TL;DR
- SKR started trading Jan. 21 with a Seeker airdrop, jumping over 300% to about $0.049 and topping $265 million market cap on major venues.
- Solana Mobile says 100,000+ users and 188 developers qualify; claims run 90 days and unclaimed tokens return to the pool on April 20.
- SKR is a governance SPL token with 10 billion supply, 5.7 billion circulating; tokenomics set 30% for airdrops and 25% for ecosystem growth.
Solana Mobile’s Seeker token, SKR, burst into trading on Jan. 21, pairing an airdrop with rapid exchange access. The debut shows how distribution can turn a hardware rollout into a market event. Eligible Seeker phone owners and qualifying app developers can claim SKR through the device’s built-in crypto wallet. As of press time, SKR traded near $0.049 with a market cap above $265 million, up over 300% in 24 hours. It began trading on Coinbase, Bybit, Bithumb, and Meteora. CoinGecko ranked it the biggest 24-hour gainer among the top 1,000 assets at launch.
Seeker airdrop details and what the rally means
Solana Mobile said more than 100,000 users and 188 developers are eligible, with claims open for 90 days. Claims run through the handset’s built-in wallet. The timetable is meant to drive participation now, then recycle unclaimed tokens back into the pool. Distribution closes before April 20, when any unclaimed SKR returns to the airdrop pool. The launch also marks a pivot to Seeker, an Android successor to the Saga phone, after support for Saga ended quietly in late 2025. The report notes many crypto phones rely on airdrops yet struggle to sustain usage.
SKR is positioned as the governance token for Solana Mobile’s ecosystem, aligning incentives for users and developers. The intent is to turn participation into coordinated decisions that can outlast day-one volatility. Issued as an SPL asset on Solana, it has a fixed supply of 10 billion, with 5.7 billion circulating. Tokenomics allocate 30% to user and developer airdrops, 25% to ecosystem growth and partnerships, and 15% to the Solana Mobile team. Solana Labs receives 10%, with 10% to a community treasury and 10% to liquidity and launch needs, according to Solana Mobile’s tokenomics.
With SKR up over 300% in 24 hours, the token’s early run spotlights how Solana Mobile is trying to bootstrap an ecosystem around Seeker. The real strategic KPI is whether airdrop recipients become repeat users and developers, not just short-term traders. The device lets eligible holders claim directly, creating a built-in distribution channel that bypasses external wallets. Yet the report cautions that earlier crypto phones, including Saga and rival devices, often struggled to translate airdrops into sustained usage. For now, SKR’s governance role sets expectations for long-term engagement across centralized and decentralized exchanges.
