Ankr Network (ANKR)
Unlock Schedule
Ankr Network (ANKR) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
As of October 16, 2026, 10 billion of the 10 billion ANKR (100.00%) have been released. No further releases are scheduled; the schedule was fully unlocked in August 2022.
The chart shows gross modeled releases of every allocation: vesting unlocks, new issuance and reserve distributions, each allocation counted once. These have different meanings; a scheduled release is not evidence that tokens entered circulation or were sold. Review the coverage, sources and assumptions below.
Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.
Tokenomics & Utility
Supply and service payments
ANKR has a fixed maximum supply of 10 billion tokens. Ankr states that the full supply has been unlocked and that the token has no built-in inflation. This means its stated supply model does not depend on creating new ANKR tokens each year. (ankr.com)
One use of ANKR is payment for Ankr’s pay-as-you-go RPC service. Requests consume API credits, and Ankr’s documentation explains how ANKR used for payment is converted into those credits. The project also says ANKR can unlock discounts on RPC services. These uses connect the token to a product developers purchase to keep their applications running. (ankr.com)
Ankr’s economic model has changed over time. Its Ankr Network 2.0 plan described ANKR deposits from node providers, token rewards for serving requests, staking with node operators, and governance voting. Ankr’s staking page now states that the APR for ANKR staking has been lowered to zero. That change matters when reading older descriptions of rewards. Ankr’s separate liquid-staking products involve assets such as ETH and BNB and have their own mechanics. (ankr.com)
Assumptions
Ankr allocated 10 billion ANKR across an initial supply, team and advisor tokens, and a mining-and-community rewards reserve. The chart can show the initial tranche and the original estimated monthly unlock plan, but a later project-provided circulation projection gives a different completion month, so those monthly allocation curves are not verified payment history. Ankr said in July 2026 that all ANKR was unlocked and that the token has no inflation. Grants, network rewards and Forge Drops redistribute existing tokens, but their ANKR amounts and payment dates are not sufficiently documented to add to the chart.
- Private Sale 1: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Private Sale 2: Only secondary sources describe the timing, so it is not confirmed.
- Private Sale 3: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Public Sale: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Marketing: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Future Advisors Reserve: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Ankr Grants: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- RPC node-provider and ANKR staker rewards: New issuance depends on network activity, such as staking, so it cannot be dated in advance.
- Ankr Forge Drops: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Ankr Forge Drops: Emission continues with no published future rate or end date.
- Ankr–Midas pool ANKR liquidity incentives: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- 1. https://www.ankr.com/docs/staking-extra/ankr-tokenomics/
- 2. https://www.binance.com/en/research/projects/ankr-network
- 3. https://medium.com/ankr-network/ankr-in-2019-what-a-year-4bb00f90b054
- 4. https://static.upbit.com/guide/circulating_supply/ANKR.pdf
- 5. https://www.ankr.com/blog/an-open-letter-to-the-ankr-community/
- 6. https://etherscan.io/token/0x8290333cef9e6d528dd5618fb97a76f268f3edd4
- 7. https://defillama.com/unlocks/ankr
- 8. https://www.ankr.com/ankr-whitepaper-2.0.pdf
- 9. https://medium.com/ankr-network/big-news-from-ankr-new-protocol-token-use-cases-and-10-million-grant-8be7e86d31a9
- 10. https://www.ankr.com/docs/delegated-staking/ankr/overview/
- 11. https://www.ankr.com/blog/the-first-forge-drop-has-landed-how-to-get-in-on-the-next-one/
- 12. https://www.ankr.com/blog/midas-and-ankr-case-study/
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 1 market on Binance · $1.6M open interest
 Binance (CEX) | 305K | 17K/27K |
 HTX (CEX) | 141K | 496/1.7K |
 Coinbase (CEX) | 86K | 4.3K/19K |
 MEXC (CEX) | 68K | 17K/32K |
 Kraken (CEX) | 38K | 1.2K/11K |
 Bybit (CEX) | 29K | 2.4K/3.8K |
Binance (CEX) | 21K | 4.6K/11K |
 Bitget (CEX) | 15K | 9.6K/20K |
Kraken (CEX) | 11K | 122/6K |
 KuCoin (CEX) | 9.8K | 1.5K/2.4K |
 Gate.io (CEX) | 6K | 5.5K/8.9K |
Kraken (CEX) | 1.5K | 341/244 |
 Uniswap V3 (Ethereum) | 378 | 88/88 |
 Pancakeswap V3 (BNB) | 159 | 64/64 |
Pancakeswap V2 (BNB) | 109 | 35/35 |
Uniswap V2 (Ethereum) | 27 | 44/44 |
Allocations
Description
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Ankr is a decentralized Web3 infrastructure and cross-chain staking DeFi platform designed to simplify and democratize the participation in blockchain ecosystems. It provides a variety of services including dApp building, node hosting, and staking.
| Sector: | DePIN |
| Blockchain: | Other L1 |
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 1 market on Binance · $1.6M open interest
Binance (CEX) | 305K | 17K/27K |
HTX (CEX) | 141K | 496/1.7K |
Coinbase (CEX) | 86K | 4.3K/19K |
MEXC (CEX) | 68K | 17K/32K |
Kraken (CEX) | 38K | 1.2K/11K |
Bybit (CEX) | 29K | 2.4K/3.8K |
Binance (CEX) | 21K | 4.6K/11K |
Bitget (CEX) | 15K | 9.6K/20K |
Kraken (CEX) | 11K | 122/6K |
KuCoin (CEX) | 9.8K | 1.5K/2.4K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 6K | 5.5K/8.9K |
Kraken (CEX) | 1.5K | 341/244 |
Uniswap V3 (Ethereum) | 378 | 88/88 |
Pancakeswap V3 (BNB) | 159 | 64/64 |
Pancakeswap V2 (BNB) | 109 | 35/35 |
Uniswap V2 (Ethereum) | 27 | 44/44 |