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Trump's Airdrop Unlock

gm Bankless Nation, the SEC is shutting down crypto investigations left and right while opening up the runways for crypto startups eager to launch tokens.
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Mar 5, 20253 min read
Trump's Airdrop Unlock
Published on Mar 5, 2025
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NEED TO KNOW
Pectra Upgrade Milestone
  1. 🔷 Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade Goes Live on Sepolia Testnet. Ethereum developers pushed the upgrade, which levels up accounts, blob space, and validator experience.
  2. 🤑 Jump Crypto Reviving Efforts in U.S. Market. The crypto trading giant is expanding efforts as the regulatory climate softens, CoinDesk reports.
  3. 💰 Early Solana Backer Foundation Capital Raises New $600M Fund. Crypto VCs are starting to bank new funds as enthusiasm returns to the U.S. crypto startup scene.
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Daily Market Snapshot: Markets shrugged off Tuesday's tariff bearishness as public market indexes climbed and crypto prices followed, with BTC inching back above $90K.
Prices as of 6pm ET 24hr 7d
Crypto $2.95T ↗ 1.8% ↗ 5.4%
BTC $90,563 ↗ 3.8% ↗ 7.9%
ETH $2,241 ↗ 3.3% ↘ 3.7%
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ANALYSIS
Which Crypto Airdrops Are Coming Next?
Bankless Author: Jack Inabinet

When it comes to crypto’s hottest airdrop opportunities, hunters can find themselves trapped in an endless loop, forced to continually seed wallets with fresh tokens, constantly engage with applications, and patiently wait (sometimes forever) for their favorite farms to bear fruit…

For years, regulatory uncertainty prevented many crypto companies from launching their own native tokens; ironically, these circumstances provided ideal growing conditions to cultivate the juiciest airdrops of all time!

Under newly inaugurated President Donald Trump, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pumped the brakes on many of its high-profile crypto enforcement actions. While the staff decisions made in many of the cases are not yet final, they collectively signal that U.S. financial regulators are working to provide a ruleset for digital asset issuance.

Today, we’re diving into five of crypto’s ripest airdrop opportunities that might finally drop in a newfound era of regulatory certainty. 🍑👇


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