Author: Biteye Core Contributor Viee
From Launchpool mining to Megadrop, HODLer airdrops, and the highly anticipated Web3 wallet TGE activities and Alpha airdrops under the Alpha points system, Binance continues to iterate its money-making effects, providing opportunities for users with different risk preferences and capital volumes. However, faced with an endless stream of new activities, most retail investors often feel overwhelmed and unsure where to start. This article aims to thoroughly analyze the four mainstream money-making activities currently offered by Binance - Binance Wallet Alpha Airdrops/TGE, Launchpool, HODLer Airdrops, and Megadrop, detailing the core rules, participation processes, and latest earnings for each activity. More importantly, this article will ultimately summarize the specific money-making paths and techniques under two core strategies: "Steadily Holding BNB" and "Actively Brushing Alpha Points", helping everyone efficiently mine in the Binance ecosystem and maximize returns. [The rest of the translation follows the same professional and accurate approach, maintaining the original structure and technical terminology.]- BNB Long-term Holders: Investing BNB in the BNB pool is a natural choice, achieving "multiple benefits" (enjoying BNB's potential price appreciation + mining rewards).
- Conservative Investors: Prioritize the FDUSD pool, followed by the USDC pool.
- Large Capital Investors: Can appropriately diversify across different pools or dynamically adjust based on each pool's APY.
IV. HODLer Airdrop: Exclusive Benefits for BNB Holders
HODLer Airdrop is a passive benefit mechanism designed by Binance specifically for long-term BNB holders. Users only need to hold BNB and subscribe to Binance Earn's current or fixed-term products to have the opportunity to receive airdrop tokens from new projects.
4.1 Core Rules and Participation Process
Users deposit BNB into Binance's principal-protected financial products (including fixed or current financial products, or on-chain yield products). Binance will take random snapshots of BNB holdings during the event period and distribute corresponding quantities of new coin airdrops based on the holding amount. This mechanism ensures that holders can share the benefits of new project launches without frequent operations. The process is as follows:
4.2 Earnings Analysis
Meanwhile, Binance's HODLer Airdrop activity has brought continuous and considerable "passive income" to long-term BNB holders. In the earnings calculation below, calculated at the closing price on the airdrop day, the BERA project achieved an amazing 328.5% APY, while KAITO and LAYER projects reached 107.0% and 106.1% APY respectively; even recent projects like SIGN achieved 55.9% APY. HODLer Airdrop is not just a small probability surprise, but an effective way to substantially improve the comprehensive return rate of holding coins, further strengthening the value perception of BNB as a "golden shovel".
V. Megadrop: BNB Lockup + Web3 Task Combination Gameplay
Binance Megadrop is a new token issuance platform that combines BNB lockup (through Binance Earn fixed-term products) and Web3 tasks (through Binance Web3 wallet). It can be viewed as Binance's version of "interactive airdrop": on one hand, users need to lock a certain amount of BNB in fixed-term financial products, and on the other hand, they need to complete specified on-chain tasks using Binance's built-in Web3 wallet, with both factors determining the final airdrop allocation.
5.1 Core Rules and Participation Process
Megadrop allocates rewards through points, with each user's airdrop quantity proportional to their point share. Points consist of two parts:
- BNB Lockup Points: Users subscribe to fixed-term financial products for BNB, and the system calculates points based on lockup amount and duration. The more and longer you lock, the higher the points.
- Web3 Task Points and Bonus: Users must complete project-related on-chain tasks in the Binance wallet (usually interacting with project DApps, bridging assets, etc.). Completing all specified tasks earns a fixed base point reward and task completion multiplier bonus.
- Total Score = (Locked BNB Score * Web3 Task Multiplier) + Web3 Task Reward.
5.2 Earnings Analysis
The table below calculates the earnings rate for two Megadrop periods this year. From the historical data of SOLV and KERNEL, completing Web3 tasks can enhance the final token rewards and APY bonus. Even without BNB staking, one can obtain minimum guaranteed returns by doing tasks.
VI. Summary - Two Core Strategies to Help Retail Investors Efficiently Mine Profits
Facing Binance's diverse earning activities, users can choose their core strategy based on their capital situation, risk preference, time and effort, and value judgment of BNB.
The following summarizes two mainstream strategies and their profit paths:
6.1 Strategy One: Steady BNB Holding, Not Fond of Farming Points
Applicable Users: Suitable for those who are optimistic about BNB's long-term value, willing to hold medium to long-term, and not keen on spending time and effort farming alpha points.
Main Income Sources:
- Launchpool Mining: Participate in new coin mining with held BNB, obtaining free token rewards.
- HODLer Airdrop: Deposit BNB in Binance Earn financial products, passively receiving irregular airdrops.
- Megadrop Tasks: Use held BNB to participate in Megadrop activities, lock up some BNB and complete tasks to get project pre-launch airdrops.
- BNB Appreciation and Others: Besides these "additional earnings", BNB as Binance ecosystem's core asset, its long-term price increase also brings capital gains to holders. Additionally, holding BNB provides trading fee discount benefits.
- Combination Reference Path: Deposit most BNB in BNB Vault (or simple Earn current product), so BNB earns daily interest and can be used for Launchpool and Megadrop. When Launchpool starts, directly stake mining from Vault. These BNB still count in HODLer snapshots, not affecting subsequent airdrops. When Megadrop occurs, transfer part of BNB to fixed-term (over 30 days) to earn more points, while completing all tasks in BNB wallet. After receiving tokens, unlock BNB back to Vault. Repeat this cycle to achieve three-pronged profits from one BNB: regular interest + airdrops, harvesting new coins during Launchpool, doing tasks for extra coins during Megadrop.
6.2 Strategy Two: "Farming" Binance Alpha Points, No or Minimal BNB Holding
Applicable Users: This strategy suits those with little or no BNB, but willing to gain returns through frequent operations and small capital investment. In other words, the so-called "Alpha Points Party" - targeting space airdrops by actively farming points.
Main Income Sources:
- Alpha Airdrop: By farming high Alpha points, preemptively meeting various project Alpha airdrop and TGE qualification requirements, with a possibility of earning over a thousand dollars in airdrops within a month. However, it requires constant attention to rule threshold changes, and returns are uncertain.
- Secondary Market Arbitrage: Some airdropped tokens, if the project looks promising, can be held for a period and sold when prices rise for higher returns.
- Expected Cost and Earnings: Based on current market conditions, 200 points can cover most Alpha airdrop qualifications within a month, though sometimes requirements exceed 200 points. Assuming 9-10 airdrops that month, each worth 60u, totaling around 540-600u in earnings, which covers farming costs (around 40u). Encountering a big airdrop like NXPC could boost single project earnings to over 500u.
6.3 Strategy Three: Getting All Benefits, Holding BNB While Farming Alpha Points
For most retail investors, moderately combining these two strategies might be the optimal choice. For example, use part of the funds for long-term BNB holding as a "ballast", enjoying its steady appreciation and basic benefits; simultaneously, use another part of effort to learn and participate in Alpha points-related activities for higher returns. Enjoy ecosystem dividends by holding some BNB while using spare money to farm Alpha points and chase airdrops, getting benefits from both sides.
