Optimism Redirects 546M OP Tokens to Ecosystem Fund

Optimism's on-chain governance has approved a plan to redirect 546.9 million OP tokens from planned user airdrops into a new Strategic Ecosystem Fund.

The fund is designed to support partnerships with chains, protocols, and institutions, as well as incentives to boost activity and liquidity on OP Mainnet.

Some delegates pushed back against the proposal, arguing that the tokens were previously promised to users and questioning how returns would be measured.

Optimism stated that it has no additional airdrops planned following the distribution of 269.1 million OP across five rounds, framing this as a shift from user acquisition to institutional focus.