EIGEN airdrop season 2: allocation, tokenomics and key numbers
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TL;DR of EIGEN airdrop season 2 covering allocation splits, snapshot date, claim routes, total supply and vesting. Includes pre-market FDV and EigenLayer TVL.
Key claims
86M EIGEN (5.15% of supply) distributed, 70M to stakers and operators
Total supply 1.67B, 55% to team and investors with 1-year cliff and 2-year vest
Pre-market $2.85 equals $4.8B FDV, with $10.7B ETH restaked
✨♾ $EIGEN Airdrop Season 2 ♾✨
The 🪂 TL;DR:
➤ 86M $EIGEN (5.15% of supply) distributed
➤ 70M (4.2%) for stakers/operators
➤ 10M (0.6%) to partners
➤ 6M (0.35%) to community
➤ Snapshot for stakers was on Aug 15
➤ Community had to verify socials
➤ Claim via @eigencloud portal for direct stakers
➤ Claim via restaking protocols for LRT holders
➤ Total supply is 1.67B $EIGEN
➤ 45% for community in total (15% airdrops)
➤ 55% for team/investors (1-year cliff, 2-year vest)
➤ Circulating supply on launch likely 10-15%
➤ $EIGEN will be transferable/listed on Sept 30
➤ @eigencloud has $10.7B $ETH restaked
➤ 40+ AVS protocols are building on @eigencloud
➤ Pre-market price is $2.85 / $EIGEN ($4.8B FDV)
Follow the 🧵for more alpha. ⤵️
1/ What is @eigencloud? ♾✨
A decentralized cloud development platform for crypto-economic security, a.k.a. shared security layer. ♾✨
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2/ What is the vision for @eigencloud? ♾✨
Lowering the barriers for devs to build verifiable services that provide the core building blocks of truly mass adoption ready Web3 applications.
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3/ With $10.7B in TVL, @eigencloud will secure >40 Actively Validated Services (AVSs). ♾✨
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4/ The flagship AVS, built by @eigenlabs, is @eigen_da which is a hyper-scalable, modular DA layer with 15MB/s in data throughput. ♾✨
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5/ $EIGEN will play a key role in @eigencloud's security system, addressing intersubjectively attributable faults and providing a smooth forking process.
$EIGEN can be staked to secure AVSs and earn rewards or used in DeFi as integrations follow.
♾✨
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QUOTING @eigenfoundation
1/ We’re excited to announce that Season 2 claims are now open! As we approach the EIGEN token unlock, we want to recognize and reward the individuals, projects, and ecosystem partners who have played a key role in shaping @eigencloud. Get started: t.co/lnlA3uVZto
1/ We’re excited to announce that Season 2 claims are now open! As we approach the EIGEN token unlock, we want to recognize and reward the individuals, projects, and ecosystem partners who have played a key role in shaping @eigencloud. Get started: t.co/lnlA3uVZto
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