At Kite (KITE) the one-year lockup expires in early November 2026, and around 1.11 billion KITE come free in a single tranche. Measured against the total supply of ten billion tokens that is 11.1 percent. Measured against the amount that can actually be traded today it is 43 to 46 percent. The Kite unlock therefore enlarges the circulating supply by almost half in one day, and that is why holders are looking more closely now than they would at an ordinary monthly instalment.
This article works through three things: where the 1.11 billion tokens come from, how the sum compares with daily trading turnover, and which part of the date is actually documented. The most important caveat first: the amounts are fixed, the calendar date is inferred. That is why this article says "early November" and gives no cut-off with a time attached.
What exactly happens at the Kite unlock in early November
A token unlock is the moment at which contractually locked tokens become available to their owners. Until then they exist, but they can be neither sold nor transferred. A cliff is the harshest form of it: instead of a monthly instalment, the lock on a whole...
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