- Jupiter announces a $3B JUP token burn and allocates 50% of fees for token buyback efforts.
- Jupiter has conducted a JUP airdrop worth 700 million on January 22, 2025 to reward users, stakers, and community contributors.
The founder of the decentralized exchange Jupiter, known as “MEOW,” has announced plans to burn $3 billion in JUP currency. Moreover, the platform intends to purchase JUP tokens with half of its protocol income.
“Jupuary” Airdrop and Community Incentives
As we reported in late December 2024, Jupiter revealed a significant airdrop initiative called “Jupuary.” Comprising 700 million JUP tokens, the airdrop took place on January 22.
This initiative is meant to honor token stakers, community contributors, and active users. Rewards for consumers who have used Jupiter products, including swaps, limit orders, or DCA, fall under the distribution category among various other aspects. Additionally included are specific allocations for stakers who are regular and involved in community government.
This phase seeks to guarantee that the Jupiter ecosystem keeps expanding fast and increases user loyalty. Jupiter also provides an incentive system to inspire token holders to either keep or raise their holdings.
Jupiter: Revenue Growth and Strategic Buyback Plans
Jupiter came in rather well among Solana-based dApps with a total income of $102 million in 2024. Driven mostly by higher activity on Jupiter Perps, which holds 84% of the market share on Solana PerpDEX, December 2024 showed the highest revenue rise. Some tokens aimed towards the end of the year also greatly helped to drive this increase in income.
Jupiter’s intention to spend a sizable amount of its income on its token buyback program strengthens this success even further. The buyback program is expected to directly affect the value of the JUP token given a current market cap estimated at $2 billion.
At press time, JUP is swapped hands at about $0.9555, up 3.31% over the last 24 hours, and its daily trading volume had skyrocketed 122.08% to $1.62 billion.
