Kite (KITE)
Unlock Schedule
Kite (KITE) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
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
KITE has a maximum supply of 10 billion tokens. Its published allocation sets aside 48% for the ecosystem and community, 20% for service modules, 20% for the team, advisers, and early contributors, and 12% for investors. The allocations serve different purposes: community tokens support participation and growth, while module tokens support builders and AI services. Team and investor allocations follow vesting schedules, which release tokens over time. (docs.gokite.ai)
The token’s main role is to support the network’s economic system. Kite’s design describes KITE holdings as a requirement for some builders and service providers. Module owners with their own tokens may need to pair and lock KITE in liquidity pools to activate their modules. KITE is also used for staking by network participants, including validators and delegators, and the project describes token-holder voting on matters such as upgrades and incentives. (docs.gokite.ai)
Kite’s economic plan connects AI service activity to network rewards. It describes collecting a commission on service transactions and distributing value to modules and the chain. This gives KITE a different job from the stablecoins an agent may use to pay a merchant: the stablecoin handles the purchase, while KITE helps organize participation in the underlying network. The project’s documentation describes a longer-term move toward rewards funded by service revenue. (docs.gokite.ai)
Assumptions
Kite documents a 10-billion-token cap split among ecosystem and community, investors, modules, and team and advisers. Its white paper gives launch unlocks and four-year vesting terms, although its launch figures do not reconcile directly with a separate project-supplied circulating-supply forecast. The chart dates those disclosed unlocks and identifies launch airdrop, liquidity and Launchpool programs without counting documented subsets as extra supply; estimated endpoints and month-level timing are labeled. Marketing-campaign payments and stake-dependent PoS rewards remain undated, and a verified October 1, 2026 total supply and burn count were not found.
- Additional Binance marketing campaigns (0.5% of maximum supply): The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- PoS module, validator and delegator rewards: New issuance depends on network activity, such as staking, so it cannot be dated in advance.
- 1. https://gokite.ai/mica-whitepaper
- 2. https://gokite.ai/kite-whitepaper
- 3. https://kite.foundation/tokenomics
- 4. https://docs.gokite.ai/kite-chain/3-developing/smart-contracts-list
- 5. https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/48da65d095eb44e093d856948552c402
- 6. https://www.binance.com/en/research/projects/kite
- 7. https://static.upbit.com/guide/circulating_supply/KITE_20251103.pdf
- 8. https://docs.gokite.ai/kite-chain/1-getting-started/network-information
- 9. https://t.me/s/KiteAIKorean/62
Allocations
Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.
Description
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Kite AI is a Layer 1 blockchain built for artificial intelligence applications, using an Avalanche subnet and a unique consensus called Proof of Attributed Intelligence, to enable secure collaboration, identity, and payments for AI agents.
| Sector: | AI & Compute |
| Blockchain: | Avalanche |