EigenLayer to cough up around 28M more EIGEN after airdrop backlash

EigenLayer is handing out an extra 100 to 110 EIGEN to 280,000 qualifying wallet addresses after criticism over its first airdrop.

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Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer is airdropping around 28 million more of its native EIGEN tokens to over 280,000 wallets — just days after its first airdrop announcement. 

On Monday, EigenLayer announced it would allocate 15% of its total supply to the community, but some users deemed several provisions of its airdrop program as restrictive.

In a May 2 post to X, the Eigen Foundation said that it will now be airdropping additional EIGEN tokens to the wallets of users who interacted with the protocol before April 29 — meaning it will also include the initial airdrop claimants.

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