{"id":75948,"date":"2023-03-21T18:36:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=75948"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:33:56","slug":"users-move-8m-in-assets-to-the-zksync-network-in-anticipation-of-an-airdrop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/users-move-8m-in-assets-to-the-zksync-network-in-anticipation-of-an-airdrop\/","title":{"rendered":"Users move $8m in assets to the zkSync network in anticipation of an airdrop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past week, crypto enthusiasts moved assets worth about $8m into the zkSync blockchain in anticipation of a potential<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-airdrop\"> airdrop<\/a>. As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2023\/03\/21\/crypto-users-bridge-millions-to-zksync-blockchain-in-hopes-of-token-airdrop\/\">CoinDesk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among strategies mentioned on Twitter to increase the chances of obtaining a utility token: moving assets, providing liquidity on <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-decentralised-exchange-dex\">DEX<\/a> such as ZigZag, and periodic trading.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/protocol\/zigzag\">DeFi Llama<\/a>, <span data-descr=\"value of assets under management\" class=\"old_tooltip\">TVL<\/span> of the aforementioned exchange jumped to $12.06m from $1.96m a week earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The publication noted that speculation about the zkSync airdrop arose after<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/arbitrum-team-announces-arb-token-airdrop\"> scheduled for March 23<\/a> token airdrop for the Arbitrum project.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThis airdrop has sparked interest in looking for equivalents in other networks,\u201d<\/em> explained Martin Li, a Nansen analyst.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Recently it emerged that unreleased Arbitrum tokens have already begun<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/unreleased-arbitrum-tokens-have-already-begun-selling-on-otc-markets\"> selling on over-the-counter markets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In late October 2022, there was a <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/zksync-developers-announce-mainnet-launch-of-scaling-solution-on-ethereum\">summer-announced<\/a> launch of the testnet <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">L2 solutions<\/a> to scale zkSync 2.0. <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-ethereum-virtual-machine-evm\">EVM<\/a>-compatible network is built on the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-zero-knowledge-proof\">zero-knowledge proofs<\/a> protocol and uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-zkswap-and-how-does-it-use-zk-rollup-technology\">ZK-Rollups<\/a> technology.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2023, developers <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/matter-labs\/all-aboard-zksync-era-mainnet-8b8964ba7c59\">launched<\/a> the zkSync 2.0 mainnet.<\/p>\n<p>In the first quarter of 2023, Matter Labs <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/zksync-developers-to-launch-pathfinder-l3-testnet\">will launch<\/a> a public L3 Pathfinder testnet on top of Ethereum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past week, crypto enthusiasts moved assets worth about $8m into the zkSync blockchain in anticipation of a potential airdrop. 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