The crypto market will witness significant token unlocks worth more than ₹4,600 crore in the third week of August 2026. According to reports from Crypto.news, major projects including LayerZero (ZRO), KAITO, and Soon will release substantial new token supplies during this period. These unlocks could introduce market volatility and influence short-term price movements across the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
LayerZero will unlock 25.71 million ZRO tokens on August 20, representing 4.4% of the released supply worth approximately ₹19.39 crore. As reported by Crypto.news, the interoperability protocol connects different blockchains to facilitate seamless cross-chain communication for decentralized applications. The unlock distribution includes 13.42 million ZRO for strategic partners, 10.63 million ZRO for core contributors, and 1.67 million ZRO for tokens repurchased by the team from the total supply of 1 billion ZRO.
KAITO will unlock 32.6 million tokens on August 20, representing 7.63% of the released supply worth approximately ₹11.48 crore. According to Crypto.news, the AI-powered Web3 information platform aggregates cryptocurrency market data from social media, governance forums, and news sources. The unlock distribution includes 1.19 million tokens for the foundation, 2.31 million KAITO for early backers, 6.94 million tokens for core contributions, 7.16 million KAITO for ecosystem growth, and 15 million tokens for long-term creator incentives from the total supply of 1 billion KAITO.
Soon will unlock 20.24 million SOON tokens on August 23, representing 3.76% of the current released supply worth approximately ₹3.85 crore. As reported by Crypto.news, the high-performance Solana Virtual Machine Rollup implements the Super Adoption Stack with three main components: SOON Mainnet, SOON Stack, and InterSOON. The unlock distribution includes 6.67 million tokens for SOON Squad, 4.17 million coins for the ecosystem, 2.78 million SOON for the team and co-builders, 2.22 million tokens each for SOON Pill and community incentives, 1.67 million SOON for the foundation and treasury, and 520,830 tokens for airdrop and liquidity from the total supply of 1 billion SOON.
According to Crypto.news, other prominent unlocks investors should monitor in the third week of August include MBG by Multibank Group (MBG), ZKsync (ZK), and Solv Protocol (SOLV), which will contribute to the overall market-wide releases. These additional unlocks will further influence the cryptocurrency market dynamics during this period.
