The crypto market will see a surge of tokens worth approximately $666.4 million in the third week of December 2025. Major projects, including LayerZero (ZRO), Arbitrum (ARB), and Sei (SEI), will release tokens over the next seven days.
These releases can increase short-term volatility and affect market price movements. Here's an overview of what you should watch for in each project.
1. LayerZero (ZRO)
Token Unlock Date: December 20th
Number of tokens released: 25.71 million ZRO (2.57% of total supply)
Current circulating supply: 202.6 million ZRO
Total supply: 1 milliard ZRO
LayerZero is an interoperability protocol that connects different blockchains. The main goal is to facilitate seamless cross-chain communication. This enables decentralized applications (dApps) to interact across multiple blockchains without relying on traditional bridge models.
The team will release 25.71 million tokens on December 20, worth around $38.31 million. This batch represents 6.79% of the total released supply.
LayerZero will award 13.42 million altcoins to strategic partners. Core contributors will receive 10.63 million ZRO. Finally, 1.67 million ZRO will be for tokens repurchased by the team.
2. Arbitrator (ARB)
Token Unlock Date: December 16th
Number of tokens 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 built for Ethereum (ETH). It improves transaction speed and reduces costs while maintaining security on the Ethereum network. The blockchain does this by using “optimistic rollups,” where transactions are processed off-chain and sent to the Ethereum mainnet for validation.
On December 16, Arbitrum will release 92.65 million tokens into the market. These tokens are worth $19.3 million and represent 1.90% of the current released supply.
Arbitrum will allocate 56.13 million ARB from the released supply to the team, future team and advisors. In addition, investors will receive 36.52 million tokens.
3. You are (SIX)
Token Unlock Date: December 15th
Number of tokens 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 the Cosmos SDK. The network provides high-performance infrastructure for decentralized finance (DeFi) and other dApps.
Sei will release 55.56 million tokens, worth approximately $6.98 million, on December 15. The tokens represent 1.08% of the released supply. Additionally, the team will receive the entire amount released.
In addition to these, investors can keep an eye on other major releases in the third week of December, such as Lista DAO (LISTA), ZKsync (ZK), ApeCoin (APE), and more, which contribute to the overall token releases in the market.
