Solana Mobile To Launch Much-Awaited SKR Token On January 21, Seeker Phone Users Eligible For Airdrop ⋆ ZyCrypto

Solana Mobile announced on Wednesday that it will airdrop its long-anticipated SKR token to Seeker smartphone users and developers in its mobile ecosystem on January 21. The update builds on Solana Mobile’s earlier announcement that SKR would go live in January with a fixed supply of 10 billion tokens.

Solana Mobile To Airdrop 30% Of SKR Token’s Supply

Solana Mobile said its new SKR token will debut on January 21, with holders of the second-generation Solana Mobile phone, the Seeker, eligible to claim up to 20% of the token’s total supply via an airdrop. Overall, 30% of the total 10 billion SKR tokens have been set aside for an airdrop, with two-thirds allocated to Solana Seeker users and developers.

SKR, which serves as the governance and incentive layer for Solana Mobile’s growing ecosystem, will allow users to delegate their tokens to so-called Guardians, who will secure the platform and participate in governance decisions.

“SKR will give all of the people who have gotten us to this point the opportunity to influence the success of this platform: who can participate, what rules they follow, and what economic flows keep it going,” Solana Mobile general manager Emmett Hollyer wrote on X. “This airdrop is the first step.”

The Seeker is Solana Mobile’s next-generation handset, designed to bring decentralized apps, payments, and token ownership directly to users.

Over 150,000 Seeker devices were pre-ordered by crypto users after the launch of Solana Mobile’s first-edition Saga device. Solana Mobile discontinued software and security support for the Saga in October after debuting the Seeker in August.

Notably, Solana Seeker has enjoyed greater success, processing more than 9 million transactions and generating $2.6 billion in transaction volume across 265 decentralized applications, serving over 100,000 users.

Beyond the airdropped tokens, an additional 2.7 billion SKR, or 27% of the 10 billion total supply, will be unlocked during the token generation event — 1 billion tokens allocated to liquidity, another 1 billion to the community treasury, and 700 million to growth initiatives and partnerships.