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The Protocol: Blast's $3B Airdrop and Bitcoin's Mt. Gox Moment
26.6.2024
In this week's issue of CoinDesk's weekly blockchain tech newsletter, we're covering $100 million of fundraisings, project updates from Solana and other teams, complaints over LayerZero's "pay-to-claim" airdrop and nervousness surrounding the Mt. Gox bitcoin distribution
Blast Token Debuts at $3B Value as 17% of Supply Airdropped to Early Adopters
26.6.2024
Blast is the second largest layer 2 network with $1.6 billion in TVL
Blast airdrop to launch June 26, distributing 17% of supply to early users
25.6.2024
The Blast team announced that its token airdrop would commence on June 26 and that users who bridged assets to the network or used its apps would receive tokens
User Games Zksync Airdrop, Receives Over $1.1 Million in 350 Wallets
24.6.2024
K1z4, an X user, recently revealed that they had farmed the Zksync airdrop, receiving over 6.6 million ZK tokens, valued at over $1.1 million. K1z4 specified that they had used an elaborate setup of 350 wallets with different IPs and various tools to make the bots used in this task seem more human...
Kraken-CertiK $3M saga, zkSync airdrop wallets dumping tokens: Finance Redefined
21.6.2024
The ZK token dump led to a 34.5% price decline in the token $0.18 after it hit a high of $0.32 shortly after launching
Arbitrum daily revenue surges 16,500% after LayerZero’s ZRO launch
21.6.2024
LayerZero’s “not an airdrop” ZRO token airdrop has spurred a new peak for Arbitrum’s daily revenue
ZRO token falls 17% amid controversy over LayerZero’s ‘not an airdrop’
21.6.2024
After its June 20 launch, ZRO surged 15.15% within just 20 minutes before sharply tumbling 22% as people debated whether the donation mechanism was genius or just an excuse for a “tax.”
ZKSync’s ZK token airdrop has raised the hackles of investors
18.6.2024
ZKSync’s ZK token airdrop has ruffled the feathers of many an investor, as well as the overall crypto community. Towards this, Binance has jumped in with a rescue team and suggested a fresh way of approaching the allocation scheme for pacifying the heckled users. Incidentally, ZK has fallen by more...
41% of top ZK airdrop wallets have already sold everything: Nansen
18.6.2024
The data covered the “top 10,000 addresses” that received zkSync’s new ZK token, though that only makes up 1.4% of the total wallets eligible for the ZK airdrop
ZKsync Airdrop of 'ZK' Token Puts Initial Market Cap Near $900M
17.6.2024
The layer-2 blockchain ZKsync, has kicked off its highly anticipated airdrop of its ZK token, with 45% of the tokens already claimed
ZkSync token launches amid network load, RPC issues
17.6.2024
ZK token launch on multiple exchanges sees price fluctuations while zkSync manages network strain and scam threats
How to generate passive income with cryptocurrency airdrops
17.6.2024
Hunting for crypto airdrop opportunities and cashing in on airdrop rewards can be a thrilling way to bag some extra coins, but beware, not every “drop” is gold
ZkSync defends Sybil measures as Binance offers own ZK token airdrop
17.6.2024
ZK Nation said its Sybil filtering approach was to ensure as many users as possible would get an allocation, but that would inevitably let through some Sybils
ZkSync hit with claims of ‘almost no Sybil filtering’ in slated token airdrop
12.6.2024
Mudit Gupta from zkSync rival Polygon said the ZK token airdrop could be the most “farmed airdrop ever,” claiming it lacks anti-bot measures
ZKsync announces airdrop of 3.67B $ZK token to 695k wallets next week
11.6.2024
ZKsync has announced plans to deliver a generous gift to its loyal community members. According to an announcement on ZKNation, starting June 17th, an unrestricted airdrop of 17.5% of the total token supply, i.e., 3,675,000,000 tokens, will be distributed as a show of gratitude. While this sizable...
ZkSync says 695K wallets eligible for next week’s ZK token airdrop
11.6.2024
The Ethereum scaling blockchain set aside two-thirds of its 21 billion ZK token supply to give to its community, with select users the first to get a share
ZKsync’s ZK Airdrop Is Coming ‘Next Week,’ Here's What to Expect
11.6.2024
According to the plan released Tuesday, 17.5% of ZK's 21 billion total token supply will be airdropped to users beginning "next week."
Deciphering Pendle Finance’s surge and the pop up of Notcoin
6.6.2024
Pendle Finance and Notcoin recently experienced roughly 58.6% and 400% price growth, respectively and are thus among the recent top performers
Tether CEO Advises Caution Over Suspicious Airdrop Emails Citing Compromised Mailing List Vendor
6.6.2024
Paolo Ardoino of Tether and Bobby Ong of Coingecko have warned of a potential supply chain attack on the crypto industry. They reported that a prominent vendor managing mailing lists for crypto companies may have been compromised, urging caution against phishing emails related to fake crypto...
Tether CEO warns of new wave crypto airdrop scam emails, CoinGecko potentially affected
5.6.2024
Cryptocurrency users should exercise extreme caution to crypto-airdrop-related emails received in the past 24 hours, according to Tether’s CEO