solana Mobile itself and 10% for Solana Labs, the parent company of the Android phone maker. SKR will also incorporate a linear inflation model, intended to incentivize early participants who stake tokens to help secure and scale the mobile ecosystem. Solana Mobile announced its second-generation crypto-focused smartphone, the Seeker, early last year. It is a more affordable version of the company’s original high-end Saga device, featuring upgraded hardware and a more in-depth integration of decentralized, on-chain features. Notably, the Seeker earned over…

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Crypto Pump Signals for Binance: AI Trading Signals & Altcoin Price Prediction

Crypto Pump Signals for Binance: AI Trading Signals & Altcoin Price Prediction

Catching a fast altcoin move on Binance is hard. By the time most people spot a “pump” on a chart, the price has already jumped, emotions kick in, and entries become messy. That is how traders end up chasing candles, buying late, and selling too early. This guide explains how professional-style crypto pump signals for […] The post Crypto Pump Signals for Binance: AI Trading Signals & Altcoin Price Prediction appeared first on TechBullion.

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Solana Mobile Confirms Jan 2026 SKR Token Launch and Airdrop

Solana Mobile Confirms Jan 2026 SKR Token Launch and Airdrop

The post Solana Mobile Confirms Jan 2026 SKR Token Launch and Airdrop appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Launch: Solana Mobile confirmed the January 2026 debut of its native SKR token, designed to govern its decentralized mobile app store. The Airdrop: A massive 30% of the 10 billion total supply is allocated for community airdrops, targeting the 150,000+ owners of the “Seeker” device. The Infrastructure: The network introduces “Guardians”—including Jito and Helius—to verify apps and devices, replacing centralized app store gatekeepers. Solana Mobile is preparing to capitalize its hardware ecosystem with a sovereign asset, formally announcing the launch of the SKR token for January 2026. The move transforms the “Seeker” smartphone from a mere access point into a yield-bearing node within a decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN). Related: Solana Unveils Seeker, Its 2nd Gen Web3 Smartphone SKR Tokenomics: The ‘Guardian’ Economy According to the official disclosure, the SKR token will have a total supply of 10 billion. The token will have an initial inflation of 10% during the first year. However, the Solana Mobile team revealed that the initial annual inflation of 10% will decay by 25% each year until it reaches a stable 2% inflation. The distribution of the SKR token will be as follows:  Community First: 30% of the supply is reserved for airdrops, rewarding early adopters of the Seeker device and active dApp users. Inflation Schedule: The protocol implements an aggressive decay curve. Initial inflation starts at 10% annually to bootstrap staking rewards, decaying by 25% per year until stabilizing at a terminal rate of 2%. During the token generation event (TGE), the SKR tokens meant for airdrops, community treasury, and liquidity will be fully unlocked. Around 10% of the tokens allocated for growth and partnerships will be unlocked at TGE), and the rest will be released over the next 18 months. The Solana Mobile and the Solana Labs teams will unlock the SKR…

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Solana Mobile to Launch SKR Token Early Next Year

Solana Mobile to Launch SKR Token Early Next Year

The post Solana Mobile to Launch SKR Token Early Next Year appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Solana Mobile has released new details Wednesday about SKR, the forthcoming native token for its Seeker smartphone ecosystem. The company said SKR will launch in January 2026, forming the economic and governance backbone of its decentralized mobile platform. According to a post on X from Solana Mobile, SKR will have a fixed total supply of 10 billion tokens. Distribution is designed to favor users and ecosystem growth: 30% will go toward airdrops, 25% to growth initiatives and partnerships, and 10% for liquidity and launch support. Another 10% will be allocated to a community treasury, while 15% is earmarked for Solana Mobile itself and 10% for Solana Labs. SKR will also incorporate a linear inflation model, intended to reward early participants who stake tokens to help secure and scale the mobile ecosystem. Inflation begins at 10% in Year 1, then decays by 25% annually until it reaches a terminal rate of 2%, where it is expected to stabilize. Solana Mobile said this design is meant to bootstrap activity during the platform’s growth phase while maintaining predictable, sustainable issuance over time. The Seeker phone, launched this past August, is Solana Mobile’s next-generation handset, expanding on the company’s first-edition Saga device with upgraded hardware and a deeper integration of decentralized, onchain features. Read more: Solana’s Seeker Phone Fixes Saga’s Flaws With Usability Upgrade Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/12/03/solana-mobile-to-launch-skr-token-in-january-with-10b-supply

