# Cryptocurrency Airdrop **Published by:** [Julian Murphy](https://paragraph.com/@wasabiwaste/) **Published on:** 2021-12-08 **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@wasabiwaste/cryptocurrency-airdrop ## Content What Is a Cryptocurrency Airdrop?An airdrop, in the cryptocurrency business, is a marketing stunt that involves sending coins or tokens to wallet addresses in order to promote awareness of a new virtual currency. Small amounts of the new virtual currency are sent to the wallets of active members of the blockchain community for free or in return for a small service, such as retweeting a post sent by the company issuing the currency. ## Publication Information - [Julian Murphy](https://paragraph.com/@wasabiwaste/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@wasabiwaste/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@wasabiwaste): Subscribe to updates - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Murphy1301): Follow on Twitter