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Ondo Perps Points Live, Paradex Claim Closing Soon - Airdrop Alpha

Jul 29, 2026
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- 1inch launches Aqua liquidity layer
- Ondo launches Ondo Network
- Multisig launches timelocked vaults
- Altura redemption funds frozen by bank
- Strategy buys back $25M of STRC shares


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Airdrop Claims 🪂:

Paradex ($DIME) — TAP Claim (~1 Week Left)

Zero-fee perps/options/spot DEX with ZK-encrypted trading on its own L2, incubated by Paradigm. TAP claim (1% of $DIME to affiliates/referrals) closes ~August 4 — check app.paradex.trade/referrals/tap if you have referral history. Main genesis airdrop (~25% supply) already distributed in March.

Ongoing — XP Season 3: 4M XP weekly among ~3–4k active wallets, earned via trading volume, OI time, maker activity, and referrals. Zero-fee trading makes it low-friction to farm, but no confirmed token allocation tied to it yet.

Official link: app.paradex.trade
⚠️ TAP claim matters if you have affiliate/referral history — otherwise ignore. Season 3 XP has no confirmed token allocation — currently a loyalty metric with possible future value. $DIME has traded soft since TGE (~$0.01, well below March ATH). Leverage on perps/options carries liquidation risk. Only use official app.paradex.trade.

Lombard Finance ($BARD) — Season 3 Lux Claim

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Bitcoin liquid staking protocol backed by Polychain Capital ($16M seed), with Franklin Templeton and OKX also participating. Season 3 Lux Points (18 March – 23 July, now closed) allocated 1% of $BARD supply to active LBTC/BTC.b deployers — passive holding didn’t count this round.

Claims are open now at claim.lombard.finance across Ethereum, Sui, and Solana wallets. Minimum claim reported around 15 $BARD. Unclaimed tokens typically return to the ecosystem fund after ~90 days.

For ongoing yield without waiting for a new season: some products like Bitcoin Earn now pay liquid $BARD rewards every 8 hours via Merkl instead of season-end distributions.

Official link: claim.lombard.finance
⚠️ This is a claim window, not a new farming opportunity — Season 3 is closed to new participants. No Season 4 announced yet. $BARD has seen significant drawdown from ATH (~$0.11–0.13 currently, ~$40M market cap). Bridge and multi-chain smart-contract risk applies across supported networks. Missed claims are permanently lost after ~90 days. Only use the official claim.lombard.finance.

⚠️DISCLAIMER NOTICE⚠️ A note before the next section:
  • New protocols often carry the most attractive airdrop odds, early TVL, thin points competition, and generous multipliers. But that same immaturity is exactly what makes them risky.

  • Smart-contract exploits, depegs, insolvent yield strategies, and outright project failure happen disproportionately in a protocol’s first 3–6 months (we’ve seen it play out with Dango and others in this very letter). Nothing here has a multi-year track record.

  • Treat every entry below as capital-at-risk, not “free points”. Size positions like you could lose them entirely, and never deposit more than you’re fully prepared to write off.


Airdrop Updates & Opportunities

Ondo Perps — Ondo Points Live

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Perpetual futures platform for U.S. stocks, ETFs, and commodities with up to 20x leverage, powered by Ondo Finance’s RWA infrastructure. Distinctive feature: tokenized Ondo Stocks (SPYon, QQQon, etc.) can be used as productive collateral for positions. Available to non-US users only.

Ondo Points program is live, managed by the Ondo Foundation — 5M fixed points distributed weekly, weighted by trading volume and open interest. First distribution already occurred based on activity since June 2.

Check your balance at app.ondoperps.xyz/points. On top of points, weekly USDC trading reward pools are running (~$150–175K recently, with allocations to specific markets like GOOGL and TSLA), plus a 10% referral fee share.

Points are a separate Ondo Foundation loyalty mechanism (not a dedicated Perps token) redeemable in periodic claim windows — no fixed conversion rate confirmed. The fixed weekly pool means earlier consistent activity captures a larger relative share before more traders join.

Official link: ondoperps.xyz
⚠️ Standard perp risks apply — 20x leverage on equities/commodities means small adverse moves trigger liquidation quickly. Not available in the US, Panama, or other restricted jurisdictions. Points have no confirmed conversion rate or guaranteed token allocation — value depends entirely on future Foundation claim windows. Platform is relatively new with liquidity still developing versus established perp venues. Treat points as a bonus on top of actual trading P&L, not the primary reason to trade.

SushiSwap Perps ($SUSHI) — Season 1 Ends July 31

Sushi Perps (v2, powered by Hyperliquid) Season 1 points program closes July 31 — only ~3 days left. Points earned from perp trading volume convert proportionally into $SUSHI post-deadline. 8 tiers with multipliers — reaching a higher tier retroactively applies that multiplier to all points earned during the entire season, so a late volume push can still meaningfully boost your total. Early traders retain a lasting multiplier advantage.

Check your current tier and points at sushi.com/perps immediately. If you already trade perps or can run volume without heavy losses, this is the last window to maximize final points and push into a higher tier before the deadline.

⚠️ Extremely short window — not worth starting from zero with large size unless you have a low-cost or profitable strategy already. Perp trading carries leverage and liquidation risk. Exact $SUSHI allocation size for Season 1 hasn’t been detailed publicly beyond “points convert into $SUSHI.” Expect high competition in the final days as volume chases the deadline. Watch @SushiSwap for the official snapshot/claim announcement after July 31.

Urgent — Not an Airdrop, Withdrawal Warning ⚠️

Dango — Project Shutting Down ⚠

No token was ever launched, and the previously teased $DNG TGE (which had a live points program feeding into a rumored ~50% community allocation) will not happen. All points farming is cancelled — nothing converts, nothing claims.

If you have any funds, positions, or vault deposits on Dango, act now:

  1. Close positions and withdraw immediately — don’t wait for the rush.

  2. Trading halts Wednesday, July 29, 12:00 UTC — remaining positions force-close at oracle price, DLP vaults unlock, balances convert to USDC in spot accounts.

  3. Full L1 shutdown is Wednesday, August 13, 12:00 UTC — any deposits still remaining after this get refunded to your original Ethereum deposit address.


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