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Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: Aug 17-23, 2026 | ZRO's $19.97M cliff

$ZRO unlocks 4.40% of circulating supply on August 20, spread across Private Investors, Founder/Team, and Community allocations. $DATA extended its Early Backers and Core Contributors unlock from August 13, 2026 to February 13, 2028.
 • 3 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: Aug 10-16, 2026 | $YZY faces its largest cliff

YZY unlocks $35.22M on August 16 — 22.82% of circulating supply and the largest cliff release of the month by dollar value, vested to Private Investors.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: Jul 27-Aug 2, 2026 | $LAVA releases 41% of its float

$LAVA's July 30 release is small in dollar terms at $2.37M but represents 40.91% of circulating supply. $SUI's August 1 unlock of $9.76M adds just 0.34% to float, splitting across insider and ecosystem allocations in what remains a routine monthly cadence.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: July 20-26, 2026 | $H unlocks 8.6% of supply post-hack

$ZRO's$20.48M unlock (4.60% of circulating supply) is partly counterweighted by LayerZero's ongoing buyback of ZRO funded with Stargate revenue. $H's $15.55M unlock (8.60% of circulating supply) is the week's largest release relative to float — and it lands on a token in a deep, post-hack drawdown.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: July 13-19, 2026 | $LAB begins unlocking into a 90% drawdown

$DBR faces a $10M cliff unlock on July 17, adding 11.43% to circulating supply. GRVT confirmed a July 21 TGE, with its Season 2 allocation rising to 18% of a fixed 1B-token supply. BitTorrent introduced a revenue-funded BTT buyback-and-burn program, with its first burn set out for mid-October.
 • 5 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: July 6-12, 2026 | Pump.fun's $127M insider cliff

$HYPE's committed release is just $31M (0.20% of float), a fraction of the $682M its whitepaper schedule implies. Lighter and Aster advanced their own buyback-and-burn programs, part of a broader shift toward tying token value to protocol revenue.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: June 29 - July 5, 2026 | Aave's automated-buyback preview

SUI's July 1 release is a routine monthly community cliff. SPEC's unlock expands its circulating supply by roughly 17%. Aave previewed "Aavenomics 3.0" — an automated, non-discretionary buyback funded by 100% of protocol and GHO revenue.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: June 22–28, 2026 | A hawkish Fed

$H unlocks $55M on June 25 into a fragile, post-hack market, though a forced investor election clouds how much actually hits the float. $NEWT releases 64% of current circulating supply, concentrated in a single Core Contributor cliff.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: June 15-21, 2026 | SpaceX IPO

$ZRO releases $23M on June 20, a release that notably includes a slice of Strategic Partners and Core Contributors. SpaceX's $75B IPO locked up 95.8% of shares, creating a staggered $323B overhang that mirrors the cliff-and-vest mechanics crypto investors track every week.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: June 8-14, 2026 | Strategy's first BTC sale

Strategy's first BTC sale since 2022 was tiny in size but outsized in signal, helping tip sentiment into extreme fear as BTC broke below $70K. $WET's June 9 unlock equals 111.59% of circulating supply, more than doubling the float in one event.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: June 1-7, 2026 | $675M HYPE cliff shrinks to a $38M claim

$HYPE's headline cliff is largely on paper. Although $675M (2.54% of circulating supply) is scheduled to unlock on June 6, the team has committed to claiming only $38M US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a prolonged streak of redemptions, the worst of 2026, with sentiment in Extreme Fear.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: May 25-31, 2026 | HUMA's Lockup Extension

Humanity Protocol's ($H) $22M cliff on May 25 spans three allocation buckets, including identity verification rewards and ecosystem operations. Huma Finance's team and major investors voluntarily extended the May 26 investor cliff by six months to November 26, a rare proactive alignment signal.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: May 11-17, 2026 | Starknet's Cliff at the $300M Mcap

