Crypto Airdrops, Rewards & Staking

Traditional airdrops are drying up — gated by tasks, KYC walls, or outright scams. The new meta for early token rewards is the presale-with-staking: small buy-in, staking rewards from day one, exposure before exchange listing.
Farmable tokenless protocols 138
Combined TVL to farm $17.39B

Featured presales with staking rewards

Project Chains Launch Raised Presale price Staking Visit
Bitcoin Hyper $HYPER
BTC Layer 2
Bitcoin
May 2025 $32M+ $0.0337 Live staking Visit
Liquid Chain $LIQUID
Layer 3 / Cross-chain
November 2025 $756K+ $0.0337 ~1% ROI shown Visit
Maxi Doge $MAXI
Meme coin
July 2025 $4.7M+ Stage-based Dynamic APY Visit
BMIC Token $BMIC
Quantum infrastructure
Q3–Q4 2026 $463K $0.049474 Active staking Visit
Divine Ray $DRC
Cosmos social
Cosmos
March 2026 $100K+ $0.0000015 Live on Osmosis Visit
SUBBD $SUBBD
AI creator economy
Q3 2026 $1.54M $0.05753750 20% APY (fixed) Visit
Vortex FX $VFX
DeFi x Forex
Q3 2026 $2.21M $0.355 Real-yield staking Visit
Pepe Dollar $PEPD
PayFi meme L2
Q3 2026 $4.95M $0.007823 Active staking Visit
PUMPD $PUMPD
AI degen meme
Q3 2026 $2.6K $0.000412 — Visit
AgoraLend $AGORA
DeFi lending
Q3 2026 $510K $0.0066 Yield-bearing derivatives Visit

Live airdrop campaigns

1,139 campaigns tracked — confirmed drops and claims live now.
See all airdrops
Project Status Reward Raised Tasks Backers Action

