Top 10 Biggest Token Unlocks: $140M Hits the Market August 17–23, 2026

Ten tokens are set to unlock roughly $140.49M in combined value between August 17 and 23, 2026, according to data compiled from Cryptorank, Tokenomist and DefiLlama. GRAM tops the list with a single $48.6M cliff event on August 23, while three mid-size unlocks — KAITO, LayerZero's ZRO, and AKEDO's AKE — land on consecutive days from August 19 through 21, creating a stretch of potential compounding sell pressure.

Key takeaways

• The week's ten tracked unlocks total roughly $140.49M, with GRAM's $48.6M event on August 23 alone making up about 35% of that sum.
• KAITO releases the highest share of its own supply at 3.26% (32.60M tokens, $11.0M) on August 19, ahead of ZRO's 2.36% and AKE's 2.11%.
• Three consecutive-day cliff unlocks — KAITO (Aug 19), ZRO (Aug 20), and AKE (Aug 21) — sit back-to-back, a rare clustering compared to the rest of the week.
• Five tokens — Canton (CC), Official Trump (TRUMP), Bittensor (TAO), Morpho (MORPHO) and Worldcoin (WLD) — unlock on an ongoing daily basis rather than through a single cliff date.
• Pudgy Penguins' PENGU unlocks 703.5M tokens ($4.18M, 0.27% of supply) on August 17, the smallest dollar figure of the ten but among the largest raw token counts.

What's unlocking, and how much of each supply is affected?

The table below lists all ten tokens tracked for the week of August 17-23, 2026, with unlock value, token count, percentage of total supply, and date.

Token	Ticker	Unlock Value	Tokens Unlocked	% of Supply	Date
GRAM (TON)	$GRAM	$48.6M	36.58M	0.70%	August 23, 2026
AKEDO	$AKE	$21.4M	2.10B	2.11%	August 21, 2026
LayerZero	$ZRO	$18.8M	23.6M	2.36%	August 20, 2026
Canton	$CC	$14.5M	151.7M	0.39%	Ongoing daily
Kaito	$KAITO	$11.0M	32.60M	3.26%	August 19, 2026
Official Trump	$TRUMP	$8.89M	6.33M	0.63%	Ongoing daily
Bittensor	$TAO	$4.90M	25.2K	0.12%	Ongoing daily
Morpho	$MORPHO	$4.20M	2.0M	0.20%	Ongoing daily
Pudgy Penguins	$PENGU	$4.18M	703.5M	0.27%	August 17, 2026
Worldcoin	$WLD	$4.02M	11.2M	0.11%	Ongoing daily

Why does GRAM's $48.6M unlock dwarf the rest by dollar value?

GRAM's $48.6M unlock on August 23 is the single largest event of the week purely because of its dollar size, not its percentage of supply. At 0.70% of total supply, it's actually a smaller relative dilution than KAITO, ZRO or AKE — the gap comes from GRAM's higher token price and larger overall market cap. In dollar terms, GRAM's unlock is more than double the next-largest event (AKE at $21.4M), and it alone represents roughly 35% of the week's combined $140.49M total.

This matters because dollar value and percentage of supply tell different stories. A token can unlock a huge dollar amount while barely touching circulating supply, or unlock a small dollar figure that represents a meaningful chunk of what's tradable. GRAM sits in the first category — a headline-grabbing number that, relative to its own supply base, is proportionally modest compared to KAITO's 3.26% figure.

Why do KAITO, ZRO and AKE matter more than the headline GRAM number?

KAITO, LayerZero's ZRO, and AKEDO's AKE unlock on three consecutive days — August 19, 20, and 21 — and each releases a larger share of its own token supply than GRAM does. KAITO's 3.26% supply unlock is the highest percentage on the list, followed by ZRO at 2.36% and AKE at 2.11%. Because these three events land back-to-back rather than spread across the week, any sell pressure from early unlocks can compound before the market has time to absorb it.

A token unlock is an event where previously locked or vested tokens become available for trading, increasing circulating supply and often creating downward price pressure if recipients sell. Percentage of supply unlocked is generally a better gauge of potential market impact than raw dollar value, since it reflects how much new liquidity is entering relative to what's already tradable. Traders tracking funding rates and open interest on perpetual venues often watch unlock calendars for exactly this reason — sudden supply increases can shift positioning on platforms like Hyperliquid even when the underlying token isn't the primary trading pair.

What does 'ongoing daily' unlock actually mean for these five tokens?

An ongoing daily unlock structure releases a small, steady portion of vesting supply every day rather than through one large scheduled cliff. Canton (CC), Official Trump (TRUMP), Bittensor (TAO), Morpho (MORPHO) and Worldcoin (WLD) all follow this pattern for the week of August 17-23, 2026, meaning their listed dollar figures represent the total value drip-fed over the seven-day window rather than a single-day event.

This structure tends to produce steadier, more predictable supply pressure than cliff unlocks, since the market absorbs new tokens incrementally instead of all at once. TRUMP's $8.89M weekly figure and CC's $14.5M are the largest of the five ongoing-daily unlocks, while TAO's $4.90M and WLD's $4.02M sit at the lower end. None of the five ongoing-daily tokens crosses even 0.65% of total supply for the week, keeping their relative dilution well below KAITO, ZRO and AKE's cliff-day percentages.

Bottom line

Across the ten tokens tracked, roughly $140.49M in value is scheduled to hit circulating supply between August 17 and 23, 2026, but the real story isn't the headline GRAM figure — it's the concentration of high-percentage supply unlocks in KAITO, ZRO and AKE landing on three straight days. Watch how those three tokens trade from August 19 through 21; a cluster of cliff events unlocking 2-3% of supply each within 72 hours is the kind of setup that has historically produced compounding sell pressure when recipients move to liquidate. GRAM's August 23 unlock, despite its size, carries comparatively lower dilution risk at 0.70% of supply.