The Most Profitable Crypto Airdrops of the Week: Week 36

Crypto airdrops in week 36: the deadlines that are running now

The most uncomfortable deadline of this week is one that officially does not exist. At Plume, the Season 2 claim has been open since the end of May 2026 – and the project has never published an end date, neither as a day nor as a period. Secondary reporting, meanwhile, circulates a window of roughly three months, which would run out with August, that is, today. That figure cannot be substantiated at the project source. Which is exactly why there is only one sensible way to handle it: if you are registered and have not claimed yet, check the portal now instead of waiting for an announcement that may never come.

This overview lists the airdrops that either have a claim window open this week or a date fixed within the next 14 days. Every detail comes from the source linked alongside it. Where a project has published no end date, that is stated explicitly – there are no estimated deadlines here. For last week's status, see our piece on the airdrops of week 35.

The dates at a glance

1. Plume (Season 2): claim open, end date unpublished

Plume is a layer-1 chain for tokenised real-world assets. Season 2 of its points programme ended on March 31, 2026; registration for the distribution then ran from April 29 to May 27, 2026. Anyone who missed that step is, by the project's own account, excluded from the distribution – there is no way to fix it after the fact. Eligible wallets needed at least 10,000 Plume Points, in some cases plus verification via Human Passport.

The claim itself has been running since the end of May 2026 through the official portal. And here is the gap that puts this entry at the top of the list this week: Plume has never named an end date. The announcement gives a start and the registration deadline, nothing more; when we retrieved it on August 31, 2026, the project blog carried no newer post supplying a claim deadline either.

A number is circulating regardless: secondary reports and aggregator pages mention a window of about three months, which by arithmetic would expire at the end of August. That figure does not come from Plume. We list it here only because it circulates, and expressly not as a deadline. In practice it changes nothing about the advice – on the contrary: a claim with no published end date can be closed at any time, without prior notice. If you are eligible and registered, claim today, not at some point.

Source: Plume – "Plume Points Season 2 Airdrop Registration Is Now Open" (project blog, retrieved again on August 31, 2026; the blog index contains no newer airdrop post)

2. Grass (Stage 2): deadline January 22, 2027

The Solana project Grass has been paying out its Stage 2 rewards since July 22, 2026, covering epochs 1 to 19, that is, the period from October 14, 2024 to June 8, 2026. Claiming runs through the project's official dashboard.

Grass is one of the few projects that names a clean, published deadline: the claim is open until January 22, 2027, a full six months. Whatever is not claimed by then is retained by Grass. It is the most comfortable entry on this list – and, experience suggests, the one where most is left on the table, because half a year of time feels like unlimited time. Put the date in your calendar if you are eligible.

Source: Grass – "How Your Stage 2 Rewards Allocation Works" (retrieved again on August 31, 2026)

3. GRVT: 30 days per tranche, and the first one is gone

The derivatives exchange GRVT held its token generation event on July 30, 2026 and is distributing 280 million GRVT in total. What makes this airdrop distinctive is its mechanics, and they are stricter than in any other entry here: the distribution runs in tranches over twelve months, and every unlocked tranche has a claim window of 30 days. Once it closes, the tranche is gone for good; the project explicitly rules out exceptions.

The first tranche was unlocked at the TGE, and its window ran out by arithmetic at the end of August. Important detail: GRVT never published a calendar date for it – the 30 days follow from the published rule. What counts is solely the expiry date the Reward Portal shows for your specific tranche.

For this week, what matters most is what is still to come: after the first, further unlocks follow over twelve months, each with its own 30-day clock. GRVT publishes no unlock schedule, and when we checked the help centre on August 31, 2026, there was no date for the second tranche. We deliberately do not calculate one here. Anyone who registered before July 17, 2026 and stored a destination chain is credited each due tranche automatically; everyone else has to claim manually at every unlock. That is exactly where forfeited claims come from – set a reminder, as the project itself recommends.

Source: GRVT Help Center – "How to Receive and Manage Your $GRVT Airdrop" (retrieved again on August 31, 2026)

4. Midnight (NIGHT): thawing until December 4, 2026

At Midnight, the privacy network from the Cardano ecosystem, NIGHT tokens are redeemed through a thawing procedure. According to the project, the frame for it runs until December 4, 2026, followed by a grace period of 90 days. If you are eligible, this gives you the longest lead time on this list – and you still should not push it, because redemption involves several steps.

One caveat, in our own cause, that belongs in this format: the project source was not reachable when we tried on August 31, 2026 – from our environment the server answers with a bot-protection interstitial (HTTP 429) instead of the article. The dates given here therefore come from the last successful check of that same page. There is no indication that anything has changed, but we cannot re-verify it today. If you are relying on the deadline, open the page yourself.