Likely Airdrops — Tokenless Protocols to Farm

Live DefiLlama protocols with no token yet, ranked by farming potential.
How we rank farms
  • TVL — the total value users have locked in the protocol, live from DefiLlama.
  • Farm Score — 50% protocol size (log TVL) + 30% track record (protocol age, capped at 2 years) + 20% 7-day TVL momentum.
  • Every protocol listed has no token yet; the list refreshes every 12 hours.
  • The score is a heuristic for farming potential — never a guarantee an airdrop happens.
# Protocol Category Chains TVL 7d TVL Farm Score
1 S Steakhouse Financial Risk Curators Base, Ethereum, Robinhood Chain +8 $2.8B +3.9% 79
2 S Sentora Curator Risk Curators Ethereum, Ink, Solana +1 $2.69B +4.7% 73
3 G Gauntlet Risk Curators Base, Binance, Ethereum +11 $1.45B -4.5% 72
4 U USDD CDP Tron, Ethereum, Binance $1.09B -17.9% 71
5 D Defi Saver Asset Management CDP Manager Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism +1 $341.98M -3.8% 67
6 P Polymarket International Prediction Market Polygon $320.81M -11.6% 66
7 S Symbiotic Collateral Markets Ethereum $287.6M -5.6% 66
8 L Lightning Network Payments Bitcoin $242.1M -7.3% 64
9 H Hive Protocol Chain BSquared $221.21M -1.4% 64
10 C CIAN Yield Layer Yield Aggregator Ethereum, Mantle, Arbitrum +4 $267.21M -11.5% 64
11 B b14g Restaking Bitcoin, CORE, Babylon Genesis $242.86M +2.0% 63
12 B BitFi Basis Basis Trading Binance, Ethereum, Base +4 $238.72M -1.0% 60
13 K K3 Capital Risk Curators Monad, Ethereum, Optimism +6 $228.19M +9.1% 58
14 N Noble Chain Noble $87.69M -0.2% 56
15 H Hyperithm Risk Curators Monad, Ethereum, Arbitrum +7 $231.86M -5.5% 56
16 B BitFi BTC Anchor BTC AILayer $86.08M -1.1% 55
17 C Clearstar Risk Curators Base, Flare, Ethereum +8 $180.06M +0.0% 54
18 S SolvBTC LSTs Restaked BTC Ethereum, Bitcoin $71.59M -3.8% 53
19 D Doppler Finance CeDeFi Ripple, Ethereum $109.66M -4.2% 53
20 R Reti Pooling Staking Pool Algorand $73.49M +4.8% 52
21 Z Zircuit Staking Farm Ethereum, Zircuit $53.18M -0.4% 51
22 A Arrakis Modular Liquidity Manager Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum +3 $53.83M -2.1% 51
23 E Extended Perps Derivatives Arc, Ethereum, Starknet $101.36M -6.6% 51
24 G GTBTC Restaked BTC Bitcoin $261.96M -1.3% 50
25 F Flux Finance Lending Ethereum $43.63M -0.1% 50
26 F Figure Markets Prime Lending Provenance $161.72M -15.1% 48
27 F Figure Markets Exchange OTC Marketplace Provenance $126.91M +0.4% 48
28 M Mantle Restaking Liquid Restaking Ethereum $35.76M -0.2% 47
29 R RockawayX Risk Curators Ethereum, Solana, Pharos +7 $298.6M +10.0% 47
30 P Plasma One Crypto Card Issuer Plasma $31.93M +3.0% 47
31 I infiniFi Yield Ethereum, Monad, Base $73.01M +8.6% 47
32 V vfat.io Yield Aggregator Base, Ethereum, Hyperliquid L1 +31 $31.25M -3.3% 46
33 X XRPL DEX Dexs Ripple $31.73M -4.6% 46
34 M marginfi Lending Lending Solana $31.46M -6.1% 46
35 O Origami Finance Leveraged Farming Ethereum, Plasma, Berachain $39.3M -22.5% 46
36 B Bitlayer YBTC Family Anchor BTC Bitcoin, Ethereum $30.26M -1.8% 45
37 M Manta CeDeFi Basis Trading Manta $26.7M 0.0% 45
38 N Noon Yield Ethereum, Sophon, zkSync Era +1 $37.89M +1.3% 45
39 A Apex Omni Derivatives Arbitrum, Ethereum, Base +2 $27.19M -4.7% 45
40 L Loopscale Lending Lending Solana $82.53M +0.2% 45
41 C Chiliz Governance Staking Chain Chiliz $27.67M -10.0% 44
42 L Lulo Yield Aggregator Solana $25.99M -6.2% 44
43 R RocketSwap Anubis Dexs Anubis $337.56M +7.5% 44
