Optimism redirects 546.9M OP from airdrops to ecosystem growth

Redirecting airdrop reserves toward partnerships and incentives marks a shift in how Optimism allocates its treasury, prioritizing institutional adoption over broad-based user distribution. That trade-off matters for the projects and users who might have expected future airdrops, and for how other networks weigh similar reserve decisions. Whether the incentive spending translates into durable activity, rather than temporary liquidity, is the open question.