Hyperliquid, Ethena face pressure in $657M token unlock week

Token unlock events worth $657 million are scheduled for the week from January 5 to January 12, according to data from Tokenomist.

The releases include both large single cliff unlocks and daily linear vesting schedules across multiple projects. Hyperliquid and Ethena lead the cliff unlock category with $333.99 million and $43.03 million, respectively, while RAIN and Solana dominate linear releases.

Hyperliquid leads token unlock schedule with $333.99 million release

Hyperliquid (HYPE) tops the week’s cliff token unlock schedule with 12.46 million tokens valued at $333.99 million. The release accounts for 3.25% of the project’s adjusted released supply.

Ethena (ENA) follows with 171.88 million tokens worth $43.03 million set for release. The unlock comprises 2.37% of ENA’s adjusted released supply. The two projects combined account for $377.02 million in token unlocks, representing 57.4% of the total value scheduled for the week.

Token unlock data. Source: Tokenomist.

Ethena and Aptos round out major cliff unlocks

Aptos (APT) has 12.44 million tokens scheduled for release, valued at $24.38 million. The unlock represents 0.77% of APT’s adjusted released supply. This makes it the smallest percentage among major projects on the list.

Linea (LINEA) faces an unlock of 1.38 billion tokens worth $10.40 million. The release represents 6.34% of LINEA’s adjusted released supply, making it the largest unlock by percentage among the five major cliff releases.

MOVE rounds out the major cliff unlocks with 164.58 million tokens valued at $6.24 million. The release accounts for 5.77% of MOVE’s adjusted released supply. The percentage ranks second highest among cliff unlocks, following LINEA at 6.34%. Combined cliff token unlock value reaches almost $418 million across five major projects.

Linear token unlocks add $239M in weekly releases

RAIN leads all linear unlocks with 9.42 billion tokens valued at $75.72 million set for daily release throughout the week. The unlock represents the largest linear release by dollar value. RAIN’s scheduled releases account for 31.7% of total linear unlock value during the period.

Solana (SOL) follows with 483,590 tokens worth $65.86 million scheduled for gradual release. SOL’s linear unlock represents the second-largest by value. The two projects combined account for $141.58 million, comprising 59.3% of the total linear unlock value.

TRUMP has 4.89 million tokens valued at $26.60 million scheduled for linear release. Worldcoin (WLD) will release 37.23 million tokens worth $22.50 million through daily vesting. River (RIVER) has 1.25 million tokens worth $16.09 million set for gradual release.

Dogecoin will unlock 95.94 million tokens worth $14.51 million. Avalanche will release 700,000 tokens through linear vesting, each valued at $10.06 million. Aster completes the linear schedule of 10.28 million tokens worth $8.14 million. In total, linear token unlocks amount to approximately $239 million across eight projects.

Smaller projects face major percentage unlocks

There are more token unlock events scheduled for smaller projects, according to CoinMarketCap data. CUDIS will see the unlocking of 12.19 million tokens, equal to $365,249, representing 1.22% of its total locked tokens. Infinity Ground (AIN) will release 18.13 million tokens worth $954,166, representing a 1.81% share of its locked coins.

ROA CORE has scheduled for release 16.96 million tokens, equating to $111,059, representing 1.70% of the total locked tokens. Then there is Animalia (ANIM), which will unlock 2.37 million tokens worth $2,298, or 2.18% of total locked supply. Lastly, among the smaller unlocks is Ultiverse, with 166.67 million tokens worth $61,541, making up 1.67% of the locked tokens.