Airdrops in 2026: the Monad, Berachain and Base scorecard
You still find articles about the "upcoming Monad and Berachain airdrops". Both already happened. Chasing those names is pointless now. Look instead at what the two drops paid and who got paid, then use that to judge the campaigns still running.
Monad, Berachain and Base: the results
| Network | Timing | Key figures | Lesson |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monad (MON) | Mainnet: 24 November 2025 | 289,000 eligible accounts; 3.33B MON claimed of 4.73B (≈ 70.4%); ≈ $105M distributed | Eligibility rewarded prior usage of other protocols more than testnet farming volume. |
| Berachain (BERA) | Mainnet: 6 February 2025 | ≈ 15.8% of supply distributed; BERA below $0.20 by late September 2026 | The pre-deposit vault model paid; raw transaction farming did not. |
| Base | No network token announced | Incentives issued by the applications built on Base | Farming a chain with no announced token means betting on a guess. |
Monad rewarded your onchain history
The MON claim portal ran from 14 October to 3 November 2025 across five tracks: Monad community members, onchain users, the wider crypto community, builders and contributors. In practice, a large share of allocations went to active users of major existing protocols and holders of recognised NFT collections. Wallets that already had a track record elsewhere got most of the tokens.
Of 4.73 billion MON available, 3.33 billion were claimed by about 289,000 accounts, 70.4 percent. Tokens sat in escrow and were released at mainnet launch on 24 November 2025, worth roughly $105 million. The opening price stayed close to the public sale price, which disappointed many speculators. A drop can be big in total dollars and still pay each recipient very little.
Berachain paid capital more than activity
Mainnet launched on 6 February 2025, with about 15.8 percent of the BERA supply handed out. Most of it went to Bong Bears NFT holders and partner projects; testnet users got far smaller amounts.
The token then lost most of its value: by late September 2026 BERA traded below $0.20 according to CoinMarketCap. Capital committed early paid off better than repeated transactions, and those who sold at launch did much better than those who held.
Base has no token (for now)
No network token has been announced for Base. There is still something to collect, because applications running on the chain hand out their own incentives regularly. So aim at an application that has announced a programme, and do not spend effort on the chain itself in the hope it launches a token one day.
Five questions before you farm a campaign
- Is a token announced, or only assumed? Without an explicit announcement, you have no way to estimate what the campaign is worth.
- How much capital, and for how long? Deposit models reward locked capital, so you accept contract risk and opportunity cost.
- What is the total cost, bridge and gas included? These fees often turn a small allocation into a loss, especially when the token drops after launch the way BERA did.
- Are the Sybil criteria published? If the protocol discloses its heuristics, adapt; if not, fall back on the general rules in our Sybil filters guide.
- Would you use the product without a token? If not, only go ahead when the expected value clearly exceeds your costs.
Where to find open campaigns
Our airdrop radar lists live campaigns and qualifies them daily: potential value, effort required, whether they are farmable, plus a check that the project site is still online. Start there instead of hunting for last year's big names. And sign your farming transactions from a separate device, as explained in our 2026 cold wallet comparison.
Frequently asked questions
Has the Monad airdrop already happened?
Yes. The MON claim portal opened on 14 October 2025 and closed on 3 November 2025, covering roughly 289,000 eligible accounts across five tracks. Of 4.73 billion MON made available, 3.33 billion were claimed, about 70.4 percent. Tokens were released at public mainnet launch on 24 November 2025, worth around $105 million, roughly 3 percent of total supply. Unclaimed tokens were reallocated to ecosystem development.
How much did the Berachain airdrop pay?
Berachain launched mainnet on 6 February 2025 and distributed about 15.8 percent of the BERA supply. Most of it went to Bong Bears NFT holders and partner projects, while testnet users received far smaller amounts. By late September 2026 BERA traded below $0.20 according to CoinMarketCap, so those who sold at launch did much better than those who held.
Will Base do an airdrop?
No network token has been announced for Base. Incentives do come out regularly, but the applications built on Base issue them, the chain itself does not. If you farm Base hoping for a network token, you are betting. If you farm its applications, you are working toward programmes that have been announced.
Is airdrop farming still profitable in 2026?
It can be, if you pick your campaigns carefully. Distributions are still large in dollar terms, but the average return has dropped: Sybil filters remove a large share of candidates, and more participants split the pot. Monad and Berachain both rewarded deployed capital and real usage more than repeated transaction volume.
Go further
This article is informational and is not investment advice. Past distributions say nothing about future ones, and interacting with unaudited contracts can cause total loss of the funds committed.
Sources: Monad Foundation's official "The MON Airdrop Results" post (10 November 2025), Decrypt and The Block coverage of the MON distribution, the official "Berachain Airdrop Overview" post, CCN coverage of the BERA distribution, CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko price data. Accessed 27 September 2026.