Binance HODLer air drop launches the 35th project — Somnia (SOMI), a project based on a high-performance EVM-compatible Layer1 blockchain, focused on promoting large-scale consumer applications such as games, entertainment, and the metaverse.
Binance once again chooses to reward users through BNB holdings. Users who purchase capital-protected or on-chain earning products with BNB between August 12 and August 16, 2025, will automatically qualify for the retrospective air drop of SOMI tokens. This model of 'no extra operation, benefits from holdings' not only simplifies the user participation process but also deepens the core position of BNB in the Binance ecosystem. The era of dividends for BNB holders has truly arrived.
Binance HODLer will airdrop 30 million SOMI, accounting for 3% of the maximum supply of the token. Additionally, $SOMI will also be listed on Binance on September 2nd at 22:30 (UTC+8), and the SOMI recharge channel will open on September 1, 2025, at 19:00 (UTC+8).
Somnia @Somnia_Network is a high-performance Layer 1 public chain fully compatible with EVM, focusing on high throughput and low latency. It is jointly developed by Improbable and Somnia Foundation and has received over $270 million in committed investments, aiming to build an open and highly unified virtual society. Its technical architecture includes several innovations: MultiStream Consensus separates data generation from consensus to avoid single-point bottlenecks and achieve bandwidth symmetry; instruction-level parallel EVM splits transactions into independent instruction sets and utilizes multithreading execution to significantly improve processing efficiency; the self-developed IceDB database engine compresses average read and write times to 15-100 nanoseconds, providing underlying support for high-throughput scenarios.
These technical features enable Somnia to support processing capabilities of over 1 million TPS and achieve sub-second transaction finality. This represents a fundamental enhancement in user experience for fully on-chain games, real-time social applications, and metaverse scenarios. Currently, the Somnia testnet has processed over 10 billion transactions in six months, attracting 118 million independent wallet addresses to participate, with a daily peak of 1.9 billion transactions. At the time of mainnet launch, its ecosystem will cover over 70 active projects across various fields including gaming, DeFi, AI, and SocialFi.
This Binance HODLer airdrop of Somnia (SOMI) adopts a "retroactive" distribution mechanism. Users do not need to operate frequently; they only need to hold BNB and subscribe to earning products during the designated period, and the system will automatically calculate the airdrop share through historical snapshots. This design not only reduces the participation cost for users but also transforms airdrops into a passive asset appreciation method. It further ensures the fairness of allocation and avoids monopolization of profits by large holders. For ordinary users, as long as they hold BNB and participate in financial projects, they can continuously capture early dividends from emerging projects.
$BNB is no longer just a simple platform token, but a practical asset that runs through the entire Binance ecosystem. Users holding BNB can enjoy discounts on trading fees, with spot and margin trading fees as low as 75%, and contract trading can be as low as 90%. More importantly, BNB is a pass for participating in a series of profit-earning activities such as Launchpool, Megadrop, and HODLer airdrops. According to official Binance data, users can automatically receive three types of airdrop opportunities just by subscribing to BNB principal-protected earning products: new tokens from Launchpool, historical snapshot rewards from HODLer airdrops, and doubling rewards obtained through Web3 wallets in Megadrop.
As of now, Binance has cumulatively airdropped tokens worth $4 billion, with an average cumulative airdrop value of $342.23 for each BNB, covering more than 111 projects. This mechanism not only lowers the entry threshold for users but also transforms BNB from a simple asset into an amplifier of ecological benefits. (For details, see: https://www.binance.com/zh-CN/bnb)
This Somnia airdrop is not just a simple token distribution, but another classic example of value circulation between the Binance ecosystem and quality projects. On one hand, BNB holders gain early exposure to high-potential projects through airdrops; on the other hand, Somnia rapidly builds community consensus leveraging Binance's traffic and reputation. From the perspective of token economic models, SOMI adopts a deflationary mechanism linked to usage: 50% of the gas fees are allocated to validators, and the other 50% are burned. This means that as the ecosystem scales, the token may enter a deflationary trajectory, making future price increases promising.
From the market outlook, the track where Somnia is located—high-performance blockchain supporting the metaverse and open virtual society—is witnessing structural opportunities. Currently, the metaverse ecosystem remains highly fragmented, and user experience is limited by transaction delays and cost issues. Somnia's technical features precisely address these pain points, and its strong funding and technical support further enhance the project's certainty.
This airdrop shows us that BNB, as the core vehicle of the Binance ecosystem, is continuously transforming platform dividends into user benefits. Whether it is fee discounts, investment income, or airdrop rewards, its essence is to deeply bind ecological growth with personal asset appreciation.
For users, the key may not be to chase every airdrop, but to understand the composite value of BNB in the ecosystem. As a seasoned trader said: "Holding BNB is not betting on a token, but investing in the entire Binance ecosystem."
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