On July 30, 2025, at 11:00 AM UTC, Qubetics, a Layer‑1 blockchain project, released the first 10% of its TICS coin to crypto investors who participated in the Qubetics crypto presale. The token distribution was part of the project’s vesting plan, which had been approved by community vote. This was the first time presale buyers could access and trade their TICS tokens.
Following the release, the TICS coin price dropped sharply across all crypto exchanges. On MEXC, TICS fell from $2.13 to a low of $0.038 within several hours, a 98% decline. Daily trading volume jumped from $137,400 to $704,000, with 6.25 million TICS traded compared to just 65,000 the previous day. On LBank, the TICS coin dropped from $2.19 to $0.03, while on Coinstore it fell from $2.15 to $0.0279, marking a 99% decline on both exchanges within hours of the unlock. At the time of writing, the TICS coin price across all crypto exchanges has stabilized around $0.05–$0.06, reflecting a drop of more than 95% from pre-unlock levels.
Community Response to the TICS Token Airdrop and Price Crash
In the hours after the 10% unlock, Qubetics community channels on Telegram and Reddit were flooded with questions and frustration. Many presale participants expressed confusion over the sudden crypto price crash and reported delays or missing tokens.
Several users asked about accessing their TICS tokens. One Telegram user wrote:
“I don't understand this. How can TICS be dumped hardly, if every investor gets just 10% of the tokens?”
Another replied: “Whales mate”.
Some users reported not receiving their tokens as expected, including one who tagged the admin:
“@admin Not a single token received”.
Others focused on the price collapse. One user in the Telegram group stated:
“For all those that keep saying pre-sale investors were the ones to dump the price. If you all did your research. You would see that from the time the airdrop was supposed to happen, multiple wallets were sent ZERO amount of tics”
Another added:
“We don't care about the 1 or the 10%. What happened with the price? How the fuck could it be possible to go to 0.04 if everybody gets less than 1% token ????”
In a Reddit thread, a participant wrote:
“My 10% TICS arrived at 3 PM EST, now that they're valued at less than $0.08!”
Another sarcastically commented:
“Ah yes, a Layer 1 blockchain so advanced, it takes just 58,000 addresses to grind transfers down to 8 hours. Impressive stuff, really - true innovation at work”.
Qubetics Crypto Presale, TICS Coin Vesting Strategy, and Token Access Details
Qubetics conducted a multi-phase crypto presale earlier in 2025, raising over $18.4 million from more than 28,000 buyers. The final presale price for the TICS coin was $0.337. On June 30, the TICS coin was listed on MEXC and LBank at a listing price of $0.40. Presale buyers did not receive their tokens at that time. Instead, Qubetics offered two vesting options in a community vote. Option 2, a 30-day lock followed by a 10% unlock and 1% daily vesting, was selected.
On June 30, 2025, the TICS coin was listed on MEXC and LBank at $0.40, and Qubetics later expanded availability to Coinstore and SWFT Bridge for decentralized swaps. During the 30‑day lock period, presale buyers could not access their tokens. The team instructed buyers to update wallet addresses by July 17 in the project dashboard, warning that wallets not updated in time might miss the airdrop and be unrecoverable.
On July 30, 2025, at 11:00 AM UTC, Qubetics executed the first 10% unlock, and wallets properly configured to receive TICS coins received them automatically. Nearly 24 hours after the airdrop began, Qubetics posted an announcement on X confirming the distribution completion, while community reports noted that some tokens appeared in wallets with slight delays. That same day, Qubetics launched its mainnet, enabling on‑chain transfers and balance visibility through tools such as TICSScan.
