Airdrop Weekly Report | EigenLayer contributor certification window will be closed next week; Grass future airdrops requ

Original | Odaily Planet Daily ( @OdailyChina )

Author: Golem ( @web3_golem )

Odaily Planet Daily has reviewed the airdrop projects that can be claimed from September 23 to September 29, and also compiled important information about this weeks airdrops. For detailed information, see the text.

EigenLayer

Project and air investment qualification introduction

EigenLayer is a re-staking protocol on Ethereum. On September 25, the project announced that considering that many community contributors missed the window for submitting certification, the certification window will be reopened. Eligible community contributors will be able to verify whether they can receive the second quarter airdrop rewards through the relevant homepage link X, Disocrd, Farcaster, Github and other social accounts.

Financing

EigenLayer has raised a total of $164.5 million. In August 2022, it completed a $14.5 million seed round of financing, led by Polychain and Ethereal Ventures, with participation from dao 5 and Robot Ventures; on March 28, 2023, it completed a $50 million Series A round of financing, led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Hack VC, Electric Capital, Polychain, etc.; on February 22, 2024, it completed a $100 million Series B round of financing, led by a16z.

Submission Deadline and Link

Submission deadline: September 25, 2024 – October 6, 2024

Link: https://verify.eigenfoundation.org/

price

According to OKX pre-market trading data, the current price of EIGEN is 3.88 USDT.

LogX

Project and air investment qualification introduction

LogX is an on-chain perpetual contract exchange. The project announced the opening of the airdrop query page on September 22, and the claim and pledge will be opened on September 24. Selected DeFi advanced users who are active in early DeFi protocols such as Uniswap, Aave, GMX, etc. may receive special airdrop allocations. At the same time, the LogX Foundation will bear all the costs of claiming and staking, and users do not need to pay any handling fees.

Financing

LogX has raised a total of US$10.1 million. On February 13, 2024, it completed a seed round of financing of US$6.1 million, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, IOSG Ventures, Sequoia Capital, etc. On September 16, 2024, it completed a strategic financing of US$4 million, with participation from DWF Labs, Saison Capital, Gate Labs, Coinswitch, etc.

Application deadline and link

Application period: September 24, 2024 to present

Link: https://app.logx.network/airdrop

price

According to Coingecko data, the current price of LOGX is 0.0453 USDT.

Hamster Kombat

Project and air investment qualification introduction

Hamster Kombat is currently the largest click game in the TON ecosystem. The project announced on September 22 that it had completed the Season 1 snapshot and will conduct a TGE on September 26. Of the total 100 billion HMSTR tokens, 60 billion will be distributed in this airdrop, and another 15 billion tokens will be reserved for the upcoming Season 2. The team said that of the 300 million players of Hamster Kombat so far, only about 129 million were ultimately eligible.

Players have two withdrawal options: directly on-chain and on crypto exchanges. At the same time, players cannot claim all HMSTR tokens on the first day, only 88.75% of them, and the remaining 11.25% of the tokens must wait 10 months before they can be claimed, which is probably in July 2025.

Financing

Undisclosed

Application deadline and link

Application period: September 26, 2024 to present

Link: https://t.me/hamster_kOmbat_bot

price

According to Coingecko data, the current price of HMSTR is 0.006178 USDT.

Phaver

Project and air investment qualification introduction

Phaver is a Web3 social application. The project announced on September 24 that it is open for airdrop applications. Users need to prepare ETH on the Base chain to pay the gas fee.

Financing

Phaver completed a $7 million seed round of financing on October 5, 2023, with participation from P2 Ventures, Nomad Capital, dao 5, Foresight Ventures, Symbolic Capital, Ankr and others.

Application deadline and link

Application period: September 24, 2024 to October 24, 2024

Link: https://www.phairdrop.com/claim

price

According to Coingecko data, the current price of SOCIAL is 0.007158 USDT.

WalletConnect

Project and air investment qualification introduction

WalletConnect is an open protocol for secure communication between wallets and Dapps (Web3 applications). On September 24, the project announced that the airdrop event for its native token WCT is now open for registration. WalletConnect will launch its native token WCT on Optimism. The initial supply of WCT tokens is capped at 1 billion, of which 18.5%, or 185 million tokens, will be allocated to the first quarter airdrop.

WalletConnect will determine eligibility based on the linked address past activity on the network, including connections, signatures, and on-chain activity. Past contributions to the WalletConnect network, including projects across CAIP, EIP, Ethereum SDK, non-EVM SDK, and open source projects that have a positive impact on the on-chain ecosystem are also eligible. Contributor eligibility is assessed through the Github account added to the users profile.

Financing

WalletConnect has raised a total of US$23.5 million. On March 8, 2022, it completed a US$11 million Series A financing round, led by Union Square Ventures and 1kx, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Zerion, Semantic Ventures, and A.Capital; on November 3, 2022, it completed a US$12.5 million financing round, led by Shopify, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, HashKey Capital, Foresight Ventures, P 2 Ventures, ConsenSys, and others.

