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The past few weeks on the Solana chain have been quite lively. The leading Solana project Jup announced the second batch of airdrops, and U.S. President Trump officially released his meme coin. This video mainly discusses that my column will add a new series, which is project insights, primarily to share with you some potential airdrop projects. Because in the next two years, the wealth effect of airdrops will be very significant. In recent months, a large amount of web2 funds has been pouring in, and many new projects have begun to launch, with financing often reaching tens of millions of dollars. The airdrop profits from many projects are also very considerable. Therefore, every now and then, I will filter out several high-quality projects with significant potential returns to share with everyone, including the currently popular new concepts of meme coins, such as AI agents, DeFi + AI, etc.
First, let's take a look at the Jup airdrop. This year is the second round of Jup's airdrop, with a total of 700 million tokens being airdropped. The key point to discuss below is how to position for next year's Jup. The airdrop strength of Jup is still very significant, and this kind of certain airdrop offers a very high cost-performance ratio.
When everyone is brushing the subsequent airdrops, there are a few points to pay attention to:
First, do not use bots for trading. You must trade on the Jup website, and try to avoid exchanging stablecoins for other stablecoins or swapping between Sol derivatives, as this will discount your points. The key is to increase your trading volume, and then you can proceed with normal interaction operations. Additionally, if Jup has community activities like voting this year, everyone can participate as there are also airdrop rewards.
So besides the Jup airdrop and Trump tokens, what other leading projects are about to issue airdrops?
The most noteworthy is definitely Xiong Chain. From its launch to now, it has been three years. The financing background is very strong, with nearly all well-known VC institutions in the industry investing in Xiong Chain, with total financing close to 150 million USD. The current project valuation is 1.5 billion USD. Xiong Chain is also an L1 blockchain. What makes it impressive? If Xiong Chain operates successfully, it will challenge even Ethereum’s position in the DeFi space. Existing applications on Ethereum can easily migrate to Xiong Chain, with higher efficiency, faster speed, and lower transaction fees. This is why Xiong Chain can attract so much financing. Although the project hasn’t explicitly stated when Xiong Chain will launch its mainnet, it is very likely to be in the first quarter of this year. Recently, it has started collaborations with many projects, including Binance, and has confirmed that there will be airdrops. Everyone can participate and also interact with its testnet, which has no cost, but it might be a bit competitive. You can watch for its airdrop.
Let me explain to everyone that whether it's Jup, Xiong Chain, or other projects that may issue airdrops, they will have some staking activities. If you want to participate in staking activities, make sure not to stake any altcoins, especially those that many KOLs are promoting.
Then you should definitely avoid staking. Most of those people have received money from the project party, and they may not even stake themselves; they are just collecting advertising fees. In a good market, the Matthew effect is very obvious. Those altcoins are likely to go to zero in a bull market. The project team is very likely to harvest the investors and then run away. If you see KOLs promoting you to spend money to stake such projects, just blacklist them.
If your capital is relatively small but you want to earn high returns in the crypto world, then do not stake. Capital liquidity is definitely more important and precious than the small interest earned from staking. If you have a lot of idle funds, and usually don’t have much time to invest in crypto, and just want stable returns from staking, choose mainstream coins like BTC, SOL, etc. Ethereum has not performed very well so far, but the current price level is a good buying opportunity. However, I estimate that when Ethereum hits a new high, it will likely be when this bull market ends. These are some issues to consider when participating in staking activities. Let's continue to discuss other projects.
The next project is Monad. Okx, Coinbase, and HTX have all invested in it, with a total financing amount of 250 million USD. It is also a Layer 1 project compatible with Ethereum, technically innovative, supporting parallel processing of multiple transactions, achieving a throughput of 10,000 transactions per second, which is 500 times faster than Ethereum. Its testnet is already online, and the mainnet is expected to launch in the first quarter. Everyone can interact with it to watch for its airdrop.
The third one is Story. The status of Story can be said to be on par with Xiong Chain; its financing has also exceeded 100 million USD. It is an L1 project managing IPs. To give you an example of its main use: if you create a painting and register your work on this platform, if someone wants to use your painting to make money, you will receive a portion of the earnings. Story fully utilizes the advantages of blockchain technology, and its financing background and the team behind it are very strong. It has also collaborated with some mainstream exchanges, and its platform token will be listed on some large exchanges. However, its testnet has almost finished, and for those who haven't caught up, you can watch for its airdrop through the Binance Web3 wallet. I will inform everyone about new activities from Story in the future.
Finally, we have content about meme coins. Originally, the concept coin of AI agents was the mainstream, but with the Trump couple launching their coin, it disrupted the previous market order, shifting from AI concept coins to celebrity coins, leading to an increase in scams. However, I believe that once this wave of Trump passes, funds will still flow back into the AI sector, where there are still many good AI memes.
Here’s a website for everyone, Cook.fun. This site collects data on all the AI concept coins currently on the market, including their market cap rankings, price changes, and other related data. It’s free to use, and you don’t need to sign up for a membership. However, be cautious when connecting your wallet, as this site has only recently been launched. If you need to connect your wallet, try to create a new wallet.
