Kaia (KAIA)
Unlock Schedule
Kaia (KAIA) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
As of October 17, 2026, 6.47 billion KAIA have been released. The schedule is ongoing, with no final release date. Over the next 12 months it releases 288.96 million KAIA (all estimated) from PoS block issuance, including validator and network-fund rewards, worth about $12.51 million at today's price (4.44% of the market cap). Today's release is an estimated 827,957 KAIA from PoS block issuance, including validator and network-fund rewards.
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
What KAIA does
KAIA has three central jobs. It pays for transfers and smart-contract use, supports staking by network validators, and plays a part in governance. Token holders can also delegate KAIA to a validator through Kaia Square. Delegation gives holders a way to participate in the staking system without operating a validator computer themselves. (docs.kaia.io)
Kaia issues new coins as blocks are made. Its token-economy documentation describes 9.6 KAIA per block, or roughly 300 million KAIA a year at a one-second block pace. The issuance rate can change through governance. The documented allocation of new rewards is 50% for validators and community contributions, 25% for the Kaia Ecosystem Fund, and 25% for the Kaia Infrastructure Fund. These funds support work such as developer programs and network operations. (docs.kaia.io)
The reward system has changed since launch. In 2026, governance approved contribution rewards tied to measurable activity alongside staking rewards. A contribution allocation that is not earned can be burned instead of distributed. A portion of transaction fees is burned as well, so the amount of KAIA entering circulation is shaped by both issuance and burn rules. This is why the per-block issuance figure alone does not tell the whole story of the coin’s supply. (docs.kaia.io)
Upcoming KAIA Releases
| Period | Allocation | Type | Amount | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 – 31, 2026 | PoS block issuance, including validator and network-fund rewards | Issuance, estimated | 12.4M | $537.8K |
| Nov 2026 | PoS block issuance, including validator and network-fund rewards | Issuance, estimated | 24.8M | $1.1M |
| Dec 2026 | PoS block issuance, including validator and network-fund rewards | Issuance, estimated | 25.7M | $1.1M |
| Jan 2027 | PoS block issuance, including validator and network-fund rewards | Issuance, estimated | 25.7M | $1.1M |
| Feb 2027 | PoS block issuance, including validator and network-fund rewards | Issuance, estimated | 23.2M | $1M |
| Mar 2027 | PoS block issuance, including validator and network-fund rewards | Issuance, estimated | 25.7M | $1.1M |
| Total, next 12 months | 289M | $12.5M | ||
Values at $0.043 per KAIA (October 17, 2026), today's price, not a forecast. Releases continue after September 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
Kaia inherited KLAY's genesis tokens, added an estimated FNSA conversion, and continues to issue block rewards. The chart includes the documented early per-block rates, an estimated FNSA launch amount, the FGP-23 claim opening, and estimated changes between three later total-supply snapshots. Private-sale vesting finished by March 2021, but several Portal rewards, treasury payments, later contribution rewards and historical mint and burn amounts lack verified payment dates or totals. The retained genesis-survivor estimate and net-supply interpolation do not form a reconciled history of gross token creation.
- KLAY private-sale purchasers: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- PoS block issuance, including validator and network-fund rewards: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- PoS block issuance, including validator and network-fund rewards: Emission continues with no published future rate or end date.
- FNSA-holder conversion into KAIA: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- LINE NEXT delegation allocation: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Kaia Ecosystem Fund merger allocation: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Kaia Infrastructure Fund merger allocation: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Kaia Portal initial missions reward cap: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Kaia Portal Epoch 2 reward cap: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Stablecoin Summer approved spending cap: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Contribution Reward from the existing block-reward share: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- 1. https://docs.kaia.io/kaiatech/
- 2. https://docs.kaia.io/learn/token-economics/token-economy/
- 3. https://docs.kaia.io/misc/kaia-transition/faq-chain-transition/
- 4. https://docs.kaia.io/misc/kaia-history/
- 5. https://docs.kaia.io/learn/consensus-mechanism/
- 6. https://docs.kaia.io/references/json-rpc/kaia/get-total-supply/
- 7. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/klaytn/klaytn/ddb8c478ac9805d06e210209c5e8a69b587cd8b6/blockchain/genesis_alloc.go
- 8. https://www.kaiascan.io/ko/block/1626560?tabId=blockTransactions
- 9. https://govforum.kaia.io/t/kgp-3-reduction-of-klaytn-block-reward/117
- 10. https://govforum.kaia.io/t/kgp-6-proposal-to-establish-a-sustainable-and-verifiable-klay-token-economy/157
- 11. https://kips.kaia.io/KIPs/kip-103
- 12. https://kips.kaia.io/KIPs/kip-160
- 13. https://twitter.com/klaytn_official/status/1647638796383711232
- 14. https://blog.kaia.io/kaia-announces-mainnet-launch-with-kaia-wave-to-accelerate-consumer-adoption/
- 15. https://blog.kaia.io/kaia-portal-is-now-live/
- 16. https://blog.kaia.io/kaia-portal-epoch-2-is-now-live/
- 17. https://govforum.kaia.io/t/gp-10-introducing-stablecoin-summer/1029
- 18. https://govforum.kaia.io/t/gp-21-contribution-reward-operation-guide-english/1494
- 19. https://govforum.kaia.io/t/cr-contribution-reward-monthly-report-epoch-1/1505
- 20. https://www.coingecko.com/
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 · $4.5M open interest
 Binance (CEX) | 2M | 36K/58K |
 Bybit (CEX) | 1.1M | 17K/15K |
 OKX (CEX) | 784K | 24K/24K |
 Gate.io (CEX) | 373K | 60K/52K |
 Bitget (CEX) | 235K | 32K/27K |
 KuCoin (CEX) | 131K | 13K/13K |
Binance (CEX) | 72K | 19K/15K |
 MEXC (CEX) | 67K | 58K/74K |
MEXC (CEX) | 53K | 28K/87K |
OKX (CEX) | 4.1K | 13K/22K |
OKX (CEX) | 517 | 13K/13K |
 HTX (CEX) | 6 | 0/0 |
Allocations
Dates past the last dated anchor are projected at the 1-second target block interval
Estimated from the last observation onward: about 827,957 per day (25,200,936 per month), the rate between the observations of 15 August 2026 and 7 October 2026.
Description
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Kaia is a Layer-1 blockchain platform formed by merging Klaytn and Finschia blockchains. It features 1-second block generation, 4,000 transactions per second, and low gas fees. Kaia uses an optimized Istanbul BFT consensus algorithm.
| Sector: | Layer 1 |
| 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 · $4.5M open interest
Binance (CEX) | 2M | 36K/58K |
Bybit (CEX) | 1.1M | 17K/15K |
OKX (CEX) | 784K | 24K/24K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 373K | 60K/52K |
Bitget (CEX) | 235K | 32K/27K |
KuCoin (CEX) | 131K | 13K/13K |
Binance (CEX) | 72K | 19K/15K |
MEXC (CEX) | 67K | 58K/74K |
MEXC (CEX) | 53K | 28K/87K |
OKX (CEX) | 4.1K | 13K/22K |
OKX (CEX) | 517 | 13K/13K |
HTX (CEX) | 6 | 0/0 |