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A Big January For Solana: Mobile Unit Prepares To Drop Native Token

A Big January For Solana: Mobile Unit Prepares To Drop Native Token

Solana Mobile will roll out a native token called SKR at the start of next year, a move that ties a new crypto asset directly to the company’s Seeker smartphone and its growing app network. Related Reading: Crypto-To-Politics Donation Pipeline Under Threat As UK Mulls Ban According to the company’s own blog and subsequent reports, […]

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MEXC Launches STABLE Launchpad: Share 4 Million Tokens with Up to 60% Discount

MEXC Launches STABLE Launchpad: Share 4 Million Tokens with Up to 60% Discount

Victoria, Seychelles, December 4, 2025 – MEXC, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, has launched its STABLE Launchpad event, offering users early access to 4 million STABLE tokens through two dedicated subscription pools. The event runs from December 4 at 10:00 to December 8 at 12:00 (UTC), providing participants with discounts of up to 60% on […] The post MEXC Launches STABLE Launchpad: Share 4 Million Tokens with Up to 60% Discount appeared first on Live Bitcoin News.

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Binance Alpha has opened the second wave of Yooldo (ESPORTS) airdrop applications.

Binance Alpha has opened the second wave of Yooldo (ESPORTS) airdrop applications.

PANews reported on December 4th that the second wave of the Binance Alpha Yooldo (ESPORTS) airdrop rewards has begun, according to an official announcement. Users with at least 250 Binance Alpha Points can claim 80 ESPORTS tokens on a first-come, first-served basis. If the reward pool is not fully distributed, the points threshold will automatically decrease by 5 points every 5 minutes. Please note that claiming the airdrop will consume 15 Binance Alpha Points. Users must confirm their claim on the Alpha event page within 24 hours, otherwise it will be considered as a forfeiture of the claim.

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From Sahara to Tradoor, a look back at the recent "dive" of altcoins.

From Sahara to Tradoor, a look back at the recent "dive" of altcoins.

