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Rank Project Total Value (at distribution) Recipients Year Significance
1

Uniswap (UNI)

$6.43 billion
62,000+
2020 Pivotal moment in DeFi Summer; established the standard for governance token airdrops
2

Hyperliquid (HYPE)

$10.84 billion
90,000+
2024 Potentially largest airdrop in history; redefined value expectations
3

Apecoin (APE)

$3.54 billion
BAYC/MAYC owners
2022 Bridged gap between NFTs and fungible tokens
4

Starknet (STRK)

$3.09 billion
1.3 million
2024 First major zero-knowledge rollup to distribute governance tokens
5

Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

Tens of billions
5.8 million
2017 One of earliest and most significant fork-based distributions
6

dYdX (DYDX)

$2.00 billion
Trading-based
2021 Set new standard for rewarding trading activity
7

Arbitrum (ARB)

$1.97 billion
Multiple tiers
2023 First major Layer 2 scaling solution to distribute tokens
8

Ethereum Name Service (ENS)

$1.88 billion
Domain owners
2021 Established model for rewarding genuine platform engagement
9

Aptos (APT)

$0.43 billion
Testnet users
2022 Pioneered substantial rewards for technical contributions to network testing
10

Notcoin (NOT)

$2.27 billion
35 million
2024 Pioneered ultra-simple mass adoption gaming mechanics