3 Major Token Unlocks to Watch This Week

The crypto market will see tokens worth more than $650 million enter circulation over the next seven days. Major projects, including Sui (SUI), Sign (SIGN), and Jupiter (JUP), will release significant new token supplies.

These unlocks could introduce market volatility and influence short-term price movements. So, here’s a breakdown of what to watch.

1. Sui (SUI)

• Unlock Date: May 1
• Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 42.62 million SUI
• Released Supply: 3.96 billion SUI
• Total Supply: 10 billion SUI

Sui is a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain. It utilizes the Move programming language to enable scalable, secure, and efficient decentralized applications (dApps). 

Moreover, the network focuses on parallel execution for high throughput, making it suitable for gaming, decentralized finance (DeFi), and Web3 ecosystems. 

On May 1, Sui will unlock 42.62 million altcoins as part of its monthly schedule. This stack represents 1.08% of the released supply. Furthermore, it is worth approximately $40.39 million.

Of the unlocked supply, 19.32 million SUI will go to Series B investors. Community reserve and early contributors will get 12.63 million and 8.60 million SUI, respectively. Lastly, Mysten Labs will receive 2.07 million altcoins.

2. Jupiter (JUP)

• Unlock Date: April 28
• Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 53.47 million JUP
• Released Supply: 3.63 billion JUP
• Total supply: 7 billion JUP

Jupiter is a decentralized liquidity aggregator on the Solana blockchain. It optimizes trade routes across multiple decentralized exchanges (DEXs) to provide users with the best prices for token swaps with minimal slippage. 

On April 28, Jupiter will unlock 53.47 million JUP tokens, valued at approximately $9.77 million, representing 1.53% of its released supply. This unlock follows a monthly cliff vesting schedule. 

Jupiter has allocated the tokens primarily to the team (38.89 million JUP). Furthermore, Mercurial stakeholders will get 14.58 million JUP altcoins.

3. Sign (SIGN)

• Unlock Date: April 28
• Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 401.1 million SIGN
• Released Supply: 1.93billion SIGN
• Total Supply: 10 billion SIGN

Sign is an omni-chain attestation protocol. It allows users and enterprises to create secure and verifiable attestations of claims or assertions.

On April 28, the team will unlock 401.1 million SIGN worth $7.05 million. The tokens account for 20.78% of the released supply.

The team will direct 150 million altcoins towards community incentives and 45 million to the ecosystem. The foundation will receive 95 million SIGN. In addition, backers and early team members will get 83.33 million tokens and 27.78 million tokens, respectively.

In addition to these three, Optimism (OP), Treehouse (TREE), and Zora (ZORA) will also experience new supply entering the market.