The 5 Biggest Cryptocurrency Airdrops of 2025

Source: PortaldoBitcoin Original Title: The 5 Largest Cryptocurrency Airdrops of 2025 Original Link: https://portaldobitcoin.uol.com.br/os-5-maiores-airdrops-de-criptomoedas-de-2025/ Cryptocurrency airdrops provided a significant boost to users in 2024, granting them over US$ 19 billion at record prices.

But 2025 was a different story, even with major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum reaching new all-time highs. There were fewer high-profile token airdrops throughout the year, and the maximum gains were not as impressive this time.

Still, the top five cryptocurrency airdrops accounted for US$ 4.5 billion in “free money” for users at peak prices.

Story Protocol

Story Protocol launched its first-layer network and intellectual property token in February, aiming to disrupt the “rent-seeking intermediaries” that exist in the traditional intellectual property world.

As part of its launch, the protocol distributed about 10% of its IP token — approximately 100 million tokens — to its community and early users via an airdrop.

These tokens, valued at around US$ 171 million on December 15, peaked at over US$ 1.4 billion in September, when the IP token reached a new all-time high of US$ 14.78. Since then, however, the token has fallen nearly 89%, trading around US$ 1.71.

The network raised US$ 80 million in 2024 to help revolutionize the IP world in the AI era.

Berachain

The Berachain proof-of-liquidity network rewarded its NFT holders and other community participants with about 79 million BERA tokens after launching its innovative first-layer network in February.

At its peak, the tokens were worth more than US$ 1.17 billion, based on the all-time high price of US$ 14.83 per BERA token.

Unfortunately for BERA token holders, the all-time high was reached shortly after launch, and the token has been declining since, with a devaluation of nearly 96% since February, trading at US$ 0.67 on December 15.

The layer 1 network had previously raised US$ 100 million to build an EVM-compatible competitor for Ethereum and Solana.

Jupiter

The Solana-based DEX aggregator, Jupiter, rewarded its users with another airdrop in January. This time, Jupiter awarded three different user groups a total of 700 million JUP tokens.

At the post-airdrop peak on January 27, user tokens were worth about US$ 791 million, based on the price of US$ 1.13 per JUP token.

This amount is lower than last year, when the protocol distributed 1 billion JUP tokens, valued at up to US$ 2 billion, when Jupiter’s all-time high price was US$ 2 on January 31, 2024.

Additionally, Jupiter DAO has approved the distribution of another 700 million JUP tokens to eligible participants in January 2026 — but this only amounts to US$ 133 million as of December 15, well below previous distribution peaks when JUP was traded at US$ 0.19, 90% below its all-time high.

Animecoin

Animecoin (ANIME), a team token behind the Ethereum-based NFT collection Azuki, was launched on Arbitrum in January.

Described as a cultural currency aimed at aligning incentives for anime fans worldwide, the token provided 39.5% of the supply, or 3.95 billion tokens, to Azuki ecosystem NFT holders and partner communities at launch.

At its peak, the tokens were valued at around US$ 711 million, with the all-time high of ANIME around US$ 0.18.

The airdrop announcement caused a brief spike in the Azuki NFT collection’s price, raising the floor price to US$ 41,505 on January 13. But since then, the main project has fallen to just US$ 2,139 on December 15, a decline of nearly 95%.

Similarly, ANIME was trading at just US$ 0.006 on December 15 — about 97% below its all-time high.

Linea

Linea, Ethereum’s second-layer scaling network, allocated 10% of its native token LINEA supply, or about 7.2 billion tokens, to early investors.

A certain platform added another 2.1 billion tokens to other users as part of its LINEA token airdrop, ultimately granting 9.36 billion LINEA tokens to nearly 750,000 eligible addresses.

At its peak, this value reached around US$ 437 million, based on the all-time high of US$ 0.046 per LINEA token.

Another 75% of the token supply is reserved for network participants in the coming years, but LINEA has fallen about 85% since its peak, recently trading around US$ 0.0067 on December 15.

Honorable Mentions

The InfoFi Kaito platform awarded 12%, or about 120 million KAITO tokens, to eligible users of a certain platform and its initial community as part of a February airdrop.

This resulted in a maximum airdrop reward of over US$ 345 million, based on the all-time high price of US$ 2.88 per KAITO token at the end of February. These tokens would be worth only US$ 64 million on December 15, as KAITO was quoted at US$ 0.54 — an 81% drop from its all-time high.

The highly anticipated launch of Monad’s first-layer network and MON token occurred in November. The community airdrop distributed 3.3 billion MON tokens, valued at over US$ 162 million, with a maximum price of US$ 0.048. The network token was also offered to users of a compliance platform as part of its initial token sale.

Finally, the Solana liquidity protocol Meteora reserved 15% of its MET tokens as part of its token generation event and innovative airdrop mechanism, which allowed users to earn tokens as part of its incentive mechanism. At its peak, these 150 million tokens were worth about US$ 103 million.