The cryptocurrency market is preparing to welcome a new wave of tokens with a total value of approximately $666.4 million in the third week of December 2025. Notable projects like LayerZero (ZRO), Arbitrum (ARB), and Sei (SEI) will launch new tokens in the coming seven days.
These lock openings can increase volatility in the short term and affect overall price movements. So, what should investors pay attention to in each project? Let's take a look at the highlighted details!
LayerZero (ZRO): Strong Contender of Layer 1
Unlock Date: December 20
Amount of Tokens to be Released: 25.71 million ZRO (2.57% of Total Supply)
Current Circulating Supply: 202.6 million ZRO
Total Supply: 1 billion ZRO
LayerZero is an interoperability protocol that connects different blockchains. The main goal: To facilitate inter-chain communication. Thus, decentralized applications (dApps) can interact across multiple blockchains without the need for traditional bridge models.
A total of 25.71 million tokens will be released by the team on December 20. The market value of this amount is approximately 38.31 million dollars. These tokens represent 6.79% of the circulating supply.
LayerZero will distribute 13.42 million altcoins to strategic partners. Those who contribute significantly will receive 10.63 million ZRO. Finally, 1.67 million ZRO has been allocated for tokens repurchased by the team.
2nd Arbitrum (ARB)
Unlock Date: December 16
Amount of Tokens to be Released: 92.65 million ARB (0.93% of Total Supply)
Current Circulating Supply: 5.6 billion ARB
Total Supply: 10 billion ARB
Arbitrum is a Layer 2 scaling solution developed for Ethereum (ETH). It allows faster and cheaper transactions on the network. It achieves this by sending off-chain transactions to the Ethereum main network using 'optimistic rollups' technology. Thus, while transaction costs decrease, security remains high.
Arbitrum will unlock 92.65 million tokens on December 16, valued at approximately 19.3 million dollars, constituting 1.90% of the circulating supply.
Arbitrum will allocate 56.13 million of the unlocked supply to the team, future team members, and advisors. Investors will also receive 36.52 million tokens.
Sei (SEI): 3rd Place
Unlock Date: December 15
Amount of Tokens to be Released: 55.56 million SEI (0.55% of Total Supply)
Current Circulating Supply: 6.49 billion SEI
Total Supply: 10 billion SEI
Sei is a Layer 1 blockchain built on Cosmos SDK. The network offers a high-performance infrastructure for decentralized finance (DeFi) and other dApps.
Sei will unlock a total of 55.56 million tokens on December 15. These tokens, valued at approximately 6.98 million dollars, constitute 1.08% of the circulating supply. Additionally, all unlocked supply will be acquired by the team.
Furthermore, in the third week of December, Lista DAO (LISTA), ZKsync (ZK), ApeCoin (APE), and more projects' important token unlocks should be on investors' radar. These developments will lead to a significant increase in the overall market supply.
