These crypto token unlocks could flood exchanges with over $100 million

• Crypto protocols Aptos, Starknet, Xai are set to unlock nearly $115 million in scheduled token unlocks this week.
• APT, STRK, XAI token unlocks range from 2 to 6% of their circulating supply.
• Token unlocks can negatively influence asset prices when they represent more than 1% of the circulating supply.

Data from TokenUnlocks shows that $115 million worth of key token unlocks scheduled for this week. The top three are Aptos (APT), Starknet (STRK) and Xai (XAI) with $115.80 million in unlocks this week.

The crypto token unlocks this week

This week’s top three cliff unlocks, where a project distributes locked tokens to investors, the community, or advisors on a fixed schedule, include APT, STRK, and XAI. Data from Tokenunlocks shows

that these projects are scheduled to unlock $68.54 million worth of APT, $26.91 million worth of STRK, and $6.52 million worth of XAI this week.

Cliff and Linear unlocks this week

Usually, if the demand fails to meet the increased supply of unlocked tokens, the price is negatively affected. The three token unlocks represent 2% to 6% of the supply, so could influence asset prices this week.

Scheduled linear unlocks for the week include Solana (SOL), Worldcoin (WLD) and Avalanche (AVAX), these assets unlock $9.59M, $7.39M and $2.34M respectively each day.

The advantage of unlocking linear tokens is that it creates stability for the token in the market, minimizes oversold and in turn increases investor confidence.