Source: Midnight – "Guide to the NIGHT Token Launch and Redemption" (retrieval on August 31, 2026 blocked by bot protection; details from the last successful check)

5. dappOS (DOS): phase 2 open, phase 3 without a date

The DOS token launched with its TGE on August 10, 2026, and phase 2 has been running since August 11, 2026, letting eligible wallets claim transferable DOS. dappOS has announced a phase 3, but without a date, and no end date has been published for any of the phases so far. The only official route is the claim portal on the project's own domain.

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Settled since last week

• Propr (PROPR) drops off the list. The token generation event announced for August 24, 2026 has remained unconfirmed a week later. What matters more is what happened to the source: the project's proposal page is reachable again, but when retrieved on August 31, 2026 it carries no token, no tokenomics, no TGE and no claim portal – only the ordinary offering of the prop trading platform. The basis for the original announcement no longer exists at the project source, and without evidence there is no entry. Should Propr hold and document the TGE, the entry comes back.
• GRVT, first tranche: the 30-day window of the July 30 unlock expired at the end of August. The mechanism itself stays active, see above.
• DGrid (DGAI): the claim has been closed since August 22, 2026, 8:00 UTC. For anyone who had not picked a staking plan by then, the allocation moved automatically into the 360-day plan, according to the project.

What is deliberately missing this week

Six much-discussed candidates did not make the list. The reason differs in each case, and each one is worth as much as an entry:

• RISEx: a major aggregator lists a "confirmed airdrop" for August 31, 2026. That does not hold up: RISEx has no token to date, Season 1 of its points programme runs into the second quarter of 2027 according to the project, and no TGE date or tokenomics breakdown has been published. Collecting points is not a claim date.
• Arcium (ARX): the claim via Retroactive Token Grants is genuinely open, but it runs in rolling waves. Neither the project site nor the documentation names a deadline by which you must have claimed. No date, no entry in this format.
• AIW3: TGE and claim fell on August 3, 2026 and therefore before this edition's window. Further monthly distributions are announced, but without dates.
• Canopy (CNPY) and mint.io (MNTD): both with a running points programme, both without a TGE date. At mint.io the snapshot date is unconfirmed on top of that.
• Ink (INK) and AVANT: two projects offering a period instead of a date – "July to September" for one, "mid-September" for the other. We will look again as soon as a day is named.
• Ethos Network (WHUF) and ARC (Circle): the Ethos date of September 1, 2026 is real, but it is an auction of 20 percent of supply, that is, a sale requiring your own capital, not a claim. And ARC's public mainnet starts on September 16 – a mainnet launch is not a distribution date, the TGE has no date and an airdrop allocation is unconfirmed.

Plus this format's standing rule: projects listed as "live" on aggregator pages that name neither a snapshot nor a claim window at the project source do not get in. "Airdrop confirmed, date open" is not a deadline.

What to watch on every claim

Airdrops are the preferred hunting ground for wallet drainers, and the patterns repeat:

• Always open the claim page via the official project domain, never through links from direct messages, comments or search ads.
• No legitimate airdrop asks for your seed phrase or your private key.
• Check which permission you are granting before you sign. An unlimited token approval is not necessary for a claim.
• Weigh the network fee against the value of the allocation. On small amounts, claiming can cost more than it returns.
• Put every deadline in the calendar – with staggered distributions like GRVT's, every single tranche, not just the first.
• And the point that carries this week: a claim without a published end date is not a claim with unlimited time, it is one whose closure does not have to be announced.

Think about tax straight away

An airdrop is not by definition a tax-free gift. Whether an allocation counts as taxable income depends above all on whether you provided something in return. With this week's campaigns that is not a marginal question: anyone who collected points through trading volume or by running a network node stands differently from someone who received an allocation without doing anything.

So secure the timestamp, quantity, market value, price source, transaction hash and the terms of participation right at the moment of claiming – the terms in particular tend to disappear first once a campaign page is taken down. An overview of further campaigns is available in our section on crypto airdrops.

Conclusion

Week 36 is the week of unspoken deadlines. Two entries on this list – Plume and dappOS – have an open claim window with no published end, and at GRVT the clock on every future tranche runs 30 days without any unlock schedule existing. In all three cases the same applies: a missing date is not a reprieve, it is a risk. Only Grass and Midnight name hard dates with January 22, 2027 and December 4, 2026 – and even there a large share of allocations is routinely left unclaimed.

And the sobering part: most allocations sit in the two- to three-figure range, the fee for claiming eats a noticeable share of that, and a substantial proportion of all allocated tokens is never claimed at all. The effort pays off mainly where you are already eligible.

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(As of August 31, 2026. This article is not investment advice. Deadlines and terms of participation change; check them with the provider before taking part.)