Registration Period and Links

Registration period: September 24, 2024 to October 18, 2024

Link: https://airdrop.walletconnect.network/

price

Not online

Pencils Protocol

Project and air investment qualification introduction

Pencils Protocol, a yield aggregator and auction platform based on Scroll, announced the start of the DAPP token airdrop on September 25. This airdrop will distribute 3,000,000 DAPP tokens (3% of the total supply) to early supporters and contributors of Pencils.

Among them, 2,000,000 DAPP (2% of the total supply) will be distributed according to the users Pencils holdings and will be released all at once during the airdrop without being unlocked in stages; 1,000,000 DAPP (1% of the total supply) will be allocated to early active users, including users holding S 1 cards, S 2 proofs, S and P badges, Miner S 3 NFTs and SOUL NFTs. This part will be unlocked in three stages: 50% released at TGE, 25% released 30 days after TGE, and the remaining 25% released 60 days after TGE.

Users must claim DAPP within the specified period, otherwise it will be deemed automatically confiscated and unclaimed DAPP will be returned.

Financing

Pencils Protocol has raised over $2.1 million in total. On May 23, 2024, it completed a seed round of financing of $2.1 million, with a valuation of $25 million, with participation from OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, Galxe, Gate Labs, etc. On September 2, 2024, it completed another round of financing, with an undisclosed amount, with a valuation of $80 million, with participation from Taisu Ventures, Bing Ventures, DePIN X, IBC Group, etc.

Application deadline and link

Application period: September 27, 2024 to October 27, 2024

Link: https://pencilsprotocol.io/airdrop

price

According to CoinGecko data, the current price of DAPP is 0.3074 USDT.

Important Airdrop Information

• Grass Foundation: Please connect your Solana wallet on the Grass dashboard before 8am on October 1st to claim the airdrop

The Grass Foundation sent a reminder on September 25: “Please connect your Solana wallet on the Grass dashboard before 8 pm EST on Monday, September 30 (8 am Beijing time on October 1). If you miss the deadline, you will not be able to receive rewards from the first airdrop.”

Meanwhile, on September 26, the Grass Foundation said it had sent an official email from no-reply@grassfoundation.io regarding the airdrop qualification checker and wallet connection deadline. All future email updates will come from the grassfoundation.io domain. However, token claims are still not online.

• DOGS officially released three solutions for dealing with unclaimed tokens, and the community can vote

On September 24, DOGS Community posted on the TG channel that everyone in the community has the opportunity to choose one of three options on how to deal with unclaimed DOGS: destroying tokens; donating tokens to charities; or increasing funds for future development.

Tokens that should be destroyed will be destroyed immediately after the voting ends; tokens used for charity and development will be vested and gradually released over a year.

• Sonic Labs CTO: Sonic will launch the mainnet in December this year, and 200 million tokens will be airdropped

Sonic Labs Chief Technology Officer Andre Cronje wrote on September 25 that the Sonic mainnet will be launched in December 2024, when 200 million tokens will be airdropped.

• Kroma: TGE will proceed steadily and will be announced no later than November. Information such as airdrop qualifications and token distribution will be announced one after another.

Layer 2 blockchain solution provider Kroma officially released a long article on September 25, responding to the TGE event and recent progress of the project that the community is concerned about. It mentioned: After the A round of financing, Kroma attracted industry attention including the top exchanges, which led to a series of technical integrations, on-chain connections and comprehensive reviews.

We will work hard to conduct the TGE as soon as possible in the next few weeks and ensure that the TGE will not be delayed beyond November. Information such as airdrop qualifications, token distribution plan, and snapshot time will be gradually disclosed in the future.

Earlier news, Layer 2 blockchain solution provider Kroma announced the completion of its Series A financing, with Asia Advisors Korea, Gate Ventures, ICC Venture, Planetarium, Presto, RFD Capital, Taisu Ventures, The Spartan Group, Waterdrip Capital and others participating in the investment.

• gm.ai: 35 million GMs have been repurchased from the market, most of which will be used for airdrops, and the rest will be used for MM, operations and LP

On September 25, gm.ai posted that according to previous communication, 35 million GM has been repurchased from the market so far and stored in the wallet (78 e 5 ru 5 d 1 dD 6 NjSUWUoSa L1S ps 852 UwXRc 4 MEBsBoPHu). Most of the repurchased GM will be used for airdrops, and the rest will be used for MM, operations and LP. Market activities will be continuously monitored and repurchases will continue in the coming weeks.

• Zeta Markets: Airdrop claims have ended, and the unclaimed 7 million ZEX will be returned to the community

Zeta Markets announced on September 25 that the airdrop claim has ended. 90 days after the TGE, more than 91% of the initial airdrop (80 million tokens) has been claimed, and more than 73 million ZEX have been distributed to 64,655 traders. In addition, 15,029 users have staked more than 27 million ZEX.

Unclaimed tokens (approximately 7 million ZEX) will be returned to the community for incentives.

• Port 3 Airdrop Season 2 Snapshot will be available on September 30th

Port 3 Network, a decentralized AI data network, announced on September 28 that the airdrop second season snapshot will be conducted on September 30. The team will then conduct a thorough anti-fraud check to detect Bot and Sybil attacks. After completion, users will be able to view the airdrop distribution on the official website.

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