On Tuesday, January 6th, Brevis (BREV) airdropped tokens. It is a zero-knowledge proof platform established in 2023, with a funding of 7.5 million USD and a latest valuation of 80 million USD. Backed by YZI Labs, the investment arm of a leading exchange, the project has quite a strong background — Ethereum founder Vitalik has interacted publicly, the Ethereum official account issued a support statement, and well-known analyst Tom Lee also retweeted and liked it.

The airdrop started at 20:00 for claiming, with Alpha users of a major exchange getting early access, community members at 21:00, and spot trading at 22:00. This is the first spot airdrop in 39 days, and the recent pace has been really tight. How the cutoff scores will go depends mainly on how many shares the project team allocates. Honestly, these days the airdrops are so intense that many people have already maxed out their scores. Yesterday, the ESIM project hit a new high of 257 points, but each claim was only worth about $50. The rules are now very strict — high scores guarantee at least break-even, with little suspense or participation sense, making it increasingly less interesting.

How much can the airdrop yield actually earn? It mainly depends on three variables: how many tokens the project team is willing to release, how many shares the platform can distribute, and whether the project team will manipulate the market later. Sometimes, projects with no background or just a blank slate can unexpectedly gain, as a market maker pushes the price, leading to surprising gains. Since Brevis has such a strong funding background and clear project positioning, it might serve as a sample. They also have a foundational on-chain component, and we’ll see how many tokens can be generated — just wait and watch.