The crypto market will welcome tokens worth more than $555 million in the second week of October 2025. Notably, three projects—Aethir (ATH), Aptos (APT), and Linea (LINEA)—will release significant new token supplies.
These unlocks could introduce market volatility and influence short-term price dynamics. Here is a breakdown of what to watch for in each project.
Sponsored1. Aethir (ATH)
- Unlock Date: October 12
- Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 1.26 billion ATH (3% of Total Supply)
- Current Circulating Supply: 12.21 billion ATH
- Total supply: 42 billion ATH
Aethir is a decentralized cloud infrastructure platform that provides Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) resources for artificial intelligence (AI), gaming, and computational tasks. It gives users scalable and cost-effective access to high-performance computing in Web3 ecosystems.
On October 12, Aethir will release 1.26 billion tokens valued at approximately $69.28 million. This accounts for about 16.08% of the current released supply.
Furthermore, the team will airdrop the entire unlocked altcoin supply by the end of this week.
Sponsored2. Aptos (APT)
- Unlock Date: October 11
- Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 11.31 million APT (0.96% of Total Supply)
- Current Circulating Supply: 704.14 million APT
- Total supply: 1.78 billion APT
Aptos is a layer-1 blockchain platform developed by Aptos Labs. It uses the Move programming language. The network provides scalability, security, and efficiency, and supports DeFi, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and gaming applications.
The team will release 11.31 million tokens on October 11, following its pattern of monthly cliff unlocks. The supply is worth $59.60 million, representing 2.15% of the released supply.
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The team will award 3.96 million APT to core contributors. The community and investors will get 3.21 million and 2.81 million tokens, respectively. Lastly, Aptos will give 1.33 million tokens to the foundation.
3. Linea (LINEA)
- Unlock Date: October 10
- Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 1.08 billion LINEA (1.5% of Total Supply)
- Current Circulating Supply: 15.48 billion LINEA
- Total supply: 72 billion LINEA
Linea is a zkEVM Layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum (ETH). The network provides fast, low-cost transactions while maintaining compatibility with Ethereum tools and security.
The network will unlock 1.08 billion tokens valued at around $29.4 million on October 10. The upcoming release represents 6.57% of the released supply
Linea will split the supply into two ways: 600.08 million tokens for long-term alignment, and 480.07 million LINEA for Ignition.
In addition to these, other prominent unlocks that investors can look out for in the second week of October include Babylon (BABY), peaq (PEAQ), and BounceBit (BB).
