Unlock Schedule
BIO Protocol (BIO) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
As of November 6, 2026, 2.15 billion BIO have been released. The remaining 431.54 million BIO, all estimated, are worth about $8.48 million at today's price (19.99% of the market cap). Of these, 129.92 million BIO release over the next 12 months, from Core Contributors — 21.2% of initial supply and bio/acc Season 1 BioDAO awards — subset of bio/acc rewards. Today's release is an estimated 366,418 BIO from Core Contributors — 21.2% of initial supply and bio/acc Season 1 BioDAO awards — subset of bio/acc rewards. BIO is fully unlocked on May 28, 2030; after that date the schedule has no further dated releases.
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
BIO began with an allocation of 3.32 billion tokens. The published initial distribution assigned 56% to community categories, including an auction, an airdrop, ecosystem incentives, and a Molecule ecosystem fund. Other allocations went to early contributors, early backers, advisors, and Molecule. Different categories have different release schedules. The project’s documentation describes the supply as uncapped: an increase for future network growth would require a replacement token contract. (docs.bio.xyz)
The token has several connected uses. People can commit BIO to eligible project launches, and launched project tokens can be paired with BIO in decentralized-exchange pools. BIO is also used for protocol governance and is described as a way to access certain ecosystem services. These roles link demand for the token to participation in the platform rather than to a single research program. (docs.bio.xyz)
Staking BIO can create veBIO, short for vote-escrowed BIO. veBIO represents governance power linked to locked BIO; it cannot be transferred like an ordinary token. Staking activity can also earn BioXP, points used to help determine allocation priority when a project sale attracts more commitments than it can accept. BIO, veBIO, and BioXP therefore play different parts in funding and decision-making. (docs.bio.xyz)
Upcoming BIO Releases
| Period | Allocation | Type | Amount | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6 – 30, 2026 | Core Contributors — 21.2% of initial supply | Vesting, estimated | 8M | $157.7K |
| bio/acc Season 1 BioDAO awards — subset of bio/acc rewards | Vesting, estimated | 1.1M | $22.2K | |
| Dec 2026 | Core Contributors — 21.2% of initial supply | Vesting, estimated | 10M | $195.6K |
| bio/acc Season 1 BioDAO awards — subset of bio/acc rewards | Vesting, estimated | 1.4M | $27.5K | |
| Jan 2027 | Core Contributors — 21.2% of initial supply | Vesting, estimated | 10M | $195.6K |
| bio/acc Season 1 BioDAO awards — subset of bio/acc rewards | Vesting, estimated | 1.4M | $27.5K | |
| Total, next 12 months | 129.9M | $2.6M | ||
Values at $0.020 per BIO (November 6, 2026), today's price, not a forecast. Releases continue after October 2027. Estimated amounts are modeled from the schedule's rules rather than dated by a source; see the Assumptions below. Releases without dates are listed under Allocations.
Assumptions
BIO began with a documented 3.32 billion tokens assigned to eight auction, airdrop, incentive, contributor, investor and Molecule budgets. The chart can show the approved rescheduling of the core team’s cliff and Binance’s dated Launchpool rewards, but the latter are transfers of existing tokens, not new issuance. Other vesting terms lack sufficiently established cohort dates or amounts, while ecosystem spending and later bio/acc awards depend on decisions and milestones. The initial-supply placement and continuous display of daily Launchpool rewards are labelled estimates; future issuance remains possible only through a governance-led change.
