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    12/4/2025 20:00 UTC

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    Kava (KAVA) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule

    The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Kava (KAVA) 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 KAVA 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

    KAVA is the network’s base asset. It plays three core roles:

    • Security: Validators bond KAVA to participate in consensus and earn rewards. Delegators can stake with validators and share in rewards and fees. The unbonding period is 21 days, and slashing applies for misbehavior. (kava.valopers.com)
    • Governance: KAVA holders submit and vote on proposals that set parameters for modules, incentives, assets, and network upgrades. Governance has defined quorum and veto thresholds to ensure broad participation. (kava.valopers.com)
    • Incentives and fees: KAVA is used for network fees. It also funded on‑chain incentive programs such as Kava Rise, which distributed emissions to builders and stakers according to transparent criteria approved by the DAO. (kava.io)

    In 2024, Kava introduced “Tokenomics 2.0,” aligning issuance with protocol revenue and moving to zero inflation. You can see this in current chain parameters, where min and max inflation are set to 0%. Staking rewards now rely on fee sharing and treasury programs rather than ongoing inflation. (kava.valopers.com)

    At genesis and through 2019, KAVA’s supply was allocated across private rounds, the Binance Launchpad public sale, shareholders, and a treasury, as documented by exchange and project listings. The commonly referenced breakdown is:

    • Private Sale 1: 30.05%
    • Private Sale 2: 5.02%
    • Private Sale 3: 4.93%
    • Binance Launchpad sale: 6.52%
    • Kava Labs shareholders: 25.00%
    • Treasury: 28.48% (asdx.zendesk.com)

    Assumptions

    • Total supply fixed at ~1.08285B KAVA after Kava 15 (2023-12-31).

      Kava announced zero inflation and a hard cap; on-chain supply trackers report ~1,082,853,067 KAVA total minted.

    • Modeled a single consolidated PoS issuance allocation for all inflationary block rewards to stakers (2019-11-15 to 2023-12-31).

      Exact annual inflation schedule and splits before/after Kava 10 are not fully enumerated in public docs; using a linear approximation across the inflationary era to avoid overfitting and to follow consolidation guidance.

    • Kava Rise developer incentives distribute 200M KAVA linearly over 4 years starting 2022-05-10.

      Kava Rise official materials specify 200M KAVA over four years; Prop #78 funded this via temporarily higher inflation. Monthly linearization is used for charting.

    • Strategic Vault staking rewards in 2024 modeled at a fixed 10M KAVA annualized, paid from treasury.

      Kava 15 release notes set 2024 annualized staking rewards at 10M KAVA after inflation was disabled.

    • Genesis investor/team vesting modeled as linear to October 2020.

      Early public token sale materials state full release by Oct 2020; underlying on-chain vesting accounts may have validator-vesting conditions; details not fully accessible. Treated as linear for monthly charting.

    • Unspent community/treasury pool (~26.5M KAVA as of access date) is not added as a release allocation.

      Those tokens remain locked under DAO control; they'll be modeled as releases if/when governance schedules future distributions.

    Allocations

    PoS Validator Rewards (Inflationary Issuance to Stakers)
    68.91%
    Percentage of total token supply
    60%
    How certain we are about this information
    746,327,667 tokens
    Linear vesting: Nov 15, 2019 - Dec 31, 2023 (monthly)
    All KAVA minted and distributed directly to validators/delegators as PoS rewards from mainnet launch until inflation was set to zero at 2023-12-31. Excludes Kava Rise developer incentives (modeled separately) and excludes post-2024 Strategic Vault payouts (funded from treasury, not inflation). Kava 10/12 adjusted routing of emissions but these tokens ultimately reached stakers during this window.
    Kava Rise Developer Incentives (Programmatic Emissions)
    18.48%
    Percentage of total token supply
    80%
    How certain we are about this information
    200,000,000 tokens
    Linear vesting: May 10, 2022 - May 10, 2026 (monthly)
    Kava Rise distributes 200M KAVA over 4 years to developers building on the Ethereum and Cosmos Co-Chains. Funded by Kava DAO via increased inflation (Prop #78 temporarily raised minimum inflation to 100% for ~13 months to mint 200M KAVA to the community pool) and later via treasury. During the Kava 10 era, 62.5% of per-block emissions were allocated to developers and 37.5% to stakers.
    Strategic Vault Staking Rewards (Treasury-funded, Post Zero-Inflation)
    0.92%
    Percentage of total token supply
    85%
    How certain we are about this information
    10,000,000 tokens
    Linear vesting: Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024 (monthly)
    After inflation was disabled on 2023-12-31 (Kava 15), staking rewards in 2024 were paid at a fixed per‑second rate equivalent to 10M KAVA annualized from the community-controlled Strategic Vault/treasury.
    Private Sale 1
    2.78%
    Percentage of total token supply
    60%
    How certain we are about this information
    30,050,000 tokens
    Linear vesting: Nov 15, 2019 - Oct 31, 2020 (monthly)
    Investor unlocks linearly through October 2020 per public token sale documentation.
    Private Sale 2
    0.46%
    Percentage of total token supply
    60%
    How certain we are about this information
    5,020,000 tokens
    Linear vesting: Nov 15, 2019 - Oct 31, 2020 (monthly)
    Investor unlocks linearly through October 2020 per public token sale documentation.
    Private Sale 3
    0.46%
    Percentage of total token supply
    60%
    How certain we are about this information
    4,930,000 tokens
    Linear vesting: Nov 15, 2019 - Oct 31, 2020 (monthly)
    Investor unlocks linearly through October 2020 per public token sale documentation.
    Binance Launchpad Sale
    0.60%
    Percentage of total token supply
    70%
    How certain we are about this information
    6,521,739 tokens
    Cliff: Oct 23, 2019 — NaN% of allocation
    IEO allocation unlocked at listing/Launchpad sale close; issued initially as BEP-2/BEP-3 before mainnet migration.
    Kava Labs Shareholders (Team/Equity Holders)
    2.31%
    Percentage of total token supply
    55%
    How certain we are about this information
    25,000,000 tokens
    Linear vesting: Nov 15, 2019 - Oct 31, 2020 (monthly)
    Team/shareholder vesting modeled per early public materials indicating full release by October 2020; exact vesting mechanics may differ on-chain.
    Treasury (Genesis Allocation)
    2.63%
    Percentage of total token supply
    60%
    How certain we are about this information
    28,480,000 tokens
    Cliff: Nov 12, 2019 — NaN% of allocation
    Genesis treasury under Kava DAO/Foundation. Later augmented by emissions; post‑2022 most emissions flowed to the community pool. This genesis tranche is distinct from later inflation funding.
    Last Updated: 10/25/2025 19:00 UTC

    Description

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    Kava is a Layer-1 blockchain that combines the speed and interoperability of Cosmos with the developer power of Ethereum. It is a decentralized lending platform that offers a range of assets to exchange, lend, and borrow.

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