44 C Curvance Lending Monad $135.43M +1.6% 44
45 T Tulipa Capital Risk Curators Ethereum, Base, Berachain +5 $57.76M -0.6% 44
46 N Nonce Capital Risk Curators Ethereum, Optimism $567.52M -0.7% 44
47 T Tydro Lending Ink $117.59M -3.9% 44
48 R Re7 Labs Risk Curators World Chain, Ethereum, Starknet +14 $54.38M +0.6% 44
49 E Exponent Yield Exchange Yield Solana $45.78M -22.0% 43
50 M Mellow Restaking Liquid Restaking Ethereum, Binance, Fraxtal +2 $21.78M -1.7% 43
51 C Chain Fusion Decentralized BTC Bitcoin, Ethereum $22.16M -4.3% 43
52 A Aegis YUSD Basis Trading Ethereum, Binance $34.45M +0.1% 41
53 R RIF ON CHAIN Dual-Token Stablecoin RSK $18.53M -6.3% 41
54 B Bittensor dTAO Dexs Bittensor $403.22M -2.6% 41
55 Z Zoo Finance Yield Binance, Story, Sei +3 $28.31M -5.9% 41
56 M Mystic Finance Lending Lending Flare, Citrea, Plume Mainnet $31.75M +2.9% 41
57 S Saturn Stablecoin Wrapper Ethereum, Monad $155.5M +6.7% 40
58 A Agni Finance Dexs Mantle $15.77M -0.9% 40
59 F FstSwap Dexs Binance $12.56M +13.2% 40
60 N Native Credit Pool Lending Morph, Ethereum, Binance +4 $20.51M -20.2% 40
61 S Steer Protocol Liquidity Manager Binance, Katana, Base +30 $14.9M -4.4% 39
62 B Bucket CDP CDP Sui $13.92M -0.9% 39
63 3 3Jane Lending Uncollateralized Lending Ethereum $11.11M +142.0% 38
64 G Goose CeDeFi Binance, Op_Bnb, Arbitrum +1 $12.8M 0.0% 38
65 W WEMIX.FI Staking Staking Pool WEMIX $12.49M -1.6% 38
66 S Set Protocol Indexes Ethereum $11.52M -0.8% 38
67 V Vishwa Anchor BTC Bitcoin, Sui $50.49M -2.2% 37
68 K Kava Mint CDP Kava $11.41M -2.1% 37
69 P Project X Dexs Hyperliquid L1 $35.12M -2.5% 37
70 N Nado Spot Dexs Ink $53.73M +9.9% 37
71 A Abstract Chain Ethereum $11.13M -7.4% 36
72 H Hylo Protocol Dual-Token Stablecoin Solana $34.31M -3.0% 36
73 A Armitage by Wintermute Risk Curators Ethereum $97.84M +13.6% 36
74 G Galaxy Curation Risk Curators Arc, Ethereum, Base $116.71M -0.4% 35
75 Y Yuzu Money Yield Plasma, Monad, Ethereum $63.05M -18.1% 35
76 F Firelight Insurance Flare $59.94M -7.4% 35
77 R Rysk V12 Options Vault Hyperliquid L1, Ethereum $31M -9.9% 35
78 Y YieldFi Yield Aggregator Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum +10 $11.14M -0.1% 35
79 U UltraYield Curator Risk Curators Ethereum, Hyperliquid L1, Etherlink +8 $44.94M -5.4% 35
80 T Templar Lending Lending Stellar, Ethereum, Bitcoin +8 $28.65M -2.0% 34
81 P Project 0 Lending Solana $54.18M -5.8% 34
82 H Hyperbeat Earn Yield Aggregator Hyperliquid L1 $18.47M -7.9% 34
83 F Felix CDP CDP Hyperliquid L1 $20.99M -22.8% 34
84 X XION Finance Chain XION $23.08M -1.6% 34
85 G GrowiHF Yield Hyperliquid L1, Hibachi $12.67M -5.7% 33
86 K Katana Pre-Launch Farm Ethereum $18.19M -0.2% 32
87 B Bucket Protocol V2 CDP Sui $26.32M -1.5% 32
88 L Liminal Basis Basis Trading Hyperliquid L1 $21.23M -0.8% 32
89 Q Qearn Staking Pool Qubic $12.08M -3.1% 32
90 9 9Summits Risk Curators Ethereum, Avalanche, Base +1 $17.38M -9.2% 32
91 F Fira Lending Ethereum $17.92M +65.4% 32
92 A Adrastea Validator Staking Pool Solana $26.38M -5.2% 32
93 S Stellar DeFi Hub Farm Stellar $82.62M +15.7% 31
94 S Stellar DEX Dexs Stellar $13.94M -3.7% 30
95 C Current Lending Sui $53.83M -2.1% 30
96 T Tori Finance Basis Trading Ethereum $73.97M +2.5% 30
97 H Hakutora Risk Curators Ethereum $15.77M -17.6% 30
98 C Circle Gateway Cross Chain Bridge Ethereum, Arc $71.66M +3.9% 30
99 M Mezo Earn Governance Incentives Mezo $61.14M -1.4% 30
100 S Starknet BTC Staking Staking Pool Starknet $48.47M -0.2% 29

