Plasma token unlock masks 24-month supply surge
Plasma (XPL) October 25 unlock masks 24-month supply acceleration. Token's vesting shift to monthly tranches frontloads 60 percent dilution over two years.
Plasma (XPL) October 25 unlock masks 24-month supply acceleration. Token's vesting shift to monthly tranches frontloads 60 percent dilution over two years.
October's 1.17B CRO unlock from Cronos' 70B reserve shows monthly releases are 2.7x all burns. Supply dilution continues despite bullish burn narratives.
deBridge unlocks 618 million DBR tokens on October 17, equal to 10.4% of circulating supply and 15 days of volume. Cronos releases $71M but only 2.33%.
Arbitrum rallied 159% in 60 days despite facing monthly unlocks of 92.6 million ARB through early 2027. Can DAO revenue absorb the ongoing supply pressure?
Petrobras tests Cardano to track environmental claims on SAF and renewable diesel. The blockchain prevents credits from being counted twice.
ZetaChain voted 99.4% to shut down its Layer 1 blockchain and migrate ZETA to Solana at 1:1. The token surged 64% on news that typically crashes valuations.
Linea's dual burn only fires on the fee surplus left after Ethereum costs, and the chain earns about $1,200 a day while 47.5 billion tokens stay locked.
Aptos hit an all-time low on August 30, then unlocked 11.31 million more APT, with close to 60% going to insiders and most of the supply still to come.
Linea unlocked 960.13 million tokens on September 10 for about 2.75 million dollars, and every coin routed to the consortium rather than public holders.
Monero jumped near 50% in August, yet the 9.4 billion dollar coin trades only 78 million a day. Exchange delistings and a new THORChain rail explain it.
Harmony will shut its Layer 1 on September 10 and migrate ONE to Ethereum, saying it can no longer defend the chain against state actors and AI agents.
Linea sold no tokens to VCs or its own team, yet nearly 90% of the supply sits with Consensys and its consortium, and a September 10 unlock now feeds it.
Zcash cleared $1,000 for a nine-year high, yet 71 percent of ZEC still sits in transparent addresses as a Grayscale ETF and a Nasdaq treasury lead buying.
XRP rallied nearly 40 percent in late August, yet XRP futures open interest fell 16 percent and CME passed Binance as the top venue. Bought, not borrowed.
Bitwise's BSOL has become the first Solana ETF to top $1 billion in assets under management, yet buyers put in $1.01 billion while shares slid 40 percent.
Ethena's proposed fee switch would send 95% of revenue to ENA buybacks, but only once USDe hits $7.5 billion. It sits near $4.6 billion today.
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