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What Is Concrete XYZ?
Concrete XYZ (concrete.xyz), also called Concrete Protocol, is a yield vault protocol. It started out protecting borrowers from liquidation and now pitches itself to exchanges and institutions. It’s built by Blueprint Finance, which also runs Glow Finance on Solana.
The TGE announcement cited over $1.2 billion in deposits, more than $23 billion in cumulative volume and 54,000+ depositors. On 6 October the Foundation site’s live counter showed about $1.34 billion in deposits and about 53,950 depositors. That’s a real user base for a protocol most Solana traders have never touched.
Concrete XYZ funding and backers
Big backers get a token listed. They don’t hold its price up once their own tokens unlock.
Blueprint Finance came out of stealth in February 2024 with a $7.5 million seed round led by Hashed and Tribe Capital. Polychain Capital then led a $9.5 million round in June 2025, with YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) and VanEck joining, which took total funding to about $17 million. On 19 August 2026 Blueprint announced another Polychain-led strategic round, with Bullish, Keyrock, BitGo and FalconX among the backers, but it didn’t disclose the size.
That backing is why CT had day-one listings on Coinbase and Kraken, so there’s somewhere to sell. It tells you nothing about what happens when the investors’ 28% starts unlocking.
How Concrete Points worked
The Concrete airdrop ran on Concrete Points, tracked on the points.concrete.xyz dashboard. Points programmes are one of the common types of crypto airdrops, and Concrete paid them two ways.
Social tasks. Concrete’s Phase 1 Social Points Campaign post paid points for following Concrete on X (50 points), joining the Discord (50 points) and climbing Discord levels, up to 1,000 points for level 25. You’ll see farmers on X call this the “Bags” campaign. Concrete’s own post just calls it the Social Points Campaign.
Vault deposits. Concrete’s vault pages say deposits earn points. The Stable (USDT) vault page in the Concrete app, for example, says “You earn Concrete Points for participation”, with rewards distributed via Merkl.
Concrete never said how points turned into CT. Its claim terms say no website, dashboard, points system or leaderboard creates an entitlement to CT. So if you see a points-to-CT ratio floating around, treat it as unofficial.
Concrete (CT) Token Overview
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Token | CT |
| Type | ERC-20 on Ethereum, BEP-20 on BNB Chain |
| Total supply | 1 billion, fixed, no inflation |
| Contract (Ethereum and BNB Chain) | 0x0A092E544DA31150b439a1aAA1A3a2214a867F46 (same address on both) |
| TGE date | 30 September 2026 |
| Utility | Governance and fee configuration, rolling out progressively |
Details from Concrete’s CT TGE post and the Foundation’s CT blog.
CT is a governance token. The Foundation’s CT post says governance will be introduced progressively, and that holders who lock CT will be able to vote on strategy approvals, collateral categories and fee structures. It gives you no ownership rights, dividends or profit share.
There’s also a Stake CT vault in the Concrete app on Ethereum. On 6 October the vault page showed about 2.67 million CT staked, rewards paid in Concrete Points with no stated APY, and a 14-day withdrawal queue. For a small allocation, I wouldn’t lock CT for two weeks to earn points nobody has priced yet. If you’re holding long term anyway, just know the exit takes 14 days.
Concrete CT Tokenomics
| Allocation | Share | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ecosystem | 35% | Community distribution (where the airdrop comes from), ecosystem participation, liquidity, ecosystem growth |
| Investors | 28% | Strategic backers |
| Team | 22% | Current and future contributors |
| Foundation | 15% | Security, governance, R&D, integrations |
From the Concrete Foundation’s CT TGE post.
Half the supply (50%) sits with team and investors. That’s heavy. The TGE announcement says contributor and investor shares are on long-term vesting. The post’s unlock chart shows cumulative unlocked CT over the 12 quarters from TGE, with a 1-year cliff at Q4. It doesn’t publish the quarter-by-quarter figures as text, so read the chart yourself before you trust anyone’s unlock calendar. CoinMarketCap showed 190 million CT (19% of supply) circulating.
Concrete Airdrop Eligibility and Restrictions
US and Canadian wallets can’t claim, and I wouldn’t try to route around it. Using a VPN breaks the terms you accept to claim, and that’s a silly risk to take for an airdrop. I’m in the UK, which isn’t restricted, so UK wallets can claim as long as they pass the same checks as everyone else.
Concrete’s restricted jurisdictions list covers the United States (including territories), Canada, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Russia, Belarus, South Sudan, and the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, plus anywhere under comprehensive OFAC, UN, EU or UK sanctions. The claim terms add IP-based geoblocking and wallet screening against sanctions and blockchain-risk indicators. VPNs, proxies and mixers used to get around those checks are banned.
Beyond location, your wallet has to be on Concrete’s eligibility list and you must be 18 or over. Here’s where the CT comes from: per Concrete’s CT TGE post, the 35% Ecosystem allocation “includes CT designated for participants who have contributed to Concrete’s growth through eligible on-chain and ecosystem activity”. The post doesn’t say how much of that 35% goes to the claim, and Concrete hasn’t published who made the list or how many wallets are on it. The only way to know if you’re in is to connect.
Eligibility stays with the listed wallet. It can’t be moved to another wallet or person without written approval from Concrete Network, Ltd.