- Community Auction — 20% of initial supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Community Airdrop — 6% of initial supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Ecosystem Incentives — 25% of initial supply: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- bio/acc milestone rewards — subset of Ecosystem Incentives: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Investors — 13.6% of initial supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Advisors — 4.2% of initial supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Molecule — 5% of initial supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Molecule Ecosystem Fund — 5% of initial supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- 1. https://docs.bio.xyz/bio/introduction/bio-token/basic-token-information
- 2. https://www.okx.com/en-eu/learn/bio-protocol-white-paper
- 3. https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/f4717985d5d549c8adf284ef4fbd9107
- 4. https://www.binance.com/en-JP/research/projects/bio-protocol
- 5. https://snapshot.box/
- 6. https://gl.app/dao/bioxyz.eth/proposals/0x88c9e42ecd42f10766deb3eb2cb2d013d32b9f4073ad55856ce552ad7510d0c2
- 7. https://gl.app/dao/bioxyz.eth/proposals/0x73d7a19aeb4f25c801958acfe07ff4ae346f8fe12a9394e45726cc7b8445930a
- 8. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bioprotocol_biopsy-proposal-revesting-of-team-advisor-activity-7330534607013990400-o_XI
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 5 markets on Binance, OKX, Hyperliquid and Lighter · $6.3M open interest
Binance (CEX) | 754K | 11K/29K |
HTX (CEX) | 572K | 751/1.2K |
Binance (CEX) | 563K | 17K/33K |
OKX (CEX) | 276K | 6.8K/16K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 100K | 6.8K/6.4K |
![]() Coinbase (CEX) | 64K | 17K/26K |
![]() MEXC (CEX) | 61K | 2.1K/1.3K |
![]() MEXC (CEX) | 53K | 197/362 |
Binance (CEX) | 48K | 2.2K/1.9K |
Bitget (CEX) | 20K | 886/3.3K |
![]() Pancakeswap V3 (BNB) | 20K | 6.3K/6.3K |
KuCoin (CEX) | 13K | 506/853 |
Kraken (CEX) | 12K | 2.7K/38K |
![]() Raydium (Solana) | 11K | 6K/5.9K |
Kraken (CEX) | 7.2K | 617/5.8K |
Binance (CEX) | 4.9K | 24K/21K |
OKX (CEX) | 2.1K | 22K/22K |
OKX (CEX) | 2K | 4.7K/4.7K |
OKX (CEX) | 1.4K | 2K/2K |
Uniswap V3 (Base) | 1K | 39/39 |
![]() Pancakeswap V3 (Base) | 117 | 1.2K/1.2K |
Uniswap V3 (Base) | 90 | 127/127 |
Uniswap V3 (Base) | 40 | 242/241 |
![]() Meteora DAMM V2 (Solana) | 21 | 28/27 |
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: 743,431,453.026 tokens of its parts have no release date yet. The chart shows them as TBD from today, not as unlocked.
Description
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BIO Protocol is a financial layer for decentralized science (DeSci) that aims to increase capital and talent flow into onchain science. It supports curation, funding, liquidity, and governance of bioDAOs and scientific IP assets.
| Sector: | DeSci |
| Blockchain: | Ethereum |
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 5 markets on Binance, OKX, Hyperliquid and Lighter · $6.3M open interest
Binance (CEX) | 754K | 11K/29K |
HTX (CEX) | 572K | 751/1.2K |
Binance (CEX) | 563K | 17K/33K |
OKX (CEX) | 276K | 6.8K/16K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 100K | 6.8K/6.4K |
![]() Coinbase (CEX) | 64K | 17K/26K |
![]() MEXC (CEX) | 61K | 2.1K/1.3K |
![]() MEXC (CEX) | 53K | 197/362 |
Binance (CEX) | 48K | 2.2K/1.9K |
Bitget (CEX) | 20K | 886/3.3K |
![]() Pancakeswap V3 (BNB) | 20K | 6.3K/6.3K |
KuCoin (CEX) | 13K | 506/853 |
Kraken (CEX) | 12K | 2.7K/38K |
![]() Raydium (Solana) | 11K | 6K/5.9K |
Kraken (CEX) | 7.2K | 617/5.8K |
Binance (CEX) | 4.9K | 24K/21K |
OKX (CEX) | 2.1K | 22K/22K |
OKX (CEX) | 2K | 4.7K/4.7K |
OKX (CEX) | 1.4K | 2K/2K |
Uniswap V3 (Base) | 1K | 39/39 |
![]() Pancakeswap V3 (Base) | 117 | 1.2K/1.2K |
Uniswap V3 (Base) | 90 | 127/127 |
Uniswap V3 (Base) | 40 | 242/241 |
![]() Meteora DAMM V2 (Solana) | 21 | 28/27 |