Tokenless protocols ranked by TVL, age and growth — a heuristic for retroactive airdrop potential, not a guarantee. Data: DefiLlama, refreshed every 12 hours.

Live Airdrop Calendar

Official reward campaigns with confirmed dates and prize pools.
Project Prize pool Winners Starts Ends Link
Ancient Raid - $30,000 NFT Mega Airdrop (Exclusively to CMC member) $RAID 1200 1,200 Nov 25, 2022 Dec 15, 2022 Open ↗
Ancient Raid - $30,000 NFT Mega Airdrop (Exclusively to CMC member) $RAID 1200 1,200 Nov 25, 2022 Dec 15, 2022 Open ↗
TokenBot x CoinMarketCap: $100,000 TKB Airdrop $TBOT 149619965 29,924 Nov 10, 2022 Dec 9, 2022 Open ↗
TokenBot x CoinMarketCap: $100,000 TKB Airdrop $TBOT 149619965 29,924 Nov 10, 2022 Dec 9, 2022 Open ↗
Bullieverse x CoinMarketCap Fresh Blood Tournament NFT Airdrop Campaign $$BULL 15000 15,000 Nov 16, 2022 Dec 6, 2022 Open ↗
Bullieverse x CoinMarketCap Fresh Blood Tournament NFT Airdrop Campaign $$BULL 15000 15,000 Nov 16, 2022 Dec 6, 2022 Open ↗
$100,000+ USD Airdrop by SaTT $SATT 100000000 25,000 Nov 2, 2022 Dec 1, 2022 Open ↗
$100,000+ USD Airdrop by SaTT $SATT 100000000 25,000 Nov 2, 2022 Dec 1, 2022 Open ↗
OneRare - $75,000 Ingredient NFT Airdrop🍎 $ORARE 10000 2,000 Nov 8, 2022 Nov 27, 2022 Open ↗
OneRare - $75,000 Ingredient NFT Airdrop🍎 $ORARE 10000 2,000 Nov 8, 2022 Nov 27, 2022 Open ↗
Astra Protocol x CoinMarketCap: The Mega Airdrop Campaign! $ASTRA 100000 5,000 Nov 1, 2022 Nov 21, 2022 Open ↗
Astra Protocol x CoinMarketCap: The Mega Airdrop Campaign! $ASTRA 100000 5,000 Nov 1, 2022 Nov 21, 2022 Open ↗
DeFiChain - The No. 1 DeFi Project on Bitcoin $DFI 58383 1,590 Oct 16, 2022 Nov 9, 2022 Open ↗
DeFiChain - The No. 1 DeFi Project on Bitcoin $DFI 58383 1,590 Oct 16, 2022 Nov 9, 2022 Open ↗
TopGoal x CoinMarketCap 5th NFTs Airdrop Event $GOAL 10000 10,000 Oct 7, 2022 Nov 6, 2022 Open ↗
TopGoal x CoinMarketCap 5th NFTs Airdrop Event $GOAL 10000 10,000 Oct 7, 2022 Nov 6, 2022 Open ↗
AI-enhanced NFT Airdrop by IguVerse x CoinMarketCap $IGU 1000 1,000 Oct 20, 2022 Nov 5, 2022 Open ↗
AI-enhanced NFT Airdrop by IguVerse x CoinMarketCap $IGU 1000 1,000 Oct 20, 2022 Nov 5, 2022 Open ↗
$20,000 USD Airdrop by AgeOfGods $AOG 624025 5,000 Sep 27, 2022 Oct 11, 2022 Open ↗
$20,000 USD Airdrop by AgeOfGods $AOG 624025 5,000 Sep 27, 2022 Oct 11, 2022 Open ↗
NBOX $100,000 - NFT Giveaway - Super Hero Game Launch $NBOX 5001 5,001 Sep 22, 2022 Oct 7, 2022 Open ↗
NBOX $100,000 - NFT Giveaway - Super Hero Game Launch $NBOX 5001 5,001 Sep 22, 2022 Oct 7, 2022 Open ↗
SENSO Token $75 000 Airdrop Campaign $SENSO 384498 2,000 Aug 10, 2022 Aug 30, 2022 Open ↗
SENSO Token $75 000 Airdrop Campaign $SENSO 384498 2,000 Aug 10, 2022 Aug 30, 2022 Open ↗
TopGoal x CoinMarketCap 4th NFTs Airdrop Event $GOAL 10000 10,000 Jul 19, 2022 Aug 7, 2022 Open ↗
TopGoal x CoinMarketCap 4th NFTs Airdrop Event $GOAL 10000 10,000 Jul 19, 2022 Aug 7, 2022 Open ↗
OwlDAO x CoinMarketCap: The Magnificent Airdrop Campaign $OWL 2500000 10,000 Jun 24, 2022 Jul 8, 2022 Open ↗
OwlDAO x CoinMarketCap: The Magnificent Airdrop Campaign $OWL 2500000 10,000 Jun 24, 2022 Jul 8, 2022 Open ↗
MagicCraft Genesis NFT AirDrop Campaign - The Warrior's Rise $MCRT 222 222 Jun 13, 2022 Jul 3, 2022 Open ↗
MagicCraft Genesis NFT AirDrop Campaign - The Warrior's Rise $MCRT 222 222 Jun 13, 2022 Jul 3, 2022 Open ↗
