Eigen Layer starts second season staking airdrop, will distribute 86 million tokens
Eigen Layer kicked off the second quarter of staking airdrops, distributing 86 million EIGEN tokens to users who have interacted with the platform. Pledgers and node operators will receive 70 million tokens, while ecosystem partners and the Eigen Layer community will receive 10 million and 6 million tokens, respectively, with distribution beginning September 17. These tokens represent approximately 5% of EIGEN's total supply and will reach 1.67 billion tokens at launch.