Aura Finance (AURA)
Unlock Schedule
Aura Finance (AURA) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
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
Aura’s original plan set a maximum supply of 100 million AURA. It assigned 50% to rewards for Balancer liquidity providers using Aura and 10% to incentives for the auraBAL-related pool. The plan also included 17.5% for the treasury, vested over four years, and 10% for contributors, vested over two years. Smaller portions supported initial liquidity, community distribution, and other incentives. Unclaimed or unused launch allocations later returned tokens to the community treasury. These figures explain the original allocation plan, not a continuing rewards schedule. (docs.aura.finance)
Holders could lock AURA for 16 weeks to obtain vlAURA, or vote-locked AURA. That gave them a voice in Aura proposals and in votes that directed the protocol’s pooled Balancer voting power toward eligible pools. Through this design, a token holder could influence where incentives went without personally locking BAL for veBAL. (docs.aura.finance)
The wind-down has changed the token’s practical utility. Since May 13, 2026, the Aura app has allowed AURA to be redeemed for a proportional share of treasury assets, while minting an rAURA redemption token. The app lists May 10, 2027, as the close of stage-one claims and the start of a later rAURA claim for remaining eligible assets. It lists a separate redemption for auraBAL on that date. (app.aura.finance)
Assumptions
Aura initially created tokens for treasury, contributor, community and liquidity programs, while further AURA was minted as the protocol earned BAL. Published terms describe several vesting and launch-reward periods, but changes to auraBAL incentives and later treasury decisions leave substantial distribution timing unresolved. The issuance chart uses dated total-supply observations and estimates the monthly growth between them; it does not treat transfers of already-minted treasury tokens as new supply. Exact launch-contract timestamps, cumulative burns and a confirmed final end to releases remain unverified.
- auraBAL liquidity-pool rewards: The original schedule was changed and the new timing is not yet published.
- AURA liquidity bootstrapping pool: New issuance depends on network activity, such as staking, so it cannot be dated in advance.
- Initial protocol-owned AURA/ETH liquidity: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Initial protocol-owned AURA/ETH liquidity: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Future community airdrops and incentives: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Original community treasury vesting: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- AIP-6 Hidden Hand AURA/ETH liquidity incentives: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- AIP-15 Aura Ecosystem Fund: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- AIP-41 Ecosystem Fund replenishment: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- AIP-5 initial Aura Foundation funding: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- AIP-61 Foundation funding for 2024: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- AIP-1 community management: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- AIP-3 increase liquid float: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- 1. https://blog.aura.finance/auras-community-first-tokenomics/
- 2. https://blog.aura.finance/stronger-together-the-defi-legends-behind-auras-multisig
- 3. https://blog.aura.finance/against-all-odds-auras-lbp-recap-and-your-next-steps
- 4. https://blog.aura.finance/governance-recap-1-driving-long-term-growth-for-aura
- 5. https://docs.aura.finance/aura/usdaura/distribution
- 6. https://github.com/code-423n4/2022-05-aura/blob/main/contracts/Aura.sol
- 7. https://etherscan.io/token/0xc0c293ce456ff0ed870add98a0828dd4d2903dbf?a=0xc6065734b898eedcf450b28ec2fc5a45a7dcdb2b
- 8. https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-19-recognizing-and-approving-aura-distribution-for-protocol-migration/349
- 9. https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-42-maximizing-value-of-aura-lp-incentives-bootstrapping-l2s/544
- 10. https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-63-tokenomics-optimisation-and-emission-reduction/696
- 11. https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-73-optimizing-aura-emissions/815
- 12. https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-xxx-disable-the-aura-minter/853
- 13. https://forum.aura.finance/t/proposal-orderly-protocol-wind-down-and-treasury-redemption-for-aura/879
- 14. https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-6-deepening-aura-eth-liquidity-with-hidden-hand-incentives-from-treasury/108
- 15. https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-15-aura-ecosystem-fund/204
- 16. https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-41-replenish-the-aura-ecosystem-fund/543
- 17. https://forum.aura.finance/t/aip-61-proposal-for-aura-foundation-funding-2024/672
- 18. https://forum.aura.finance/t/grant-proposal-aura-analytics-dashboard/404
- 19. https://www.coingecko.com/
Allocations
Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.
Not yet scheduled: 14,277,170.036 tokens of its parts have no release date yet. The chart shows them as TBD from today, not as unlocked.