Caduceus (CMP) Airdrop Event in partnership with CoinMarketCap $CMP 62500 12,500 Jun 13, 2022 Jul 1, 2022 Open ↗
Caduceus (CMP) Airdrop Event in partnership with CoinMarketCap $CMP 62500 12,500 Jun 13, 2022 Jul 1, 2022 Open ↗
Mones Airdrop Campaign $MONES 100 100 Jun 8, 2022 Jun 28, 2022 Open ↗
Mones Airdrop Campaign $MONES 100 100 Jun 8, 2022 Jun 28, 2022 Open ↗
EQ airdrop Equilibrium X Republic $EQ 3000000 1,000 Jun 2, 2022 Jun 22, 2022 Open ↗
EQ airdrop Equilibrium X Republic $EQ 3000000 1,000 Jun 2, 2022 Jun 22, 2022 Open ↗
Solar (SXP) Airdrop Event in partnership with CoinMarketCap $SXP 50000 5,000 May 10, 2022 May 30, 2022 Open ↗
Solar (SXP) Airdrop Event in partnership with CoinMarketCap $SXP 50000 5,000 May 10, 2022 May 30, 2022 Open ↗
APENFT X CMC Airdrop to All APENFT Lovers! $NFT 45454545454.54 10,000 May 13, 2022 May 27, 2022 Open ↗
APENFT X CMC Airdrop to All APENFT Lovers! $NFT 45454545454.54 10,000 May 13, 2022 May 27, 2022 Open ↗
Frutti Dino X CMC Airdrop: $55,000 FDT Airdrop! $FDT 100000 1,000 May 16, 2022 May 27, 2022 Open ↗
Frutti Dino X CMC Airdrop: $55,000 FDT Airdrop! $FDT 100000 1,000 May 16, 2022 May 27, 2022 Open ↗
Anonverse X CMC worth 100,000USD Airdrop(By Anonverse) $ANON 100000000 2,000 May 14, 2022 May 27, 2022 Open ↗
Anonverse X CMC worth 100,000USD Airdrop(By Anonverse) $ANON 100000000 2,000 May 14, 2022 May 27, 2022 Open ↗
MetaSoccer NFT Airdrop - $60.000 worth of prizes! $MSU 85 85 May 10, 2022 May 24, 2022 Open ↗
MetaSoccer NFT Airdrop - $60.000 worth of prizes! $MSU 85 85 May 10, 2022 May 24, 2022 Open ↗
Corite x CMC Airdrop: $80,000 CO giveaway ! $CO 80000 4,000 May 5, 2022 May 19, 2022 Open ↗
Corite x CMC Airdrop: $80,000 CO giveaway ! $CO 80000 4,000 May 5, 2022 May 19, 2022 Open ↗
Space Misfits $50,000 CROWN Airdrop $SMCW 312500 10,000 Mar 23, 2022 Apr 11, 2022 Open ↗
Space Misfits $50,000 CROWN Airdrop $SMCW 312500 10,000 Mar 23, 2022 Apr 11, 2022 Open ↗
CMC X SHIBAFRIEND SHIBA METAVERSE NFT Airdrop to All Shiba Lovers! $SHF 1000 1,000 Mar 21, 2022 Apr 9, 2022 Open ↗
CMC X SHIBAFRIEND SHIBA METAVERSE NFT Airdrop to All Shiba Lovers! $SHF 1000 1,000 Mar 21, 2022 Apr 9, 2022 Open ↗
Airdrop 88 NFTs TrillioHeirs by $ZAM Token Team (Over $50k) $ZAM 88 88 Mar 20, 2022 Apr 8, 2022 Open ↗
Airdrop 88 NFTs TrillioHeirs by $ZAM Token Team (Over $50k) $ZAM 88 88 Mar 20, 2022 Apr 8, 2022 Open ↗
FutureCoin X CoinMarketCap EXCLUSIVE AIRDROP 60.000$ (200.000 FUTURE) $FUTURE 200000 1,000 Mar 17, 2022 Apr 7, 2022 Open ↗
FutureCoin X CoinMarketCap EXCLUSIVE AIRDROP 60.000$ (200.000 FUTURE) $FUTURE 200000 1,000 Mar 17, 2022 Apr 7, 2022 Open ↗
Bit Hotel 1.500.000 Tokens Airdrop Campaign $BTH 1500000 5,000 Mar 21, 2022 Apr 1, 2022 Open ↗
Bit Hotel 1.500.000 Tokens Airdrop Campaign $BTH 1500000 5,000 Mar 21, 2022 Apr 1, 2022 Open ↗
$100k Airdrop - by Spintop $SPIN 900000 5,000 Mar 15, 2022 Mar 30, 2022 Open ↗
$100k Airdrop - by Spintop $SPIN 900000 5,000 Mar 15, 2022 Mar 30, 2022 Open ↗
Mind Music Global Awareness Campaign $MND 30000000000000 15,000 Mar 7, 2022 Mar 27, 2022 Open ↗
Mind Music Global Awareness Campaign $MND 30000000000000 15,000 Mar 7, 2022 Mar 27, 2022 Open ↗
Lunar Crystal NFT Airdrop $LNR 140 140 Mar 1, 2022 Mar 21, 2022 Open ↗
