CryptoPunks Sold, Trump Dinner Invite, Coinbase S&P 500 & Airdrop Season | Weekly Crypto Recap

May 25, 2025

🔥 This Week in Crypto: CryptoPunks Sold, Airdrops Flow, Trump Dinner & Coinbase Hits S&P 500

It’s been another wild ride in Web3. From NFT history being rewritten to airdrop madness and regulation breakthroughs, Airdrop Hot List is here to break it all down for you.

Let’s get right into the action.

🧠 1. CryptoPunks Sold to NODE Foundation

A landmark moment for NFTs.

🎨 Yuga Labs sold the IP rights of CryptoPunks to NODE Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to digital art. The move was backed by a $25 million endowment, making NODE the most well-funded NFT nonprofit in the U.S.

💬 The advisory board includes CryptoPunks creators and Yuga reps
📈 Punk floor jumped from 45 ETH → 48 ETH before settling at 47.5 ETH
🎯 Over $3 billion in lifetime volume since launch

🧠 Lesson from our experience: keep some Punks listed—but not all.

🎁 2. Airdrop Claims & Weekly Highlights

It’s still airdrop season, and here’s what’s live this week:

✅ SNS Airdrop – Claim now
✅ $DOOD Airdrop (Doodles) – Tradable on Bybit and Hyperliquid
✅ Inferium Snapshot – Announcement
✅ Virtuals Genesis Airdrop – Buy $VIRTUAL on Bybit

💡 Don’t forget to check our curated list: Top DeFi Airdrops – Q2 2025 Edition

🎟️ 3. We’re Attending the Trump Dinner Gala 🥂

Yes—it’s true! Airdrop Hot List is officially invited to the Trump Dinner Gala on May 22.

💼 How we got there? Holding top ranks in the $TRUMP holder competition
🎤 Our mission: represent the airdrop farming community at a national level
📰 Already featured on Bloomberg

🚀 We’ll be sharing a full behind-the-scenes recap after the event!

📈 4. Coinbase Joins the S&P 500

Massive institutional moment: Coinbase (COIN) enters the S&P 500 on May 19.

📊 Stock jumped 24% to $256.90
🏛️ Market cap hit $52.78B
📉 Still under ATH of $357, but on strong footing

💡 Analysts call this a “watershed moment” for crypto legitimacy in the U.S.

🛡️ 5. Germany Seizes $38M in Bybit Hack Fallout

Big win for law enforcement.

🇩🇪 German and Dutch authorities took down eXch, a DEX used by Lazarus Group to launder $1.5B from the Bybit cold wallet exploit in February.

💣 401K ETH stolen
💵 $160M laundered within 48h
👮 $140M bounty offered by Bybit CEO
🏆 $4M already rewarded to white-hat bounty hunters

💬 Cybercrime units say this sets a new standard in rapid crypto enforcement.

🧾 Final Thoughts

From CryptoPunks history to real-world regulation wins, this week was anything but quiet. We’re heading to the Trump Dinner, Coinbase is now S&P elite, and the airdrops just keep flowing.

✅ NFT milestones
✅ Tradable token drops
✅ Institutional adoption
✅ On-chain criminal takedowns

💡 Crypto never sleeps — and neither do we at Airdrop Hot List.

Stay tuned for full event coverage, exclusive guides, and your next big farming opportunity.