EigenLayer ($EIGEN), a leading player in the re-staking space, was officially listed on several major centralized exchanges (CEXs) following its token unlock last night.

Trading opened this morning with an initial price of $4.05 and a fully diluted valuation (FDV) of $6.8 billion.

Several key market makers received substantial allocations of $EIGEN. FlowTraders secured 3.454 million tokens, while Auros Global received 1.6 million. Additionally, Galaxy Digital obtained 1.52 million tokens.

In a high-profile move, Justin Sun (@justinsuntron) deposited a total of 5.24 million $EIGEN, valued at around $21.5 million, to HTX within 20 minutes of the token being listed.

These tokens were claimed from EigenLayer using five different wallets over the past 24 hours.

Notable $EIGEN Deposits Made By Top Traders 

Other smart traders also made notable deposits. HashKey Capital transferred 496,013 $EIGEN (worth $2.05 million) to Binance, while a wallet labeled “0x2fe,” speculated to be linked to renowned trader Gigantic Rebirth (GCR), deposited 253,947 $EIGEN ($1.06 million).

GCR had previously claimed an airdrop of 253,946 $EIGEN through seven wallets and transferred the entire amount to Binance.

In the last few hours, two large whales bought a combined 702,324 $EIGEN, totaling approximately $2.86 million. Wallet “0x2dcd” spent 588 ETH (around $1.55 million) to acquire 383,672 $EIGEN at $4.05. Meanwhile, wallet “0xb112” used 1.31 million USDC to purchase 318,651 tokens at $4.10.

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As trading activity picks up, the momentum behind $EIGEN shows no signs of slowing down.

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