3 Notable Token Unlocked in the Second Week of August 2025

The cryptocurrency market will welcome tokens worth approximately 851.3 million USD in the second week of August 2025. Notably, three major ecosystems - Aptos (APT), Arbitrum (ARB), and Avalanche (AVAX) - will release a large number of new tokens.

These unlocks could lead to market volatility and impact short-term price fluctuations.

1. Aptos (APT)

• Unlock Date: 08/12
• Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 11.31 million APT (0.97% of total supply)
• Current Circulating Supply: 672.7 million APT
• Total Supply: 1.17 billion APT

Aptos is a Layer-1 blockchain platform. Developed by Aptos Labs, it provides scalability, security, and efficiency for DApps and the Web3 ecosystem. It uses the Move programming language.

On 08/12, the team will release 11.31 million tokens worth approximately 54.17 million USD. This supply is consistent with previous unlocks.

Key contributors will receive 3.96 million APT. The team will distribute 3.21 million tokens to the community. Moreover, investors and funds will receive 2.81 million and 1.33 million tokens, respectively.

2. Arbitrum (ARB)

• Unlock Date: 08/16
• Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 92.65 million ARB (0.93% of total supply)
• Current Circulating Supply: 5.15 billion ARB
• Total Supply: 10 billion ARB

Arbitrum is a Layer-2 scaling solution built for Ethereum (ETH). It improves transaction speed and reduces costs while maintaining Ethereum network security. This blockchain achieves this by using 'Optimistic Rollup,' processing transactions off-chain and sending them to the Ethereum Primary Network for validation.

Arbitrum will release a new supply of 92.65 million tokens to the market on 08/16. These tokens are worth 42.85 million USD and represent 1.8% of the current market capitalization.

The team, future team, and advisors will receive 56.13 million ARB from the unlocked supply. Additionally, Arbitrum will award 36.52 million tokens to investors.

3. Avalanche (AVAX)

• Unlock Date: 08/15
• Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 1.67 million AVAX (0.36% of total supply)
• Current Circulating Supply: 422.2 million AVAX
• Total Supply: 720 million AVAX

Avalanche is a high-performance, open-source Layer-1 blockchain platform. It uses a unique three-chain architecture to ensure scalability, speed, and security.

On 08/15, Avalanche will unlock 1.67 million tokens worth approximately 40.2 million USD. These tokens represent 0.39% of the circulating supply, and the fund will receive the entire unlocked supply.

In addition, other notable unlocks that investors may pay attention to in the second week of August include Cheelee (CHEEL), Connex (CONX), and Sei (SEI).