Layer-2 community Optimism airdropped 11.7 million tokens to over 300,000 wallets on Feb. 9, growing its OP token circulating provide to 234.74 million.
Following the information, the OP token fell by 13% within the final 24 hours to $2.33 as of press time, in line with CryptoSlate information.
OP is among the best-performing digital belongings year-to-date, rising by over 200% since Jan. 1. Its constructive worth efficiency noticed it attain a brand new all-time excessive (ATH) of $3.20 on Feb. 3.
Optimism’s airdrop
In response to a Feb. 9 assertion, the airdrop’s intent is to reward “positive-sum governance participation and energy customers of Optimism Mainnet.”
The scaling resolution mentioned the airdrop was a part of a broader plan to distribute 19% of its preliminary governance token provide. Its first airdrop in Could 2022 distributed over 200 million tokens — roughly 5% of its preliminary governance token provide.
Eligible customers for the latest airdrop included those that have spent greater than $6.10 on gasoline since Mar. 25, 2022 and those that delegated the voting energy of their OP tokens.
In response to Dune analytics information, the common quantity airdropped to its customers was $38.13, whereas the utmost quantity was $10,462.
In the meantime, the transaction quantity on the L2 community has ranged between 160,000 – 200,000 since falling from ATH of 800,000.
