Grass's long-awaited Airdrop Season 2 event kicked off on July 7 with a token holder and network participant call at 1:00 PM EST, streamed live on X and YouTube. The same day, the project activated its Stage 2 Rewards Checker on the Dashboard, covering bandwidth contributions from Epoch 1 to 19 (October 14, 2024 – June 8, 2026).
USDC Payouts Spark Frustration
Unlike the previous token airdrop, Stage 2 rewards are denominated in USDC, a move the Foundation attributes to regulatory uncertainty in certain jurisdictions. Claims open via the Dashboard on July 22 at 1:00 PM EST, with a hard cutoff on January 22, 2027. A small network fee is deducted on-chain at claim time.
But the community is largely unhappy. Multiple long-time users report checking rewards of only a few dollars after running Grass nodes for years with high uptime. Social media replies to the official announcement show widespread disappointment, and the issue is expected to dominate the live Q&A session.
Price Action and Unconfirmed Token Airdrop
GRASS currently trades in the $0.50–$0.53 range on OKX, with 24-hour volume in the tens of millions. Separately, community analysts have floated a second token distribution of roughly 170 million GRASS (~17% of total supply), tied to network participation. The Grass Foundation has not confirmed the figure, eligibility rules, or any listing date for such an airdrop.
Native Wallet Delayed
The native wallet, originally slated for the first half of 2026, remains unreleased. Community trackers view today's call as the earliest opportunity for an updated timeline. For context, Grass's first airdrop on October 28, 2024, distributed 100 million tokens to over 2 million wallets — the benchmark many users are using to judge Season 2.
What to Watch
Three items will shape sentiment: whether the team announces a concrete Season 2 token distribution date, whether a native wallet launch window is confirmed, and how on-air complaints about small payouts are addressed. Analysts warn that clarity — positive or negative — tends to move prices quickly after such calls, making the hours after 1:00 PM EST critical for traders.