CMC X GEMS NFT Airdrop: Join and Share $100,000 Worth of Prizes! $GEMS 1200 1,200 Mar 15, 2022 Mar 21, 2022 Open ↗
Lunar Crystal NFT Airdrop $LNR 140 140 Mar 1, 2022 Mar 21, 2022 Open ↗
CMC X GEMS NFT Airdrop: Join and Share $100,000 Worth of Prizes! $GEMS 1200 1,200 Mar 15, 2022 Mar 21, 2022 Open ↗
🔥 ONUS x CoinMarketCap Airdrop: $50,000+ ONUS Giveaway! 🔥 $ONUS 75000 5,000 Feb 28, 2022 Mar 20, 2022 Open ↗
🔥 ONUS x CoinMarketCap Airdrop: $50,000+ ONUS Giveaway! 🔥 $ONUS 75000 5,000 Feb 28, 2022 Mar 20, 2022 Open ↗
MAN x Ocean Star(By OceanPark) $MAN 30000 30,000 Mar 5, 2022 Mar 18, 2022 Open ↗
MAN x Ocean Star(By OceanPark) $MAN 30000 30,000 Mar 5, 2022 Mar 18, 2022 Open ↗
LFW x CMC NFT Airdrop $LFW 500 500 Feb 25, 2022 Mar 16, 2022 Open ↗
LFW x CMC NFT Airdrop $LFW 500 500 Feb 25, 2022 Mar 16, 2022 Open ↗
AceStarter x CoinMarketCap AvaAce Legendary NFT Airdrop $ASTAR 223 223 Feb 23, 2022 Mar 15, 2022 Open ↗
AceStarter x CoinMarketCap AvaAce Legendary NFT Airdrop $ASTAR 223 223 Feb 23, 2022 Mar 15, 2022 Open ↗
Pax.World NFT Airdrop $PAXW 1050 1,050 Feb 22, 2022 Mar 14, 2022 Open ↗
Pax.World NFT Airdrop $PAXW 1050 1,050 Feb 22, 2022 Mar 14, 2022 Open ↗
FiveTiger X WonderfulDay Airdrop Campaign $WON 800 800 Feb 28, 2022 Mar 14, 2022 Open ↗
FiveTiger X WonderfulDay Airdrop Campaign $WON 800 800 Feb 28, 2022 Mar 14, 2022 Open ↗
Bot Planet Airdrop $BOT 3125000 200 Feb 20, 2022 Mar 12, 2022 Open ↗
Wizard's Rainfall - Epic MagicCraft Airdrop $MCRT 5666666 20,000 Feb 27, 2022 Mar 12, 2022 Open ↗
Bot Planet Airdrop $BOT 3125000 200 Feb 20, 2022 Mar 12, 2022 Open ↗
Wizard's Rainfall - Epic MagicCraft Airdrop $MCRT 5666666 20,000 Feb 27, 2022 Mar 12, 2022 Open ↗
HashLand New Era Airdrop $HC 1000 1,000 Feb 21, 2022 Mar 11, 2022 Open ↗
HashLand New Era Airdrop $HC 1000 1,000 Feb 21, 2022 Mar 11, 2022 Open ↗
Vow Airdrop $VOW 300000 2,000 Feb 23, 2022 Mar 11, 2022 Open ↗
Vow Airdrop $VOW 300000 2,000 Feb 23, 2022 Mar 11, 2022 Open ↗
Zuki Moba - 10,000 NFT Silver Chest Airdrop $ZUKI 10000 10,000 Feb 16, 2022 Mar 8, 2022 Open ↗
Zuki Moba - 10,000 NFT Silver Chest Airdrop $ZUKI 10000 10,000 Feb 16, 2022 Mar 8, 2022 Open ↗
TopGoal x CoinMarketCap 3rd NFTs Airdrop Event $GOAL 10000 10,000 Feb 3, 2022 Mar 3, 2022 Open ↗
TopGoal x CoinMarketCap 3rd NFTs Airdrop Event $GOAL 10000 10,000 Feb 3, 2022 Mar 3, 2022 Open ↗
Battle Hero - II Chest NFTs Airdrop (Total prize pool +$50,000) $BATH 225 225 Feb 12, 2022 Mar 3, 2022 Open ↗
Battle Hero - II Chest NFTs Airdrop (Total prize pool +$50,000) $BATH 225 225 Feb 12, 2022 Mar 3, 2022 Open ↗
The Great B2M Airdrop $B2M 8000000 13,238 Feb 10, 2022 Mar 2, 2022 Open ↗
CMC X Age of Tanks: Massive $60,000 Airdrop Campaign! Rarest AOT NFTs Awaits $A.O.T 700 700 Feb 10, 2022 Mar 2, 2022 Open ↗
The Great B2M Airdrop $B2M 8000000 13,238 Feb 10, 2022 Mar 2, 2022 Open ↗
CMC X Age of Tanks: Massive $60,000 Airdrop Campaign! Rarest AOT NFTs Awaits $A.O.T 700 700 Feb 10, 2022 Mar 2, 2022 Open ↗
Dragon Verse x CMC NFT Airdrop Campaign $DRV 170 170 Feb 8, 2022 Feb 20, 2022 Open ↗
Dragon Verse x CMC NFT Airdrop Campaign $DRV 170 170 Feb 8, 2022 Feb 20, 2022 Open ↗
$10,000,000 Legion SuperApp Airdrop $LGX 333334 5,000 Feb 5, 2022 Feb 19, 2022 Open ↗
$10,000,000 Legion SuperApp Airdrop $LGX 333334 5,000 Feb 5, 2022 Feb 19, 2022 Open ↗

