Crypto exchange Binance is adding Linea (LINEA) to its exchange, launching the asset with a retroactive airdrop for eligible BNB holders and a multi-pair spot listing set to go live on September 10 at 16:00 UTC.
LINEA, a zkEVM-powered Layer‑2 rollup built to scale the Ethereum network, becomes the 37th project featured on Binance’s HODLer Airdrops page. The token will be listed with trading pairs against USDT, USDC, BNB, FDUSD, and TRY, and deposits will open a day earlier, on September 9 at 14:00 UTC.
The program’s size
A total of 720,099,900 LINEA (1 % of the token’s max supply) will be distributed to users who subscribed their BNB to Simple Earn or On‑Chain Yields products between August 25 and August 28, 2025. According to Binance, tokens will arrive in users’ Spot Accounts at least one hour prior to the trading launch.
LINEA carries a total supply of 72 billion tokens, with 21.5 %, over 15.4 billion LINEA, circulating upon launch. Additional tokens have been earmarked for post‑listing campaigns:
- 180 million LINEA allocated for immediate marketing
- 360 million LINEA set aside for release six months later
All reward details and tokenomics are managed under Binance’s HODLer Airdrops program, which uses historical BNB balance snapshots to calculate user eligibility. The mechanism rewards passive holders with no extra steps needed, only BNB subscriptions to Earn or On‑Chain products. Binance also enforces a 4 % BNB holding cap per user to maintain fairness.
With gas-saving Layer‑2 solutions gaining traction, LINEA’s CEX debut backed by retroactive airdrops marks a strategic push to attract both speculative and long-term interest. Binance’s model aligns with rewards seen in earlier campaigns, recall how the Lagrange ($LA) airdrop triggered a 170% rally before hitting Binance Alpha.
Plus, as Ethereum continues to gather institutional momentum, capital rotation trends highlight growing appetite for Layer‑2 tokens beyond the usual Arbitrum/Optimism realm
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