Author: Asher, Odaily Planet Daily Despite the recent market recovery, the crypto world remains shrouded in a persistent gloom since the "1011 crash." Particularly noteworthy is the apparent unanimous triggering of a series of crashes on newly listed altcoins, with various price swings: halving in a single day, drops exceeding 80%, initial surges followed by a continuous decline, and concentrated sell-offs of airdrops. It's worth noting that these anomalies are largely concentrated on new projects launched on Binance Alpha. In just a few weeks, a series of bizarre price drops have occurred. On-chain fund flows, market maker operations, and the team's responses and silences piece together fragmented truths about this turmoil. Below, Odaily Planet Daily will summarize some of the most discussed and representative cases of these "creative price drops" recently. Sahara AI: A short-term plunge of over 50% stemmed from massive liquidation of perpetual contracts + concentrated amplification of short selling. On the evening of November 29, Sahara AI's token SAHARA fell by more than 50% in a short period of time, and the price has not recovered significantly since then, currently trading at $0.03869. SAHARA K-line chart The following day, the Sahara AI team quickly released a statement in an attempt to reassure the market, with three main points: There is no team or investor selling off: everyone is still under lock-up, and there is still a full year until the first unlock (June 2026). The smart contract is fine: it has not been hacked, tampered with, or had any inexplicable token transfers. The business is undergoing adjustments but nothing has gone wrong: internally, some resource integration is being done, with a focus on accelerating growth in areas where it can grow. These all sound harmless, but the focus of the community discussion is completely elsewhere. KOL Crypto Fearless posted on the X platform that the abnormal price drop of SAHARA was caused by "a series of liquidations of a certain active market maker": a large market maker who manages multiple projects was targeted by an exchange because of a certain project, which led to all related positions being subject to risk control, and SAHARA was just one of the "collateral damage". However, Sahara AI quickly denied this claim, emphasizing that their only market makers are Amber Group and Herring Global, both of which are operating normally and have not been investigated or liquidated. The team's version is that the crash was mainly due to large-scale liquidation of perpetual contracts combined with a concentrated amplification of short selling. In other words, "It's not our problem; it's a structural stampede within the market itself." Meanwhile, the team is still in direct communication with the relevant exchanges and will further disclose more verified information once obtained. aPriori: 60% of the airdrop was snapped up; the token price has fallen by nearly 80% since its launch. aPriori is a highly funded project within the Monad ecosystem. Its token, APR, was "early" traded on the BNB Chain via TGE before the Monad mainnet launch. On October 23rd, APR was listed on Binance Alpha and Binance Futures, initially surging above $0.70, but subsequently declining to its current price of $0.13. This initial weakness had already raised concerns within the community, but the real catalyst came a few weeks later. APR K-line chart The most shocking news came on November 11: 60% of the project's airdrop was claimed by the same entity using 14,000 addresses. On-chain data disclosed by Bubblemaps on November 11 showed that 60% of the aPriori project's airdrop tokens were claimed by the same entity through 14,000 interconnected wallets. These wallets each deposited 0.001 BNB through Binance within a short period and then transferred the APR tokens to the same batch of new wallets. APR "insider trading" address bubble chart However, what angered the community even more than the data itself was the project team's complete lack of response. On November 14, Bubblemaps stated that they had already contacted the aPriori team seeking an explanation for the situation where "60% of the airdrops were claimed by the same entity through 14,000 addresses," but had yet to receive a response. In addition, blockchain detective ZachXBT also posted on the X platform that he had sent a private message to the co-founder of the aPriori project to explain the "insider trading" issue, but had not received a reply as of November 18. Meanwhile, the official X account stopped updating, Discord administrators almost disappeared, and community sentiment gradually shifted from disappointment to anger. "Has the project team already absconded?" "Has the team moved on to the next project?" "A highly funded project doing this?" On November 21, the team finally spoke out, but the content did not truly address the core questions. It only stated that "no evidence has been found that the team or foundation received the airdrop," and attempted to shift attention to the Monad mainnet airdrop, claiming that a "large amount of unlocked APR airdrop" would be given to the Monad community. This statement did not quell the doubts, but was instead interpreted by many community members as "avoiding the important issues." Worse still, on the day Monad launched its mainnet, aPriori's token airdrop went almost unnoticed, and subsequent official channels fell silent again. From a high-profile, well-funded project to a rapid loss of community trust, this process took less than a month. Irys: An entity claimed 20% of the tokens in the airdrop through a cluster of 900 wallets and has already sold $4 million worth. Irys is an L1 public chain that focuses on "data intelligence" and has raised nearly $20 million in funding. However, its airdrops and on-chain activities before the mainnet launch have raised questions in the market about "insider trading" and dumping of shares to cash out. The day before launch: 900 addresses were flooded with deposits. On November 28th, Bubblemaps, an on-chain data analytics platform, disclosed that the day before the IRYS mainnet launch, a total of 900 addresses received ETH transferred from the Bitget exchange within several time windows. These addresses shared highly consistent characteristics: No prior on-chain history (brand new wallet); The amounts of ETH received were similar; Everyone received an IRYS airdrop on the day of launch. These addresses ultimately claimed approximately 20% of the IRYS airdrop quota. Further analysis: Typical witch clusters Bubblemaps divided these 900 addresses into 20 batches of top-ups, with approximately 50 addresses in each batch. The survey showed that: Time: From November 21st to 24th, Bitget launched a total of 20 rounds of top-ups; The pattern is highly consistent: each batch of small ETH transfers follows almost identical address generation, activation, and operation paths; Characteristics: Addresses are active simultaneously within a short period of time, and their behavioral paths are similar. This behavioral pattern is consistent with typical "Sybil" characteristics, indicating that it is a planned and organized operation. Transaction path: From airdrop to exchange Further investigation of 500 addresses revealed that they followed an identical process: Claim your IRYS airdrop; Transfer all tokens to a brand new address ("address washing" step); The new address then transferred IRYS to the Bitget exchange; It is highly likely that the shares will be sold directly on the exchange. To date, approximately $4 million worth of IRYS tokens have flowed into the Bitget exchange through this route. IRYS "Fake Stock" Address Bubble Chart Irys' official response: The airdrop of the witch horde does not involve the team or investors. Regarding the recent on-chain analysis showing the IRYS Sybil airdrop cluster incident, the project team conducted an internal investigation and verified the situation with partners and exchanges through multiple channels. The official response indicates: Unrelated to the team or investors: Investigations show that the Witch Cluster wallets used to receive the airdrops are not affiliated with the team wallets, foundation wallets, or investor wallets. The IRYS tokens held by the team, foundation, and founders have not been sold and remain subject to lock-up and unlocking rules. Reflections on the airdrop design and anti-Sybil measures: The project employed various anti-Sybil mechanisms before launch, successfully filtering out some obvious arbitrage opportunities, but still failing to completely prevent Sybil clusters. The team stated that these vulnerabilities were inherent to the airdrop design itself, rather than due to errors in execution by partners, and promised future improvements. Future plans: The team will regularly update project progress, including network growth, ecosystem development, and major company news. At the product and ecosystem level, we will continue to optimize protocols, expand integration scenarios, promote data applications, and support long-term users and developers. The official statement emphasizes that this incident will not affect the operation of the IRYS mainnet, nor will it change the project's long-term development goals. The team will earn the community's trust through continuous development and transparent communication, rather than just verbal explanations. Tradoor: The top ten holding addresses account for 98% of the total supply, causing a short-term plunge of nearly 80%. On December 1, the token TRADOOR of Binance Alpha project Tradoor surged to a record high of $6.64, but then plummeted by nearly 80% in the following 24 hours, falling to $1.47; it is currently priced at $1.39. TRADOOR K-line chart On-chain data shows that Tradoor has extremely low decentralization: only 10 addresses control 98% of the total supply, with one address holding as many as 75% of the tokens. The remaining circulating supply is negligible, with the total DEX liquidity pool amounting to less than $1 million, meaning even a small large order can cause the price to crash. Furthermore, the delayed airdrop and issues with the staking mechanism exacerbated the crisis of user trust: the originally promised airdrop was delayed from "soon" to February 2026, and coupled with loopholes in the staking mechanism, retail investors had virtually nowhere to hide when the market crashed. It is worth noting that the TRADOOR crash occurred during the hours of 4 to 5 a.m. in China, when most retail investors were asleep, and by the time they woke up, their losses were already irreversible. Knowing when to stop is the key. As crypto trader Ansem previously stated in an article on the X platform, the main value accumulation phase of the crypto industry is "basically over," and the vast majority of tokens ("95% junk") will struggle to gain sustained value in the future. The real value-capturing assets in the future will be stablecoins and the blockchain infrastructure built on the proprietary chains of traditional fintech companies like Stripe, Coinbase, and Robinhood, rather than most token projects currently on the market. Therefore, even with the current significant recovery in the crypto market, highly sought-after altcoins may experience a brief rebound, potentially allowing investors to "make a quick profit." However, this does not mean complacency or blindly pursuing exorbitant profits of several times or even ten times the initial investment—altcoins experiencing dramatic price drops will continue to appear. In the current environment, "taking profits when they are available" remains the safest strategy.