Presale staking vs airdrops: what is actually better?

Searching for a “crypto airdrop” in 2026 is mostly searching for disappointment. The big retroactive drops — Uniswap, Arbitrum, Jito, Wormhole — are years behind us. What is left tends to fall into three buckets:

  • Task-gated farms: wallet-quest grinds, KYC requirements, “earn points by following us on X” loops. Lots of work, uncertain payout.
  • Late-stage drops: tokens distributed long after the on-chain footprint cutoff. If you were not there a year ago, you are not eligible.
  • Phishing pages: sites cloning real project branding to drain wallets the moment a user “claims” the airdrop.

Presales with staking change the equation. You buy in early — usually at a fixed price below the planned exchange listing — and you can stake the tokens as soon as you receive them. The “free token” intent from airdrop searches is satisfied through the staking yield: you earn additional tokens just for holding, no farming, no KYC quest.

The trade-off is real: presales require a small buy-in and the risk profile is on you to evaluate. The projects above are the ones we are actively tracking; each profile page details chains, raised totals, tokenomics and risk notes.

FAQ


Three honest paths: complete legitimate retro-airdrop campaigns from active L1s/L2s, stake established tokens (ETH, SOL, ATOM) for protocol rewards, or buy early into presales that include staking from day one. Anything promising “free” tokens with no work and no buy-in is almost certainly a scam.

An airdrop distributes free tokens to wallets that meet a snapshot criterion. A presale sells tokens to early buyers before a public exchange listing, usually at a discount. Modern presales increasingly bundle in staking rewards, which functions like a slow-drip airdrop on top of the buy-in.

It depends on the source of the rewards. If yield comes from a fixed emissions schedule pulled from project treasury, the APY is real for the lock-up period but inflationary. If it comes from protocol fees, it is real yield but usually only after the product ships. Read each project tokenomics doc before staking.

Listing risk (the token may launch below presale price), execution risk (the team never ships), liquidity risk (thin order books at launch), and counterparty risk (custody of presale funds before token generation). Mitigate by sticking to projects with audits, public teams, and credible roadmaps.

Most modern presales let you stake tokens immediately at the buy step — your stake accrues rewards through the presale window and is claimable when the token launches. Each project has a slightly different mechanic; check the staking dashboard linked from the presale page.

In most jurisdictions, the tax event happens when the token is delivered to your wallet (claim) or when you dispose of it (sell). Staking rewards are typically income at the moment of accrual. Rules vary — consult a local tax professional before filing.