Why Is There APENFT in My Binance Account? The Airdrop Explained

APENFT Asia editorial team · Fact-checked against official sources

Why you have APENFT in your Binance wallet

It is one of the most searched questions about this token, in every language: “why do I have APENFT in Binance?” The answer is simple. Between June 2021 and June 2023, the APENFT project (now called AINFT) ran a monthly airdrop to holders of several TRON ecosystem tokens. Binance supported the program and credited eligible users automatically. If you held TRX, BTT, JST or, from late 2021, WIN in your Binance account on a snapshot date, a few hundred or a few thousand NFT tokens appeared in your balance.

You did not have to sign up, connect anything or claim. That is exactly why many people only noticed the tokens months or years later, often while scrolling through a long list of tiny balances. The credits appear in Binance’s Distribution history, which is the best place to confirm where your NFT came from.

Two details from Binance’s own announcements are worth remembering. First, Binance told users to untick “Hide Small Balances” to see the airdropped NFT, because the dollar value is very small. Second, Binance stated that supporting the airdrop does not guarantee a listing. That second point explains the frustration that followed.

How the APENFT airdrop worked

The plan was large in token terms and small in dollar terms. According to the program details published by exchanges, the project distributed 1,666,650,000,000 NFT per month for 24 months. Multiply that out and you get about 40 trillion tokens, or roughly 4% of the 999.99 trillion max supply. A secondary source says an extra 1% was distributed in the first month, but we have not seen that confirmed in a primary document.

Each participating exchange took a snapshot of its users’ eligible holdings on the 10th, received its share of the monthly NFT, and divided it among users. Because every exchange had a different mix of TRX, BTT and JST holders, the ratio per token differed from venue to venue and from round to round.

To give a sense of scale, KuCoin’s first round, based on the June 10, 2021 snapshot, paid:

So if you held 10,000 TRX on KuCoin at that first snapshot, you would have received roughly 393,000 NFT. Even at the token’s all-time high of about $0.00000753, that one round would have been worth around $3. Big token counts, small money: that pattern runs through the whole program.

The airdrop timeline, round by round

By schedule, there were about 25 monthly rounds in total from June 2021 to June 2023, though we have not found an official final count. The project’s white paper now lists airdrops and mining as “Concluded”. For the wider context of what APENFT was doing during these years, see the APENFT history timeline.

Eligibility rules after the BTT redenomination

The minimums introduced in November 2021 meant that very small holders stopped receiving NFT. After BitTorrent’s redenomination in December 2021, Binance’s snapshots covered several tokens with these thresholds:

• TRX: at least 100
• BTTOLD (old BTT): at least 2,000
• BTT (new): at least 2,000,000
• JST: at least 100
• WIN: at least 15,000

The new BTT minimum looks huge, but remember that 1 old BTT became 1,000 new BTT, so 2,000 old and 2,000,000 new are the same economic amount. If you want the full story of that change, our BitTorrent and BTT guide covers it.

Can you trade APENFT on Binance?

This is the part that confuses people most. Binance credited the airdrop, but it never listed NFT for spot trading. We found no Binance spot listing announcement, and Binance’s own price page says the token is not available to trade on Binance spot. Search phrases like “when will APENFT be listed on Binance” have been popular for years for exactly that reason.

What did change is that on July 11, 2025, NFT was added to Binance Alpha, with NFT/USDT and NFT/USDC pairs according to reports. Binance Alpha is a separate section for early-stage tokens with its own access rules, and it is not the same thing as a spot listing. Availability can depend on your region and account type, so check inside your own app rather than relying on screenshots from social media.

Many other venues do have regular NFT markets. Our APENFT exchange list shows where the token trades and how to compare venues.

What to do with airdropped APENFT now

You have a few realistic options, depending on how much you hold and what your Binance account allows.

If you choose to withdraw, you will need a wallet that supports custom TRC-20 tokens. The best TRON wallets page compares the options, and the contract to add is TFczxzPhnThNSqr5by8tvxsdCFRRz6cPNq with 6 decimals.

If you received NFT on another exchange

Binance was not the only venue that supported the program. KuCoin published announcements for at least 19 distributions, and Pionex also announced support for the airdrop to TRX, BTT and JST holders. The logic was the same everywhere: the exchange took a snapshot, received its share and credited users. If you find NFT on one of these accounts, the Distribution or Rewards history there should show matching monthly entries.

The difference is what you can do with the tokens afterwards. Some of those venues run regular NFT markets, so you may be able to sell directly where the tokens arrived. Others may not. Before you move anything, check the current market and withdrawal page on that exchange; listings and network support change over time.

Keep a simple record for taxes

Tax rules for airdrops vary a lot by country. In some places, tokens received for free count as income at their value on the day you received them; in others, the event only matters when you sell. We cannot give tax advice, but one habit helps everywhere: export or screenshot your Distribution history showing dates and amounts. With about two dozen small monthly credits, reconstructing that later is tedious, and having it ready makes any future sale much easier to report.

Is the airdropped APENFT worth anything?

It is a real token with real markets, so yes, it has a market value, but usually a small one. Two factors explain why. First, the supply is enormous: about 990 trillion NFT circulate, so each unit is priced in tiny fractions of a cent. Second, the airdrop itself put tokens into millions of wallets of people who never chose to buy them, and many of those people sold. CoinGecko recorded the all-time high in September 2021, during the airdrop’s early months, and the token has recently traded near its all-time lows; see the live price widget on our APENFT price page for current data.

That does not mean you should sell or hold. It means you should look at your balance in dollars, not in token count. A balance of 500,000 NFT sounds impressive, but its value depends entirely on the current price. For balanced scenarios, read our APENFT price outlook.

Airdrop scams to watch for

Because “APENFT airdrop” is such a popular search, scammers target it constantly. The most common tricks on TRON include:

• Fake claim sites that copy the old APENFT or new AINFT branding and ask you to connect a wallet. The connection request usually hides an approval that lets them move your tokens.
• Fake tokens in your wallet. Scammers send worthless TRC-20 tokens named after real projects, sometimes with a website in the name. Visiting that site is the trap.
• Address poisoning. Zero-value or lookalike transfers appear in your history, hoping you will copy the wrong address next time you send.
• “Support” DMs. Nobody from Binance, TRON or AINFT will message you first to help you claim an airdrop.

Our APENFT safety guide has a full checklist for verifying the real contract and spotting phishing.

Other airdrops that are sometimes confused with this one

Exchange promotions occasionally used the NFT token too. For example, when Kraken listed APENFT in March 2025, it ran a US$90,000 Reef Program airdrop. That was a one-off exchange campaign, unrelated to the 2021 to 2023 holder program, and it is also finished. If someone shows you an “official” airdrop and you cannot find it announced on the project’s own channels or the exchange’s own site, assume it is fake.