Ask ten people for a crypto airdrop definition today, and you will get ten different answers. Free tokens for wallet holders. Points programs that take six months of grinding. Retroactive rewards for early users. Raffles. Testnet campaigns....
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The Years That Didn’t Go as Planned: AirdropAlert in the First Airdrop Bear Market
It's Sunday again. We just celebrated 9 years of AirdropAlert this summer, so while I'm floating in the pool with a nice lemonade, I'm thinking back on the good old days. But also on the first airdrop bear market, and the days that didn't go as...
The Nijmegen Bitcoin Story: How One Poker Scene Became an Early Hub
It's Sunday, and sometimes we like to go into story mode on Sundays. Light reads for those of you who are interested in the journey behind the platform. Last time we covered the AirdropAlert origin story. Today we go back even further, to the...
NVIDIA Tokenized Stock: The Forced Sale That Cost Me a 180x
Last year, an old friend sent me a message that I've been thinking about ever since. The NVIDIA reminder He's a good sport about it. What he doesn't know is the part of the story I've never told anyone: I didn't just recommend NVIDIA. I bought it....
The AirdropAlert Origin Story: How We Accidentally Built an Industry
It's a bear market. The World Cup is nearly over. And I'm on a solo trip in Iceland, staring at waterfalls with no charts open for once. Funny detail: Iceland is where airdrop history began. Back in March 2014, Auroracoin distributed tokens to...
Bitcoin Sushi: The 4 BTC I Spent on Dinner (And Don’t Regret)
Most of our loyal readers know this already.I bought Bitcoin in 2013. Back then, I was that guy. The annoying one. The enthusiastic one. The one who wouldn’t shut up about Bitcoin. In one year, I must have told at least 300 people about it. Almost...
The Trader Who Survived Four Crypto Market Cycles
Most people meet crypto during a bull market.Very few survive long enough to see it repeat. I’ve lived through four crypto market cycles now.Not reading about them.Not trading one and disappearing. Actually staying. Each cycle felt completely...
AirdropAlert Memories: How it All Started in 2017
In June 2017, when Bitcoin was experiencing its rollercoaster ride at $2,500, and Ethereum was sitting at around $200, the idea for AirdropAlert.com was born. Back then, the concept of crypto airdrops wasn’t as widespread as it is now. But let's...
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