In January, $5.5 billion in crypto tokens will be released.

On January 1, more than $5,5 billion of cryptocurrency will be unlocked. TRUMP, BGB, ONDO and BGB tokens are among the biggest releases. 

According Tokenomist’s unlocking data tracker will show that January saw over $5 billion of tokens unlocked. A cliff unlock will release $2.5 billion, meaning that the tokens can be unlocked at one time. The third $3 billion of tokens released will come in a linear release, which distributes them gradually and creates a more gradual supply increase. 

Crypto vesting The process involves locking and unlocking tokens over a period of time in order to avoid sudden or early increases in the supply. This schedule often includes an initial lockup, followed by periodic unlockings. It aligns long-term incentive while managing market impacts. 

Although token unlocks form a regular part of the crypto vesting mechanism, they can have a short-term impact on price dynamics, especially when market liquidity or sentiment are low.

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Nearly $2 billion in releases for January is attributed to the top four unlocks

Ondo is one of the four biggest tokens unlocked for this month.ONDO), Bitget Token (BGB), Hyperliquid (HYPEOfficial TrumpTRUMP).

The $5.5 billion set to become available in January will be accounted for by these roughly 1,94 billion dollars.

Ondo is the leader of this group, with over 840 million dollars in tokens worth 1.9 billion at today’s market price. Data from Tokenomist showed that tokens were allocated among the team, the community and the private investors. 

BGB will drop 140 million tokens on January 26 worth nearly $500 millions. The team will receive 80 million tokens, and the remaining 60 millions will be used for branding, promotions, and marketing.

Hyperliquid is releasing 12.4 Million tokens (worth $327 million) on Tuesday, for their core contributors. This will be the nearest unlocking in the group. The release is the third biggest of the entire month.

At the moment of this writing, HYPE traded At $26.41, the price has risen 5.7% in 24 hours. The data shows a bullish short-term trend, despite the imminent token release.

On Jan. 18, the US president Donald Trump’s official memecoin will release 50,000,000 tokens, worth $270 millions. This is for team founders and members. 

Despite being smaller in size than ONDO or BGB and their respective market profiles, these unlocks still make a significant contribution to the overall increase of supply for January.