After 110k Bitcoin, it's also time for the Airdrop Renaissance.

Bitcoin hits a new all-time high, and Ethereum rises back above $2600. The overall market is steadily rising, and the airdrop interaction is also gradually entering a new era. In the past, airdropping almost meant a set process of "testnet launch - claiming airdrops - on-chain actions." However, the meaning of airdropping has now gradually transformed from interactive low-cost participation to a form of arbitrage, which can be broadly divided into three directions: "Classical School," "Exchange Airdrops," and "Mouth Airdrops."

This article will elaborate on these three airdrop directions.

Classical School

The Classical School more broadly refers to the traditional "direct interaction with projects," so this section introduces it in the form of a project inventory.

Virtuals

The latest airdrop $VIRGEN is a pure meme coin, so the AI Agent Launchpad based on this base might now consider removing AI and viewing it as a new platform instead.

Virtuals' reward mechanism has undergone a major update. They have introduced the "Virgen Point" scoring system, which encourages diamond hand behavior by staking $VIRTUAL, participating in Kaito Yap, holding/staking designated AI Agent tokens, and holding new project airdrops through four methods. Conversely, there are penalties for paper hands in the form of deductions.

If you have fewer points, you will receive a smaller allocation, and you may even miss out on new projects.

Pharos

On November 9, 2024, Pharos announced the completion of an $8 million seed round of financing. Participants in this round included Faction, Hack VC, SNZ Holding, Reforge, Dispersion Capital, Hash Global, Generative Ventures, Legend Star, MH Ventures, Zion, and Chorus One Ventures.

CEO Alex Zhang was previously the CEO of @zan_team, a Web3 technology company under the Ant Group, and also served as the CTO of AntChain. CTO Wish Wu was previously the CSO (Chief Security Officer) of @zan_team, a Web3 technology company under the Ant Group. CMO Laura Shen was previously the marketing lead for Solana Mobile and also served as the Crypto marketing lead at Paypal. Ecosystem Lead Aliu Musa has previously worked on ecosystem development at Celo and Arbitrum.

On March 6th this year, a testnet for developers went live, with the announcement of a $20 million ecosystem project incentive, targeting innovative projects in RWA/Payments, DeFi, as well as AI, DeSci, GameFi, and more.

Although $8 million in funding may not be much compared to some public chains that have raised tens of millions of dollars before, the $20 million ecosystem project incentive shows that Pharos is not lacking funds. In terms of partnerships, in April 2024, Pharos announced the open sourcing of the blockchain virtual machine DTVM developed in collaboration with AntChain from Ant Group's AntChain, Ant Group's supercomputing team, and maintains a partnership with the Web3 technology company @zan_team under Ant Group.

The testnet is currently live, and the interactive tutorial can be found in "How to Get Involved with Pharos, which Deeply Cooperates with AntChain?".

Ethos

Kaito's success sparked the concept of "Infofi," which, to put it simply, has provided a more direct and reliable channel for "traffic monetization" in the crypto world. Following Kaito, another popular project is Ethos.

Ethos is more like the crypto version of "Yelp," where users can give positive or negative reviews on project teams or individual players in the crypto space through this reputation network. In the future, this could become another way for project teams to screen potential partners.

Current participation requires an invitation code. Once successfully registered, completing daily evaluation tasks and actively engaging in peer reviews is required.

Blackhole

A new DEX supported by the AVAX Foundation (@BlackholeDex), has only revealed some innovative mechanisms so far, but it has been confirmed that there will be tokens and testing activities.

Oyl Wallet

On March 8, 2024, the Bitcoin infrastructure company Oyl completed a $3 million Pre-Seed funding round, with Arca leading the round. Other participants included Foresight Ventures, Arthur Hayes' family office Maelstrom, Domo, UTXO Management, Taproot Wizards CEO Udi Werthheimer, Kanosei, and FlamingoDAO.

The wallet is currently focused on a Bitcoin asset protocol called Alkanes, which can be considered one of the most active new protocols in the Bitcoin ecosystem. The Oyl wallet has an XP system, where depositing Bitcoin and related Bitcoin ecosystem assets allows users to earn XP. This XP may later be related to an airdrop of $DIESEL, an upcoming token from the official, and also the first to deploy on the Alkanes protocol.

MEET48

On April 4, 2025, MEET48, the world's first AI-Agent and AIUGC creator and fan economy ecosystem community focused on the entertainment sector within the global WEB3.0, announced the completion of a token funding round. The FDV valuation of the token round was $1 billion, with joint lead investment from Liang Xinjun, co-founder of Fosun Group, Hash Global, and HashKey Capital. Follow-on investors included Animoca, Infinity Labs, Promontory, Oak Grove, and several Web3 professionals. The new funds will be used to develop its team and related AI products.

After registering an account, users can participate in daily tasks and product experiences in the Task Center. There are rumors that they will soon have a TGE.

Trading Platform Rug Pull

In the past, the main way to acquire new coins on Binance was through methods such as staking BNB, FDUSD, and other tokens for mining, benefiting long-term BNB holders, and locking BNB while completing tasks. However, with the expansion of Binance's Web3 wallet business, Binance Alpha Points have become a new key airdrop acquisition channel. Since the launch of Binance Alpha Points in February of this year, if not missed any, single-order profits have exceeded 5000 U.

To efficiently earn Binance Alpha Points, please refer to the "Binance Profitability Guide: BNB Holders vs Alpha Points Holders, How to Maximize Earnings?".

Furthermore, OKX's recent actions are also worth noting. OKX's approach is currently different from Binance's, as it involves completing specified tasks to participate in whitelist allocation and then conducting a new listing on Meteora. The first project was Doodles' $DOOD, offering several times the returns. The second project is @soon_svm, and both projects have good quality. Since the final operation is conducted on Meteora, the listing process is likely to involve earning Meteora points through dual participation.

Mouthwatering

If you are unsure which projects to interact with, simply checking Kaito's watchlist is also a good option. Especially after conducting your own analysis on the projects listed on the watchlist and sharing your opinions, if a project gains popularity, you may unexpectedly reap rewards.

More and more Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) are participating deeply in Kaito or becoming project ambassadors to receive a larger share of airdrops. It feels somewhat nostalgic of the NFT era when serving as a Discord Mod, but the community is now more open, and it no longer operates as a small group of people monopolizing recommendations. Therefore, if you have excellent writing skills and unique perspectives, consider expressing them more on Twitter.