In 2024, projects distributed $14.91 billion worth of tokens to crypto users through airdrops

PANews reported on January 4 that according to on-chain analysis by crypto aggregator Dropstab, projects distributed $14.91 billion to crypto users through a series of airdrop activities in 2024. At the top of the airdrop distribution list is Hyperliquid, with more than 90,000 users of the platform receiving $1.34 billion in airdrops. Following closely behind was Starknet, with 1.3 million addresses receiving an airdrop of 700 million tokens worth $1.33 billion. Pengu’s $1.15 billion airdrop, Wormhole’s $896 million airdrop, and Jupiter’s $891 million airdrop have become the top five airdrop projects with the highest returns in 2024.

Of the US$14.91 billion released through airdrops, US$4.22 billion (28.3%) was released in the L2 field, US$3.31 billion (22.2%) was released in the DeFi field, and US$2.63 billion (17.6%) was released in the L1 field. Games and memes, liquid staking and artificial intelligence (AI) projects issued tokens worth US$2.28 billion, US$1.27 billion and US$373 million respectively.