3 Token Unlocks to Watch in the Third Week of August 2026

The crypto market will welcome tokens worth more than $556.7 million in the third week of August 2026. Major projects, including LayerZero (ZRO), KAITO (KAITO), and Soon (SOON), 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. LayerZero (ZRO)

• Unlock Date: August 20
• Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 25.71 million ZRO
• Released Supply: 584.2 million ZRO 
• Total Supply: 1 billion ZRO

LayerZero is an interoperability protocol that connects different blockchains. Its primary goal is to facilitate seamless cross-chain communication. Thus, it enables decentralized applications (dApps) to interact across multiple blockchains without relying on traditional bridging models.

The team will unlock 25.71 million tokens on August 20, representing 4.4% of the released supply. Moreover, the supply is worth approximately $19.39 million.

LayerZero will award 13.42 million altcoins to strategic partners. Core contributors will get 10.63 million ZRO. Lastly, 1.67 million ZRO are for tokens repurchased by the team.

2. Kaito (KAITO)

• Unlock Date: August 20
• Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 32.6 million KAITO
• Released Supply: 427.07 million KAITO
• Total Supply: 1 billion KAITO

Kaito is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Web3 information platform that aggregates and analyzes cryptocurrency market data from diverse sources like social media, governance forums, news, and more. The KAITO token serves as a medium of exchange, governance tool, and incentive mechanism within the platform. 

On August 20, the team will unlock 32.6 million tokens, representing 7.63% of the current released supply. The supply is worth approximately $11.48 million.

The foundation will receive 1.19 million tokens. Early backers will gain 2.31 million KAITO. Furthermore, core contributions will get 6.94 million tokens.

The team will direct 7.16 million KAITO for ecosystem and network growth. Finally, Kaito has earmarked 15 million tokens for long-term creator incentives.

3. Soon (SOON)

• Unlock Date: August 23
• Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 20.24 million SOON
• Released Supply: 538.4 million
• Total Supply: 1 billion (Y2035)

SOON is a high-performance Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) Rollup, designed to implement the Super Adoption Stack. It includes three main components: SOON Mainnet,  SOON Stack, and InterSOON.

The network will unlock 20.24 million worth around $3.85 million. The unlocked supply accounts for 3.76% of the current released supply. 

The network will direct 6.67 million tokens to SOON Squad. The team will also award 4.17 million coins to the ecosystem and 2.78 million SOON to the team and co-builders. 

Furthermore, it will allocate 2.22 million tokens each to SOON Pill and community incentives for future products. The remainder covers 1.67 million SOON for the foundation and treasury, and 520,830 tokens for airdrop and liquidity.

In addition to these, other prominent unlocks investors can look out for in the third week of August include MBG by Multibank Group (MBG), ZKsync (ZK), Solv Protocol (SOLV), and more, which will contribute to the overall market-wide releases.