What happens when the free "crypto" airdrop you got is now worth $300,000. Surprised, right?

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Over the years, Airdrops has become a marketing strategy crypto companies use to incentivize their early users, increase brand attention & create buzz on social media. Though its fame has been on a losing streak, many crypto projects still use airdrops to reward fan loyalty.

Airdrops are free crypto tokens or coins directly distributed to a large number of wallet addresses of people who do a set of tasks that will promote a crypto new project, token or technology.

Thousands of airdrops have been distributed over time & Its important to know legit airdrops never ask for any type of investment, but Here are The 5 Biggest Airdrops In History

  1. DECRED: When their airdrop campaign ended in january 2016, they airdropped 258 DCR to over 3,000 participants. DCR had an all time high of $247 in 2021 which means the airdrop was once worth $64,000

  2. OYSTER: Oyster pearl released an exclusive airdrop in 2017 that shocked their fans. Each lucky participant got over 2,227 PRL which means at its peak, the airdrop value was over $1000

  3. MINEREUM: A total of 32,000 MNE tokens were airdropped to wallets and no one could believe it when it peaked making them $300,000 richer

  4. STELLAR: In June 2017, stellar gave 19 billion XLM tokens for free to each btc holder. It was 1000 XLM tokens per 1 bitcoin and in November 2018, the stellar team decided to announce their intention to hold the record for the largest airdrop in history by airdropping $125,000,000 worth of XLM Tokens.

  5. BITTORENT: 100 billion BTT TOKENS have been airdropped to trx holders little by little since 2019 and will be up until 2025. BTT had it's peak price in 2019 but it was far less than a penny, though no one can predict its next move, its impossible to deny its potential for profit in case there is a surge in the price due to the bull run. Smells like free money.

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