WCT rose 11% after news that Jupiter strikers are eligible for a token claim that is linked to the Solana extension of WalletConnect.
WalletConnect Token (WCT) jumped on Thursday when Buzz spread over an upcoming airdrop bound to Solana (SOL), and some Jupiter strikers are now on the list. After the news, the price of WCT increased 11.6% and acts according to data from Coingecko $ 1.06. The token has been won 276.8% in the past month and rises from $ 0.2814 on 15 April.
The price rally followed the growing anticipation of the expansion of WCT to Solana. At the Solana Accelerate event, WalletConnect Foundation founder Pedro Gomes said that token would go live on the network later this month via the Native Token Transfers Standard of Wormhole.
AirDrop -Details have not yet been completed, but the WalletConnect Foundation has confirmed That a claim of 5 million WCT will be available for Solana users, where Jupiter, Phantom, Backpack and Soluclake help in identifying eligible users and distributing tokens.
“The goal is to identify real users, those who are already building, deporting and transactions on Solana. […] This follows the success of the Token Claim of 2024, in which 50 million WCT was divided between early contributors in the WalletConnect -Ecosystem, earlier in optimism and Ethereum ecosystems. “
WalletConnect Foundation
Despite the announcement, it is expected that eligible details and claim that timelines will soon be announced. With the launch on Solana, WCT becomes a Multichain -token after its earlier implementations on Ethereum and Optimism.