Key Takeaways:
- Midnight’s long-awaited Glacier Drop airdrop is now live, unlocking $NIGHT tokens for eligible wallets.
- Over $275M in token value is being distributed across eight blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cardano.
- Claim period lasts 60 days, followed by staged unlocks designed to prevent token dumping and reward long-term holders.
The Midnight Foundation has officially kicked off the Claim Phase of its Glacier Drop – the largest privacy-focused token event of the year. This marks a major step forward in Midnight’s mission to bring “rational privacy” and decentralized governance to Web3.
The $NIGHT Token Claim Phase Is Now Live
Midnight’s Glacier Drop is not just another airdrop, it’s a rethinking of how crypto value should be distributed. Starting August 5, eligible users can begin claiming $NIGHT, the governance token of the Midnight Network.
This phase follows a snapshot taken on June 11, 2025. Wallets that held at least $100 in native assets across eight ecosystems: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, Solana, Binance Chain, Ripple, Avalanche, and Brave are now qualified to claim their tokens.
To participate, users must visit the official portal at midnight.gd, connect their wallet, and follow a secure, non-custodial process. The claim window will remain open for 60 days, ensuring users have enough time to redeem.
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What Makes Glacier Drop Different?
Structured Unlocking: A New Take on Tokenomics
Claiming your $NIGHT tokens doesn’t mean instant liquidity. Midnight has introduced a Redemption Period to ensure long-term alignment.
Once the network mainnet is live, users will unlock their claimed tokens on four randomized “thaw events” that occur in a 360-day cycle. This dampens the pump-and-dump activities and boosts those users who are biased towards the creation of long-term network.
What Comes Next? More Ways to Earn $NIGHT
Scavenger Mine Phase – Next Opportunity to Join
Not eligible in the initial claim? Midnight has a solution. The Scavenger Mine Phase, set to begin after the Claim Phase, will offer users a new way to earn unclaimed tokens by completing on-chain computational tasks.
This 30-day event is designed to expand access while reinforcing the network’s core values: decentralization, privacy, and fair participation.
Following that, the Lost-and-Found Phase will allow original eligible users who missed the Claim Phase to recover their allocation up to four years after the mainnet launches.
Community-Driven Governance Is Key
Midnight isn’t just about privacy, it’s about ownership. $NIGHT isn’t just a token, it’s a governance tool. Token holders will have the ability to propose, vote, and influence the direction of the protocol through a decentralized governance structure.
The use of Delegated Representatives (DReps) will ensure that even passive users can have their voices heard by delegating voting power to trusted community leaders.
This governance-first approach is what distinguishes Midnight from typical L1s or privacy coins, it’s a full ecosystem being built for transparency, compliance, and real-world use.
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Midnight AMA Features Charles Hoskinson and Privacy Pioneers
To mark the launch of the Glacier Drop, the Midnight Foundation is hosting a live AMA (Ask Me Anything) on X Spaces. Featured speakers include:
- Fahmi Syed – President, Midnight Foundation
- Eran Barak – CEO, Shielded Technologies
- Charles Hoskinson – CEO, Input Output Global (Cardano’s founding company)
The event kicks off at 4PM ET on August 5, and aims to clarify everything about the $NIGHT claim, tokenomics, and what users can expect from the Midnight mainnet launch later this year.
Midnight is contrasted with privacy chain systems designed with complete anonymity in mind, though Midnight proposes rational privacy as an alternative to this – an approach to enabling users to disclose data as necessary when compliance or transparency is required but without being forced to sacrifice control over the data.
