

On Tuesday, cryptocurrency alternate Binance mentioned it accomplished the primary stage of airdropping new Terra Luna (LUNA) tokens to holders of Terra Luna Classic (LUNC), TerraUSD (USTC) and AnchorUST (aUST).
The distribution was based mostly on “pre-attack” and “post-attack” snapshots of token holders taken at LUNC block peak 7,544,910 at 14:59:37 on May 7, 2022 UTC and block peak 7,790,000 at 16:38:08 on Thursday, respectively. As instructed by Binance, customers obtained new LUNA tokens based mostly on the compensation scheme outlined by Terra builders:
- Pre-Attack 1 aUST = 0.01827712143 LUNA
- Pre-Attack 1 LUNC = 1.034735071 LUNA
- Post-Attack 1 USTC = 0.02354800084 LUNA
- Post-Attack 1 LUNC = 0.000015307927 LUNA
At the pre-attack time, one aUST had a worth of $1.24 whereas one LUNC was price roughly $75. At the post-attack time, one USTC and one LUNC had been price $0.0632 and $0.0001434, respectively. At the time of publication, every LUNA token is price $9.25. Regardless of timestamp, roughly 30% of LUNA tokens had been distributed on the spot, whereas the remaining 70% can be distributed month-to-month in a vesting schedule beginning later this yr, in accordance with Terra’s reformation plan.
Additionally, customers who staked their USTC by way of Binance Staking pre-attack had been additionally eligible for the airdrop. As it seems, customers’ USTC property had been staked on-chain, with aUST because the yield-bearing token. Binance launched USTC staking solely a month prior and ended this system shortly after the implosion of the Terra Luna Classic ecosystem.
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Despite the profitable airdrop on Binance, it seems that the token distribution didn’t go as easily as anticipated for crypto fanatics holding Terra property in self-custodial wallets. Terra builders mentioned that some customers obtained much less LUNA than anticipated from the airdrop and are actively engaged on an answer. The identical day, a LUNC pricing error seems to have prompted one other exploit that probably drained Mirror protocol, which is constructed on Terra, of all its funds.