WhiteBit (WBT)
Unlock Schedule
WhiteBit (WBT) 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
WhiteBIT issued 400 million WBT and states that no additional coins can be created. Its published allocation describes 200 million coins assigned to funds with a phased release plan. Other initial allocations included 120 million for funds available at listing, 54 million for a private sale, 1 million for Launchpad, and 25 million sent to a burn address. These figures describe the original distribution, rather than the number available to use at any particular time. (cdn.whitebit.com)
WhiteBIT also uses a buyback-and-burn program. Under its published model, the company buys WBT using amounts tied to 33% of trading fees and 5% of certain other exchange income, then burns the purchased coins. Burning permanently removes coins from use. The stated goal is to continue until at least half of the original supply has been destroyed; WhiteBIT reserves the right to change the burn amount or schedule. This mechanism links part of the coin’s supply policy to activity on the exchange. (cdn.whitebit.com)
For users, WBT has two main kinds of utility. On Whitechain, it pays for network transactions. Within WhiteBIT accounts, the amount held can determine access to fee discounts and other benefits. WhiteBIT calls coins kept in a user’s Main balance Owning. Moving coins into its Holding feature unlocks a different set of benefits. Holding is an exchange account feature, so its rules and rewards come from the platform’s program. (help.whitebit.com)
Assumptions
WhiteBIT created a fixed 400 million WBT, sent 25 million to a burn address before release, and published dated unlocks for its private sale and WhiteBIT funds through March 2026. The fund budget includes liquidity, insurance, team, treasury and other named purposes, but the dates when funds distribute tokens to recipients are mostly unknown. SoulDrop also redistributes existing fund tokens and network fees when users claim rewards; it does not mint new WBT. The dated chart shows initial issuance and published unlocks, not an assumption that every unlocked or budgeted token reached the market.
- WBT liquidity fund: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Insurance fund: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Security fund: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Influencer fund: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Ecosystem fund: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Whitechain testnet retrodrop: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- User engagement fund: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- SoulDrop: user engagement fund component: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- SoulDrop: redistributed Whitechain transaction fees: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Staking collateral fund: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Team tokens: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Company tokens: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Treasury tokens: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Gate.io WBT Startup giveaway: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Five Steps to a Successful Start prize fund: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- 1. https://whitebit.com/wbt
- 2. https://cdn.whitebit.com/wbt/whitepaper-en.pdf?v=2
- 3. https://blog.whitebit.com/en/whitebit-token-unlock-procedure/
- 4. https://www.gate.com/uk/announcements/article/28412/gate.io-startup-free-offering-whitebit-token-wbt-and-announcement-of-free-distribution-rules-9-725-wbt-free-of-charge
- 5. https://blog.whitebit.com/en/whitebit-coin-wbt-reaches-a-new-milestone/
- 6. https://blog.whitebit.com/en/wb-network-retrodrop/
- 7. https://blog.whitebit.com/en/meet-our-own-blockchain-wb-network/
- 8. https://docs.whitechain.io/wb-soul/souldrop
- 9. https://blog.whitebit.com/en/souldrop-explained/
- 10. https://blog.whitebit.com/en/5-steps-to-a-successful-start-quiz/
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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WhiteBit is a crypto-to-fiat exchange that operates in Europe and offers various products and tools for traders and investors. WhiteBIT allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies with fiat currencies, as well as access features like crypto lending, margin trading, and token listing.
| Sector: | CEX |
| Blockchain: | Ethereum |