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LayerZero and KAITO lead a massive $411 million token unlock wave scheduled for the coming week. 
ZRO unlocks 25.71 million tokens worth $52.44 million while KAITO releases 23.35 million tokens valued at $25.05 million. 
Major linear unlocks feature SOL, WLD, TIA, DOGE, TAO, and other projects releasing tokens continuously throughout the period. 
<h3 id="layerzero-and-kaito-dominate-major-single-token-unlocks">LayerZero and KAITO dominate major single token unlocks</h3> 
LayerZero leads the solo unlock group with 25.71 million ZRO tokens worth $52.44 million unlocked during the week. This accounts for 9.32% of the total supply scheduled for unlocking during the period. 
KAITO comes next with 23.35 million tokens worth $25.05 million going into circulation this week. The unlock affects 9.67% of KAITO’s unlock supply allocation this quarter. 
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SOON rounds out the major single unlocks with 41.88 million tokens worth $11.49 million. The release affects 17.81% of SOON’s unlock supply, creating the largest percentage impact among major unlocks. 
The three major single unlocks combine for over $88 million in new token supply hitting markets simultaneously. These concentrated unlocks typically create short-term price volatility as markets absorb the additional supply. 
<h3 id="linear-unlock-schedules-create-continuous-market-pressure">Linear unlock schedules create continuous market pressure</h3> 
As per <a href="https://tokenomist.ai/unlocks" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Tokenomist</a> data, <a href="https://www.cryptopolitan.com/solana-etf-verdict-extended-to-mid-october/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Solana</a> leads the linear unlock category with 506.47K SOL tokens worth $92.65 million being released gradually throughout the week. This daily unlock affects just 0.09% of the circulating supply due to SOL’s massive token base. 
<a href="https://www.cryptopolitan.com/xi-and-trump-struggle-to-make-china-spend/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TRUMP</a> token follows with 4.89 million tokens valued at $44.01 million impacting 2.45% of circulating supply. Worldcoin adds 37.23 million WLD tokens worth $35.78 million affecting 1.98% of total circulation. 
Bittensor contributes 50.40K TAO tokens valued at $18.06 million while Dogecoin releases 96.54 million DOGE worth $21.66 million. TAO affects 0.54% of supply while DOGE impacts only 0.06% due to its large token count. Celestia unlocks 6.96 million TIA tokens worth $14.10 million. 
Other linear unlocks also involve 700K AVAX tokens worth $16.75 million and 3.01 million SUI worth $10.91 million. MORPHO releases 6.96 million tokens worth $13.77 million while ETHFI releases 8.46 million worth $9.82 million. 
Smaller linear tokens include DOT releasing 2.30 million tokens worth $8.95 million, IP releasing 2.32 million tokens worth $13.20 million, and JTO releasing 4.20 million tokens worth $7.15 million. ENS rounds off the agenda with 307.7K tokens worth $7.86 million. 
<h3 id="smaller-projects-advance-through-varying-unlock-stages">Smaller projects advance through varying unlock stages</h3> 
PlayZap leads the small unlock segment by a significant margin with a cost of $0.01002, as per <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/token-unlocks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">CoinMarketCap</a> data. The gaming platform is capitalized at $860,383 with 85.84 million PZP tokens in circulation. Completing the unlocking is at 77.91% with 2.31 million PZP tokens to be distributed in the next. 
Reddex does not show real-time price data but has a circulating supply of 45.28 million LQDX tokens. The project has 88.35% unlock progress representing nearly completion of its token unlock schedule. The upcoming unlock will release 10.42 million LQDX tokens representing 2.61% of total locked supply. 
KARRAT is trading at $0.05388 with a 5.43% decline in the day and $19.06 million market cap. The gaming infrastructure project has 353.68 million KARRAT tokens in circulation with 23.39% unlock progress realized. The upcoming drop adds 16 million KARRAT tokens into circulation. 
Rebase GG has 49.63 million current IRL tokens in circulation. Unlock progress is 34.95% and holds 14.01 million IRL tokens for the upcoming release. SatoshiVM is $0.1651 down by 3.72% and has a $1.16 million market cap. 
The platform has 7 million SAVM tokens in circulation with 71.52% unlock progress. The next unlock will release 468,395 SAVM tokens which represent 2.23% of total locked supply for the decentralized virtual machine project. 
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LayerZero (ZRO) and KAITO lead $411 million token unlocks this week

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