Weekly Token Unlocks: EIGEN Unlocks 7.5% of Circulating Supply Tokens

marsbitPublished on 2026-03-29Last updated on 2026-03-29

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This week's major token unlocks feature significant releases from EigenLayer and Optimism. EigenLayer unlocks 36.94 million EIGEN tokens, valued at approximately $6.39 million. This release represents about 7.5% of its circulating supply. EigenLayer is a protocol built on Ethereum that introduces restaking, a new primitive in cryptoeconomic security, allowing users to restake their ETH and extend its security to other applications on the network. Additionally, Optimism unlocks 31.44 million OP tokens, worth roughly $3.27 million. Optimism is a Layer 2 scaling solution that uses Optimistic Rollup technology to scale the Ethereum network, enabling high transaction throughput while maintaining Ethereum's security. The provided images detail each project's specific release schedules.

EigenLayer

Project Twitter: https://x.com/eigenlayer

Project Website: https://www.eigenlayer.xyz/

This Unlock Amount: 36.94 million tokens

This Unlock Value: Approximately $6.39 million

EigenLayer is a protocol built on Ethereum that introduces the concept of restaking, a new primitive in cryptoeconomic security. This primitive allows for the restaking of ETH at the consensus layer. Users who stake ETH can opt into EigenLayer smart contracts to restake their ETH and extend cryptoeconomic security to other applications on the network.

The specific release curve is as follows:

Optimism

Project Twitter: https://twitter.com/Optimism

Project Website: https://app.optimism.io/governance

This Unlock Amount: 31.44 million tokens

This Unlock Value: Approximately $3.27 million

Optimism is a Layer 2 scaling solution that uses the Optimistic Rollup approach to achieve the goal of scaling the Ethereum network. It can handle transactions on a large scale while maintaining Ethereum's security, allowing Ethereum developers to efficiently use all the tools on Ethereum without making changes.

The specific release curve is as follows:

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