Over $900,000,000 in Altcoin Token Unlocks to Hit Crypto Markets in August: Report
Nearly a billion dollars in token unlocks are set to hit crypto markets in August, according to the latest numbers. Citing data from TokenUnlocks, blockchain reporter Colin Wu reports that over $900 million in unlocks are ready to be released next month. Some of the largest unlocks include those from decentralized exchange (DEX) dYdX, layer-one blockchain Sui, and Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 Arbitrum (ARB). The largest token unlock in the next seven days is from the cross-chain interoperability protocol Wormhole, which will release $154 million in W tokens representing 33% of the supply. Analytics firm IntoTheBlock recently reported that projects like Sam Altman’s “proof-of-person” project Worldcoin (WLD), decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Stargate Finance (STG) and layer-2 blockchain Mantle (MNT) have daily token unlocks that represent relatively large percentages of their market cap, according to the firm’s data. The firm noted that the price performance of WL...