How crypto airdrops will change in 2026 – DL News
- The way DeFi projects conduct airdrops is changing.
- Initial coin offerings provide a compelling alternative.
The airdrops they are a’changin.’
The days of experimenting with new protocols and receiving lumps of valuable tokens are fading away.
Those kinds of airdrops, it turns out, were prime targets for so-called Sybil attackers to game.
Now, more and more crypto projects are tying airdrops directly to metrics like trading volume or deposits to keep Sybil attackers from raiding their airdrops. To put it simply, projects have moved to a system where the more you use a protocol — and pay it in fees — the bigger airdrop you could potentially receive.
Hyperliquid, the biggest decentralised perpetual futures exchange, showed how…
