Jupiter Set to Drop $630 Million Worth of JUP in Solana Airdrop Claim
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JUP, the native token of the Solana-based decentralized exchange aggregator Jupiter, has fallen by 3% in the last 24 hours to a current price of $0.90 as the platform prepares to open its latest airdrop claim. The token has dropped 25% from its local high price of $1.20 as the token jumped over the weekend as decentralized exchange—or DEX—trading volumes exploded. Solana DEXs more than tripled their previous weekly marks according to DefiLlama, boosted by the launch of President Donald Trump’s Solana meme coin. After announcing its airdrop eligibility checker last week, Jupiter signaled early Tuesday that it will open claims for its latest airdrop on Wednesday, January 22 at 10:30am ET. quick tips: – you’ll have 3 months to claim. don’t rush. solana may be congested, gas can be expensive – if you were marked as a sybil or a bot, you can appeal your decision after Jan 27th – you must create a Jupuary profile to claim – you must claim each wallet individually — Jupiter 🪐 (@JupiterExchange) January 21, 2025 Approximately 2 million eligible wallets across three separate buckets of users will be able to claim a share of 700 million total JUP tokens, worth $630 million at current prices. But Jupiter is urging users to take caution, suggesting that “Solana may be congested” and “gas can be expensive,” and indicating that eligible wallets will have up to three months to claim their tokens—so there’s no rush. In order to do so, users will be required to create a Jupiter profile which requires use of an email address. Users with more than one eligible wallet will be required to claim each one individually. This latest Jupuary airdrop was confirmed via a passed DAO proposal, which achieved the support of more than 87% of voters who agreed to…
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