Compound (COMP) Tokenomics, Unlock Schedule and Vesting Chart

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Compound (COMP) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule

As of October 17, 2026, 10 million of the 10 million COMP (100.00%) have been released. No further releases are scheduled; the schedule was fully unlocked on April 16, 2020.

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

How COMP is used and distributed

COMP is an Ethereum ERC-20 token with a total supply of 10 million tokens. Its main function is governance. A holder can delegate votes to their own address or to someone else, allowing that delegate to vote while the holder keeps the tokens. Governance proposals can change market settings, add assets, or direct other protocol actions. (medium.com)

At the start of community governance, Compound set aside 4,229,949 COMP for protocol users and 775,000 for other community-governance purposes. It allocated 2,396,307 to Compound Labs shareholders, 2,226,037 to founders and team members, and 372,707 to future team members. A later distribution update brought the amount designated for the community to 5,004,949 COMP. These figures describe the original allocation and its early update, rather than a promise of rewards from every market. (medium.com)

COMP rewards have been used to encourage supplying and borrowing. Their allocation is set through governance and can differ by market and activity. This gives the token two related roles: rewarding some protocol participation and giving holders a way to shape the rules under which the markets operate. Interest earned by a Compound III base-asset supplier is accounted for in that supplied asset, separately from any token reward. (compound.finance)

Assumptions

All 10 million COMP tokens were created at launch; later releases distribute or unlock those existing tokens. Compound documents allocations to shareholders, team members, protocol users and community programs, but the reviewed sources do not provide a complete dated history of user payments or team vesting. The chart can show the genesis mint and the dated Foundation tranches, whose token amounts are price-based estimates; undated budgets remain identified without invented release dates. Governance can still direct treasury distributions, so there is no established date when all releases end.

Founders and existing team: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Future team members: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Protocol-user COMP incentives: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Protocol-user COMP incentives: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
Coinbase Earn community program: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Community allocation transferred to Reservoir: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
Compound Grants Program pilot: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Compound Foundation funding under executed Proposal 448: The sources give the amount but no release dates.

Sources (12)

Max Supply 10.00M

Unlocked Supply 10.00M

Unlock Progress 100.00%

Genesis Date Mar 4, 2020

Fully Unlocked Apr 16, 2020

Allocations 10

Marketcap Rank (#) 172

Price ($) 22.17 -8.69% (7d)

24h Volume ($) 385K -59.21% (7d)

Marketcap ($) 222M

Fully Diluted Value ($) 222M

Circulating Supply 100% HIGH

Perpetuals: 3 markets on Binance, OKX and Hyperliquid · $6.2M open interest

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COMP/USDT	814K	1.3K/1.2K
COMP/USDT	478K	96K/102K
COMP/USDT	261K	16K/47K
COMP/USDT	161K	66K/65K
COMP/USD	114K	87K/78K
COMP/USDT	109K	63K/59K
COMP/EUR	79K	66K/66K
COMP/USD	77K	72K/111K
COMP/USDT	67K	38K/44K
COMP/TRY	28K	7.2K/6.2K
COMP/USDT	24K	40K/38K
COMP/USDT	17K	74K/85K
COMP/USDC	4.4K	2.3K/2.5K
COMP/WETH	3K	3K/3K
COMP/USDC	1.8K	12K/14K
COMP/BTC	1.7K	3.8K/2.4K
COMP/WETH	383	808/806
COMP/WETH	270	320/319
COMP/	85	151/150
COMP/WETH	22	132/131
COMP/WETH	13	35/35
COMP/WETH	2.3	28K/28K

Allocations

Fixed-supply genesis mint

10,000,000 tokens · 5 parts

Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.

Cliff: Mar 4, 2020 — 100.00% of allocation · 10,000,000 tokens

Sources: Comp.solCompound: COMP Token deployment record

Compound Grants Program pilot

5,000 tokens

Timing not yet established (March 2021 - open): amount unknown

Sources: Compound Grants ProgramCGP 2.0 discussion and account of unused original grants funds

Compound Foundation funding under executed Proposal 448

N/A tokens

Timing not yet established: amount unknown

Cliff: Jan 1, 2026 · 33,590.863 tokens

Cliff: Apr 2, 2026 · 33,590.863 tokens

Cliff: Jul 2, 2026 · 33,590.863 tokens

Cliff: Oct 1, 2026 · 33,590.863 tokens

Sources: Executed Proposal 448: Create the Compound FoundationFoundation Creation Proposal Review

Last Updated: 2026-09-30 11:46:15 UTC

Description

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Compound is a DeFi protocol that allows users to lend and borrow crypto assets on the Ethereum blockchain. It uses smart contracts to create liquidity pools and to distribute interest and COMP tokens to lenders and borrowers.

Sector:	Lending
Blockchain:	Ethereum

2020

Bluechip