Unlock refers to the release of tokens that were previously locked based on conditions from investment rounds or other funding programs.
Typically, the team carefully considers tokenomics to avoid putting significant selling pressure at various #unlock stages and potentially crashing the token price. However, certain factors such as insufficient liquidity or early investors locking in profits right after token unlocking can significantly impact the asset's prices.
6 unlocks to watch this week
dYdX (DYDX)
Unlock Date: June 11
Number of Unlocked Tokens: 1,550,000 DYDX
Current Circulating Supply: 279,822,956 DYDX
In early 2023, the largest decentralized open-ended futures trading protocol dYdX announced changes to the project's initial tokenization. According to the update, 27.7% of dYdX's total offering will go to early investors, 26.1% will go to the treasury, 15.3% will be distributed to the team, and 7.0% is reserved for future dYdX employees and consultants. The remaining tokens are earmarked for user rewards.
#DYDX unlocked on June 11 will be distributed to users who added tokens to the staking.
Aptos (APT)
Unlock Date: June 12
Number of Unlocked Tokens: 11,310,000 APT
Current Circulating Supply: 437,999,076 APT
While Aptos' Tier 1 blockchain can definitely be called one of the most successful projects of 2023, it is regularly criticized by the crypto community for tokenomics, which is largely dominated by venture capital. The majority of APT's offering is still locked down. Unlocks will take place every month for the next ten years. The tokens released on June 12 will be distributed among the Aptos fund, community members and investors.
Immutable (IMX)
Unlock Date: June 14
Number of Unlocked Tokens: 25,530,000 IMX
Current Circulating Supply: 11,482,345,419 IMX
Immutable X is a Layer 2 (L2) solution for scaling NFT on the Ethereum blockchain. In September 2021, the project raised $12.5 million in just one hour in the #IMX tokensale on the CoinList platform, then closed a $60 million investment round, and in March 2022 received another $200 million from ParaFi Capital, Declaration Partners, Tencent Holdings and others.
On June 14, IMX's circulating offering will increase by 25.5 million. The unlocked tokens will be used for the development of the project and the Immutable ecosystem.
Cyber (CYBER)
Unlock Date: June 14
Number of Unlocked Tokens: 886,120 CYBER
Current Circulating Supply: 22,363,050 CYBER
#CyberConnect is a decentralized social graph protocol built on the BNB Smart Chain blockchain. It helps to create and manage social connections between users and projects on different platforms. The native CYBER token allows holders to buy CyberIDs, vote on issues to improve the protocol, and pay transaction fees. The tokens unlocked this week are reserved for project treasury and ecosystem development.
Starknet (STRK)
Unlock Date: June 15
Number of Unlocked Tokens: 64,000,000 STRK
Current Circulating Supply: 1,300,311,845 STRK
Starknet is developing a ZK-Rollup layer 2 (L2) solution for scaling decentralized applications on Ethereum. After raising investment, the team issued the STRK token, which plays a key role in decentralizing the network.
On June 15, the project will unlock 64 million STRK, which will be distributed to investors and early adopters.
Arbitrum (ARB)
Unlock Date: June 16
Number of Unlocked Tokens: 92,650,000 ARB
Current Circulating Supply: 2,896,440,329 ARB
#Arbitrum is one of the most popular Layer 2 (L2) solutions for Ethereum. Arbitrum is being developed by Offchain Labs. The main network of the project was launched in August 2021. Lightspeed Venture Partners, Polychain Capital, Ribbit Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Pantera Capital, Alameda Research, entrepreneur Mark Cuban and popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase participated in funding the development.
This week, the project will unlock more than 90 billion ARB tokens - at the current price, they are worth about $92.25 million. Coins unfrozen during this event will be distributed among the team, advisors and investors.
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