Author: PANews
Solana Mobile to launch Seeker [SKR] token in January – More inside

Solana Mobile to launch Seeker [SKR] token in January – More inside

The post Solana Mobile to launch Seeker [SKR] token in January – More inside appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Months after Solana Mobile released its second-generation phone, Seeker, the team has announced that its native token, SKR, will be launched in January 2026.  According to the shared tokenomics, at launch, the community will receive 30% of the 10 billion SKR tokens. An additional 10% for the ‘community treasury’ will also be unlocked on the debut day.  Source: Solana Mobile However, the team, growth, and Solana Labs’ shares of the token supply will be locked for 12–18 months.  The community seemed happy with the allocation, suggesting likely increased early support for the phone for farming the AirDrop.  Solana Mobile: The evolution Solana Mobile released its first device, Solana Saga, in 2023 and became an instant hit, thanks to the massive rewards and partnership with Bonk.  The value proposition? Give direct, user-friendly access to Solana and blockchain infrastructure that traditional phones didn’t offer. The team claimed that Apple and Google app stores restricted most crypto apps, which further limited mass adoption.  But the Saga appeared to be a test of the team’s idea. Seeker, the latest version, debuted in mid-2025 at half the price (about $500).  It offers a direct gateway to the Solana ecosystem, spanning payments, DeFi, DePIN, and gaming, among others. The team backed their move to support native dApps, stating,  “The heart of this ecosystem is our dApp store, where developers keep 100% of their revenue – a stark contrast to the 30% taken by Apple and Google.” This could boost Solana’s on-chain activity and SOL’s value in the long run.  However, some didn’t welcome the team’s move to stop supporting the Saga in October, only two years after its release. SKR inflation  That said, Seeker [SKR] will be the native governance token of the Solana Mobile ecosystem, alongside staking provisions.  However, the associated inflation will begin at…

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MEXC Appoints Vugar Usi as New COO: A New Chapter Begins for the Exchange

MEXC Appoints Vugar Usi as New COO: A New Chapter Begins for the Exchange

MEXC, the fastest-growing cryptocurrency exchange platform globally, has announced the appointment of Vugar Usi as the new COO.

Author: The Cryptonomist