STRK's $6.75M unlock represents a 4.05% circulating supply addition against a ~$300M market cap, down from an $8B peak.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: May 4-10, 2026 | HYPE's Monthly Release

HYPE's May 6 unlock is structurally modest at 0.18% of circulating supply — the committed amount of $17.52M SXT's 23.20% supply release on May 8 makes it one of the most dilutive single-day unlocks this week
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: Apr 27–May 3, 2026 | MegaETH TGE Week

The week ahead is defined by a single macro event: the FOMC meeting on April 28–29. With oil still elevated and inflation expectations sensitive to energy prices, rate cut expectations remain muted.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: Apr 13–19, 2026 | Slight Macro Relief

We cover the key drivers behind the move, dive into the $DBR unlock (~13% of supply), assess the $ALIGN TGE and its positioning in the ZK and restaking narrative, and unpack major tokenomics shifts from Sky Protocol that signal a broader transition toward sustainable value accrual.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Unlock Digest: Apr 6–12, 2026 | $HYPE Committed Claim Strategy

This week's digest arrives at a precarious geopolitical moment. Against that backdrop, the week's most significant token event is $HYPE's April 6 Core Contributors unlock and OneFootball's $OFC launches on April 9.
 • 3 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Token Unlocks Digest: Mar 30 - Apr 5, 2026 | $GUN Faces High-Impact Unlock

Treasury yields pressured both traditional and crypto markets, while the token supply landscape remains active with over $660M in scheduled unlocks next week. We highlight $GUN’s high-impact supply event, and examine Backpack’s ($BP) TGE model.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Token Unlocks Digest: Mar 23-29, 2026 | $PARTI Unlock and $HYPE Momentum

This week’s digest covers a high-impact $PARTI unlock, continued outperformance from $HYPE driven by new on-chain trading products, and a fresh DeFi Layer-2 launch from Katana Network ($KAT) introducing a vote-escrow incentive model designed to recycle real protocol revenue back to users.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Token Unlocks Digest: Mar 16-22, 2026 | $ZRO Unlock in Focus

This week’s digest highlights a major $ZRO unlock, accelerating buyback mechanisms across the LayerZero ecosystem, and a new TGE on the horizon from GRVT Protocol.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Token Unlocks Digest: Mar 9-15, 2026 | $4.39B WBT Unlock Ahead

From one of the largest unlock events of the year with $WBT, to accelerating buyback activity from $PUMP, supply dynamics continue to shape how tokens absorb market stress and recover alongside broader sentiment.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Token Unlocks Digest: Mar 2-8, 2026 | $HYPE Leads, $RED Risk Builds

From major unlock cliffs ($HYPE, $RED) and new ecosystem-native TGE launches ($HPL), to structural emission reforms like Jupiter’s net-zero pivot, supply dynamics are increasingly driving risk and opportunity across the market.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Token Unlocks Digest: Feb 23-Mar 1, 2026 | The Shift Toward Deflationary Tokenomics

In this report, we break down last week’s supply-driven underperformance, highlight major upcoming unlocks including $SUI and $GRASS, and examine notable tokenomics shifts from $HYPE and $APT — both signaling a broader industry pivot toward supply discipline and deflationary mechanics.
 • 4 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Token Unlocks Digest: Feb 16–22, 2026 | Insider Unlocks and Emission Shifts

In this report, we break down $ZRO and $YZY unlock risks, Backpack’s growth-triggered TGE model, USDai’s $CHIP public sale mechanics, and Jupiter’s latest tokenomics proposal — and what each means for forward supply dynamics.
 • 5 min read
Weekly Unlocks Digest

Weekly Token Unlocks Digest: Feb 9 –15, 2026 | Risk-Off Market

In this environment, this week’s report breaks down what’s moving beneath the surface — from $HYPE’s resilience through unlocks, $PUFFER’s supply pressure, $RNBW’s TGE structure, MegaETH’s KPI-gated launch, to Polymarket’s $POLY airdrop signals.
 • 5 min read