Skate (SKATE)
Unlock Schedule
Skate (SKATE) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Skate (SKATE) 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 SKATE 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
Skate tokenomics focus on alignment, security, and long‑run participation.
Supply and allocations
Public materials describe a fixed supply of 1 billion SKATE with allocations along these lines:
- 45.5% Community incentives
- 18% Ecosystem and reserves
- 15% Investors and advisors
- 10% Team
- 10% Initial airdrop
- 1.5% Public sale
These figures have been reported by crypto media citing official disclosures from the Skate Foundation. Exact unlock schedules tend to favor multi‑year release for team and investor buckets to encourage alignment. (odaily.news)
Utility
- Network security: SKATE is staked alongside restaked ETH to secure Skate’s Actively Validated Service (AVS) on EigenLayer.
- Staker incentives: A share of protocol fees (for example, from Skate AMM) is designed to accrue to SKATE stakers, aligning token holders with network usage.
- Governance: SKATE enables voting in the Skate DAO on protocol upgrades, fee settings, and emissions. (skatechain.org)
Relationship to “SKATE price”
While many track SKATE price to gauge sentiment, the core value proposition centers on utility: securing the Skate AVS, coordinating cross‑VM liquidity, and giving governance power over how incentives and fees evolve. This utility‑first model underpins the broader Skate tokenomics design. (skatechain.org)
Assumptions
- TGE occurred on 2025-06-09; initial airdrop unlocked at TGE.
Multiple official/industry announcements for listing and claim start on June 9, 2025 corroborate TGE timing.
- Investor vesting modeled as 6-month cliff + 42-month linear.
Official docs do not publish investor vesting specifics; several reputable summaries state multi-year vesting. Modeled to match team horizon pending primary confirmation.
- Community Incentives distributed over 5 years linearly for modeling.
Tokenomics specify a large community pool used for AVS staking rewards, AMM liquidity mining, grants, and campaigns, but no formal emission curve is disclosed. Linear schedule provides monthly granularity for visualization; actual emissions will be governance- and activity-driven.
- Ecosystem & Reserves modeled as a 48‑month linear unlock.
Intended for liquidity, listings, and partnerships; no detailed vesting published. Linear unlock is a conservative placeholder until treasury policy is formally disclosed.
- No separate PoW/PoS issuance modeled.
Skate operates as a multi‑VM application/AVS layer; staking rewards are funded via incentives and protocol revenue/buybacks rather than native inflation or block subsidies.
- 1. https://www.skatechain.org/
- 2. https://docs.skatechain.org/ollies/golden_age
- 3. https://docs.skatechain.org/main/architecture/avs
- 4. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/skate/
- 5. https://bingx.com/en/price/skate/
- 6. https://www.panewslab.com/en/articles/hi7gfn1c
- 7. https://www.chaincatcher.com/en/article/2184704
- 8. https://airdroparchive.com/projects/skate/
- 9. https://dropstab.com/coins/range-protocol/vesting
- 10. https://x.com/SkateFDN/status/1930555302417449171
- 11. https://coinlaunch.space/events-rounds/skate-chain-ico-on-legion/
- 12. https://www.lbank.com/ico-calendar/skate-chain-252
- 13. https://www.chaincatcher.com/en/article/2185205
- 14. https://www.aicoin.com/en/news-flash/2221537
Allocations
Description
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Skate is an infrastructure layer that connects different blockchain virtual machines like EVM, SolanaVM, and TonVM. It lets users interact with apps on various blockchains from their own preferred chain. The platform helps solve problems of fragmented liquidity and complex cross-chain navigation.
| Sector: | Layer 1 |
| Blockchain: | Other L1 |