KAITO (KAITO)
Unlock Schedule
KAITO (KAITO) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the KAITO (KAITO) token release schedule, showing when and how tokens enter circulation across investor, team, treasury, and community allocations. Understanding these tokenomics dynamics is critical for evaluating potential supply pressure, inflation impact, and market liquidity over time — key factors that can influence KAITO price performance.
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 allocations
KAITO has a fixed total and max supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens. The team’s published KAITO tokenomics emphasizes community distribution, with 56.67% devoted to Community & Ecosystem. Within that bucket, 19.5% is earmarked for initial and long‑term airdrops and incentives. The full initial allocation is:
- 32.2% Ecosystem & Network Growth
- 10% Initial Community & Ecosystem Claim
- 7.5% Long‑term Creator Incentives
- 5% Liquidity Incentives
- 10% Foundation
- 25% Core Contributors
- 8.3% Early Backers
- 2% Binance Hodler (partnership/incentive allocation) (docs.kaito.ai)
Kaito has shared a token release schedule indicating multi‑year vesting across allocations. While the public page summarizes the schedule visually, the key takeaway is gradual unlocks over several years to align incentives as the network grows. (docs.kaito.ai)
What the token does
- Network currency: Pay for Kaito Pro access, API/data packages, or ecosystem services across Kaito Connect.
- Governance: Propose and vote on parameter changes, product priorities, and distribution rules; staking into sKAITO boosts voting in Kaito Connect features like the Launchpad.
- Incentives: Reward creators and users based on measurable contribution (e.g., via Yaps), and fund growth through ecosystem grants and programs. (docs.kaito.ai)
Because emissions, unlocks, and governance changes can influence sentiment, many observers track “KAITO price” alongside release milestones and new integrations. The token’s design is meant to connect information flows, creator payouts, and governance into a single, measurable loop. (docs.kaito.ai)
Assumptions
- Total supply is fixed at 1,000,000,000 KAITO.
Stated in official docs and multiple exchange announcements; no indication of inflationary issuance.
- Ecosystem & Network Growth includes a 6.65% TGE unlock with the remainder vesting over ~41 months starting 2025-08-20.
This pattern reconciles official initial circulating supply at listing (24.14%) with the published allocation breakdown and third-party vesting trackers indicating a 6.65% TGE portion and a 41-month linear period.
- Foundation unlocks 50% at TGE; remaining 50% vests over ~41 months beginning 2025-08-20.
Multiple summaries (citing Kaito docs) note 50% TGE for Foundation; length aligned to vesting charts indicating 41 months total from ~Aug 2025 to Jan 2029.
- Long-term Creator Incentives vest linearly monthly for 24 months from 2025-08-20.
Trackers reference quarterly distributions over ~2 years; modeled as an equivalent monthly linear schedule to meet monthly granularity requirements.
- Core Contributors and Early Backers have ~12-month cliffs from TGE with ~36 months linear vest thereafter (2026-02-20 to 2029-01-20).
Consistent with exchange documentation and vesting trackers showing start around Feb 2026 and completing by Jan 2029.
- Liquidity Incentives are modeled as fully unlocked at TGE.
Common practice for initial market liquidity; corroborated by exchange/aggregator pages listing 5% fully unlocked at TGE.
- No PoW/PoS issuance or ongoing protocol-level inflation exists for KAITO.
KAITO is an ERC-20 token on Base; issuance comes from predefined allocations rather than network mining/staking.
- 1. https://docs.kaito.ai/introducing-usdkaito/tokenomics
- 2. https://docs.kaito.ai/introducing-usdkaito/token-release-schedule
- 3. https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/20520045156538
- 4. https://support.binance.us/en/articles/11369215-binance-us-lists-kaito-kaito-trade-now
- 5. https://www.mexc.com/price/KAITO/tokenomics
- 6. https://dropstab.com/coins/kaito/vesting
- 7. https://www.okx.com/en-us/learn/kaito-token-surging-june-2025
- 8. https://cointelegraph.com/news/kaito-ai-airdrop-tokenomics-concerns
- 9. https://pintu.co.id/en/academy/post/what-is-kaito-ai
Allocations
Description
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Kaito is a project that aims to create an AI-powered information network. The KAITO token will be used for transactions, governance, and shaping the ecosystem's attention distribution. It's designed to support a decentralized information economy.
| Sector: | SocialFi |
| Blockchain: | Base |