New Year, New Airdrop Hunts
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- ‼️ Zcash Dev Team Resigns After Board Clash. Electric Coin Company's full staff resigned over governance issues, leaving Zcash's future uncertain.
- 💰 SharpLink Deploys $170M ETH to Linea Network. The major ETH DATCo declared it would begin deploying ETH to Linea back in October.
- 🏦 Morgan Stanley Sets Sights on Crypto with Proprietary Wallet Plans. The major bank continues to be a first mover in its class when it comes to crypto.
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Crypto $3.10T | ↘ 1.0% | ↗ 3.4% |
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BTC $91,196 | ↗ 0.2% | ↗ 3.3% |
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ETH $3,117 | ↘ 1.0% | ↗ 4.4% |
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New year, new airdrops.
Kick off 2026 right with this newsletter, a curated guide that spotlights 5 of this year’s hottest early airdrop opportunities worth hunting right now.
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Today, we’re recommending 5 airdrops for January 2026. 👇
🔮 predict.fun
Predict.fun is a BNB-based prediction market that allows speculators to bet on the future outcomes of an event. Although extremely similar in design to leading prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi, predict.fun sets itself apart through backing from YZiLabs.
Formerly known as Binance Labs, YZiLabs is the $10B+ family office of Binance co-founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao. The firm carries significant clout within the crypto industry, and as demonstrated by Aster’s momentary overtake of Hyperliquid, YZiLabs’ backing can command hefty valuation premiums and generate immediate user interest in new applications.
Predict.fun has an ongoing Predict Points rewards program, which rewards users with 10M points per week for “market making” (placing limit buy/sell orders that get filled), holding positions in open interest markets, correctly predicting market outcomes, and referring others to the platform. Although unconfirmed at this time, it is likely these points will convert into liquid tokens at a future date.