Concrete Binance Alpha Airdrop (Closed)
The Binance Alpha CT airdrop is closed. It paid 200 CT per claim to users with 223+ Alpha Points. Binance Alpha was the first platform to feature CT, with trading starting at 08:00 UTC on 30 September. Binance Wallet’s announcement that day set the rules:
- 223+ Alpha Points to qualify, first come first served
- 200 CT per claim, costing 15 Alpha Points
- If the pool wasn’t used up, the threshold dropped by 5 points every 5 minutes
- 24 hours to confirm on the Alpha Events page, or the claim was forfeited
That window shut within a day of launch, so there’s nothing left to do here. For anyone who already had the points, 200 CT for 15 of them was a decent trade. Using CoinMarketCap’s first-week low and high ($0.1711 and $0.6274), that bag was worth roughly $34 to $125 depending on when you sold.
Where to Trade Concrete (CT)
The Concrete Foundation site lists these CT venues: OKX, Coinbase, Kraken, Bitget, KuCoin, Gate, MEXC, Bitvavo and Binance Alpha. OKX, for example, runs a CT/USDT spot pair.
Before you send CT anywhere, check two things:
- Which Kraken product. Kraken opened CT on 30 September on Kraken Pro only. Its listing post says the Kraken App and Instant Buy follow once liquidity conditions are met.
- Your country. The TGE post says pairs and eligibility are set by each exchange and can vary by jurisdiction, so make sure yours actually offers CT where you live.
For a small bag, I’d sell on a centralised exchange. Swapping a tiny bag on Ethereum is a great way to hand most of it to gas. There’s a wider list of exchanges suited to airdrop farming if you’re setting up accounts for the next drop.
Concrete Airdrop Risks
The one that actually drains wallets is approvals. If a “Concrete claim” page asks for a token approval or a permit signature, close it. A real claim doesn’t need to spend anything else in your wallet.
The second is supply. With 50% of CT sitting with team and investors and 19% circulating, more supply is coming once the cliff passes. I’m not making a price call, but if you plan to hold, look at the unlock chart first.
Last one, and it’s the dumbest way to lose an airdrop: forgetting to claim before your claim period ends.
Was Farming Concrete Worth It?
I’d bet most small farmers got a modest bag. For scale, the Foundation’s CT post counts 1.2 million+ wallets connected and verified by signature, plus 54,000+ depositors. Spread a slice of the Ecosystem pool across even a fraction of those and the bags get small, especially since Concrete never said how big that slice is. Nobody has published reliable numbers on what typical farmers got.
Price swung hard in week one. CoinMarketCap data shows a low of $0.171 on 30 September, a high of $0.627 on 2 October and about $0.37 on 6 October (24-hour range $0.359 to $0.405). Check live data before you decide to hold or sell.
If you’re farming other EVM points programmes, our guide to Ethena’s points airdrop covers another drop that ran on points. To catch the next one earlier, these airdrop tracking sites are where I’d start.
The waiting is what puts me off points. With an airdrop you wait months to see a number. With an LP position you see the fees while you’re in it, which is why I LP on Meteora DLMM. I post my results on my X account, losses included. If you want to try it, our Meteora guides cover the setup. For Solana drops that are still open, the airdrops hub has the full list.
FAQ
Is the Concrete airdrop still claimable?
Yes. As of 6 October 2026, the Foundation site shows “Ready to claim”. No public deadline has been announced. Your claim period is shown only in the claim interface at concretefoundation.xyz, so check it soon.
Is there a Concrete airdrop checker?
The only official checker is the claim interface at concretefoundation.xyz. Connect the wallet you used with Concrete. If it’s on the eligibility list, the site shows your allocation and claim period and lets you claim on-chain through Merkl. Then add the CT contract (0x0A092E544DA31150b439a1aAA1A3a2214a867F46, the same on Ethereum and BNB Chain) to your wallet. Unofficial checkers have circulated on X, but their numbers are guesses. Never sign anything on a third-party checker.
What is Concrete XYZ and who funds it?
Concrete XYZ is a DeFi vault protocol built by Blueprint Finance, and its CT governance token launched on 30 September 2026 on Ethereum and BNB Chain. Blueprint has disclosed about $17 million in funding, including a $9.5 million Polychain-led round in June 2025 with YZi Labs and VanEck, plus a second Polychain-led strategic round announced on 19 August 2026 whose size wasn’t disclosed.
Which network is the Concrete CT claim on?
CT is deployed on Ethereum and BNB Chain, not Solana. The claim terms don’t say which network the claim runs on, so check what the claim interface asks for. If it’s Ethereum, you pay gas in ETH.
Can I claim the Concrete airdrop from the US, Canada or the UK?
Not from the US or Canada. Both are on Concrete’s restricted jurisdictions list, and the claim terms ban VPNs. The UK isn’t on the list, so UK wallets can claim if they pass the sanctions and IP checks.
Can I stake CT?
Yes. The Stake CT vault in the Concrete app on Ethereum gives you sCT and pays rewards in Concrete Points, with a 14-day withdrawal queue and no stated APY. Concrete says locking CT will also give governance rights as governance rolls out.
Is the Concrete Points leaderboard still live?
Unclear. On 6 October the points.concrete.xyz dashboard only showed a loading screen, so it’s not clear the leaderboard is still up. Points are still being earned, though: the Stake CT vault pays rewards in Concrete Points. Concrete hasn’t said what post-TGE points will be worth, and its claim terms say no leaderboard creates an entitlement to CT.
How many Binance Alpha Points did the Concrete airdrop need?
223 at launch on 30 September, for 200 CT on a first come, first served basis, and claiming cost 15 Alpha Points. The threshold dropped 5 points every 5 minutes if the pool wasn’t used up. It’s closed now.
