Claimable Airdrops · 2026-11-12
Ink: Kraken's OP Stack L2 has confirmed a token, and Kraken Pro trading is the only confirmed source of points
Overview
Ink is Kraken's OP Stack Ethereum L2, pitched as the Superchain's home for DeFi. The INK airdrop is confirmed with the percentage still unannounced: Kraken Pro trading accrues Ink points, first distributed on April 13, 2026, liquidity providers on the Tydro lending protocol get a dedicated airdrop, and users of the Nado perp DEX are within scope. Advisor PonziTrader gave a July to September 2026 window in an interview, but that window has passed without a distribution.
Requirements
Register on Kraken and complete KYC, then trade on Kraken Pro, where points are calculated every Monday for the prior week. Install Kraken Wallet and switch to Ink, which carries no withdrawal fee from Kraken, then trade perps on Nado, supply or borrow on Tydro, interact with ecosystem apps such as Velodrome and InkyPump, register a .ink domain and send GMs to build onchain history.
Reward
INK tokens with the allocation still unpublished, distributed through Kraken Drops as the confirmed mechanism. There is also an 888-piece InkScore PFP collection restricted to the InkScore community with no mint date.
Deadline
Open-ended
Ongoing
Risk notes
Get the timeline straight: the official guidance pointed to July through September, it is now November, and no airdrop has happened, so do not read a stale third-party window as a promise. The visible recent progress is that Nado's API documentation added an ink_airdrop endpoint returning an address's INK allocation, and the SDK includes a Foundation Rewards contract with Merkle claims and a week parameter, which points to weekly unlocks. No claim date, eligibility criteria or allocation has been announced. The sensible action now is building Kraken Pro activity and onchain usage rather than waiting to collect. Note also that the InkScore wallet checker covers only phase one, which closed months ago, so not appearing there says nothing about the phase two snapshot, a distinction that has caused a lot of confusion.
How to take part
- Always enter through the official link listed under Source — never a shortened link from a stranger.
- Use a dedicated wallet. Start with a small transaction, confirm it behaves as expected, then scale.
- Check every requirement one by one, especially snapshot times and holding periods.
- Claim or confirm before the deadline — expired windows are rarely re-opened.