What is Jupiter?
Jupiter is the key liquidity aggregator for Solana, offering the widest range of tokens and the best route discovery between any token pair. They aim to provide the most friendly UX for users and the most powerful tools for developers to allow them to easily access the best-in-class swap in their application, interface or on-chain programs.
Jupiter Airdrop Details
The Jupiter airdrop is confirmed and has run in phases since January 2024. Jupuary 2026 was the third and final annual distribution, and its claim window has now closed. Unclaimed allocations went back to the DAO treasury. What continues is Active Staking Rewards (ASR), a quarterly pool paid to JUP stakers who vote on DAO proposals, and the Q2 2026 round is open for claims now.
Latest Update: The Jupuary claim window has ended. The live opportunity is the Q2 2026 ASR pool (campaign period April 1 to June 30), which opened for claims on July 8, 2026 and closes on October 8, 2026. The Q3 campaign is already recording stakes, so anyone staking now is farming the next round.
How to Participate in the Jupiter Airdrop
Step 1: Acquire JUP to Stake
ASR pays stakers, so you need JUP in a Solana wallet such as Phantom or Solflare. Buy it on Binance and withdraw to your Solana address, or swap SOL for JUP on Jupiter itself. The 50 JUP minimum stake is a floor, not a target: your share of the pool scales with size and duration. Keep some SOL spare for network fees. Alternatively, you can use the below widget to swap or bridge assets for SOL & JUP.
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Step 2: Stake JUP Through the Governance Portal
Go to the Jupiter governance portal, connect your wallet, and stake. Unstaking has a 30-day cooldown, so treat the position as locked for at least a quarter if you plan to farm consecutive rounds.
Step 3: Vote on Active DAO Proposals
Passive staking earns nothing. Open the active proposals in the governance portal and vote on each one. Jupiter rewards participation rather than accuracy, so voting on the losing side still counts toward your allocation.
Step 4: Claim Your Q2 2026 ASR Rewards
The Q2 pool holds 50 million JUP and the window runs until October 8, 2026. Claims go through Jupiter Mobile or the browser extension, not the web app:
- Install Jupiter Mobile on iOS or Android, or add the browser extension
- Import the wallet that held your stake between April and June
- Open the ASR rewards page inside the app
- Review the allocation and approve the claim transaction
Step 5: Trade With Ultra and Prediction Markets
Fee-paying activity has driven every Jupiter reward campaign so far, and the protocol keeps running new ones. Three things worth doing on the Jupiter website:
- Route swaps through Ultra Mode, which recent trader campaigns have been keyed to
- Try the Kalshi-powered prediction markets, where each position settles at $1 if correct and $0 if not
- Open the Referral tab, create a link, and set a fee rate up to 1% on tokens you choose
Jupiter Launches Gacha Card Packs in Beta
Jupiter has opened the beta of Gacha, a pack-opening product on Solana where every pull is a real graded Pokémon or One Piece card held as an authenticated slab and tradeable onchain. Season 1 runs for four weeks with a prize pool of $100,000 in free packs.
Open a Gacha Pack
- Visit the Gacha packs page and connect a Solana wallet.
- Fund the wallet with USDC. You can purchase USDC directly from Binance.
- Choose a tier: Silver ($25), Gold ($50), Water ($100), Diamond ($250), Grail ($1,000) or God ($2,500) for Pokémon, or Straw Hat ($50) and Emperor ($250) for One Piece.
- Open the pack, then keep the card, list it on the Gacha marketplace, or use instant buyback to sell it for USDC within three days.
Pack spend builds battlepass progress toward free packs and sets your rank on the season leaderboard, where the top collectors split the prize pool once the season ends. Turbo mode auto-sells common pulls for USDC.
Tips for Maximizing Your JUP Allocation
Stake at the start of the quarter, not the end. ASR uses a time-weighted average, so a stake placed on July 1 is worth roughly three times the same stake placed on September 1.
Vote on every proposal, even the ones you do not care about. Voting is what converts a stake into an ASR claim. Skipping one leaves rewards on the table.
Set a reminder for the claim deadline. Claim windows run three months. The Q1 2026 pool expired on July 8 and those tokens went back to the treasury.
Do not sell a claimed Jupuary allocation. 200 million JUP was set aside for recipients who hold and stake their final allocation through the end of 2026. Selling it forfeits that second payment.
Important Terms
Active Staking Rewards (ASR): Jupiter’s quarterly reward pool for stakers who vote in DAO governance. Paid on a time-weighted average stake, with a 50 JUP minimum.
Jupuary: The name for Jupiter’s annual January airdrop, which ran in 2024, 2025, and 2026. The 2026 round was the last.
Time-Weighted Average Stake: Your staked balance averaged across every day of the campaign period. Longer stakes count for more than larger, later ones.
Ultra Mode: Jupiter’s swap engine, with slippage protection and compensation for badly routed trades.
Frequently Asked Questions
Conclusion
With Jupuary finished, Jupiter has shifted from handing out tokens to paying its governance participants. The Q2 2026 pool of 50 million JUP is claimable until October 8, and the Q3 campaign has been measuring stakes since July 1, which makes staking and voting the two actions that matter now. If you claimed a Jupuary allocation before the deadline, staking it through the end of 2026 keeps you in line for the 200 million JUP bonus pool.
