Just as the total crypto market cap recovers and approaches a milestone of hitting $3 trillion, about $1 billion worth of tokens is to be released into the market this week. This is going to change the dynamics of the whole market.
Investors are already grappling with fear, and this new lot of tokens released into the market could make the situation worse. The supply would overflow while the demand would remain constant, and the prices would crash. Let’s take a look at the three major token unlock events scheduled for the week.
Eigenlayer to welcome 2026 with 37 million unlock
EigenLayer is a protocol built on Ethereum, and it focuses on a new functionality called “restaking.” Usually when ETH holders stake their coins in the protocol, they are locked and cannot be used for any other purpose. However, EIGEN permits the stakers to use the ETH for other activities to earn more rewards.
This protocol will release about 37 million EIGEN tokens into the market on January 1, 2026. The unlock will happen in 2 rounds, with $14 million worth of tokens being released into the market. With this unlock, the total circulating supply will hit 23%.
Zora will release 50% of the tokens into supply
Zora is a platform that helps creators monetize their creations. It transforms content into a tradeable crypto asset with its native token, Zora. It serves as a utility and incentive token rather than a governance token. Priced at $0.039, the coin is struggling to hold itself above the weekly opening market price.
However, Zora will crash as 166 million Zora tokens will be released into the market in 3 rounds. With the unlocking of this $6.5 million worth of token stash, the total amount of tokens released will fall just shy of 50%.
TRIBL will unlock 80% of the total supply
TRIBL is the first token that enhances financial services for rising market enterprises, specifically small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). It is an ERC-20 token built on Ethereum and serves as the native utility token in the Tribal Finance/Tribal Credit ecosystem.
This project will unlock about 13 million tokens in 4 rounds on December 31, taking the total unlocked token count to 80%.
Going into 2026, investors are having high hopes about an upcoming bull run. Given that the investors’ wishes come true, these token unlocks won’t stand a chance in negatively influencing the prices.
