Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson launched a venture-free token distribution across eight blockchains, including the XRP Ledger, with the goal of ending "crypto tribalism."

At the Consensus 2025 conference in Toronto, Hoskinson reiterated the groundbreaking airdrop, dubbed Glacier Drop, as part of the launch of Midnight, Cardano's upcoming privacy-focused sidechain.

The airdrop will target 37 million addresses across eight major blockchains, including holders of XRP, Bitcoin, and Cardano itself. Glacier Drop will distribute two native Midnight tokens: NIGHT, a governance token, and DUST, for private transactions.