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3 Token Unlocks to Watch in the First Week of October 2025

source-logo  beincrypto.com 29 September 2025 13:08, UTC
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Crypto tokens worth more than $773 million will enter the market over the next seven days. Notably, three major ecosystems, Sui ($SUI), EigenCloud ($EIGEN), and Ethena ($ENA) will release significant new token supply into circulation in the first week of October.

The token unlocks will inject fresh liquidity into the market and can also trigger price swings and volatility. So, here is a breakdown of what to watch for in each project.

1. Sui ($SUI)

  • Unlock Date: October 1
  • Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 44 million $SUI (0.44% of Total Supply)
  • Current Circulating Supply: 3.568 billion $SUI
  • Total Supply: 10 billion $SUI

Sui is a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain. It utilizes the Move programming language to enable scalable, secure, and efficient decentralized applications (dApps). Moreover, the network focuses on parallel execution for high throughput, making it suitable for gaming, decentralized finance (DeFi), and Web3 ecosystems.

On October 1, Sui will unlock 44 million $SUI tokens as part of its ongoing monthly vesting schedule. This stack represents 1.23% of the released supply. Furthermore, it is worth approximately $145.18 million.

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$SUI Token Unlock in October. Source: Tokenomist

Of the unlocked supply, 19.32 million $SUI will go to Series B investors. Community reserve and early contributors will get 12.63 million and 9.98 million $SUI, respectively. Lastly, Mysten Labs will receive 2.07 million altcoins.

2. EigenCloud ($EIGEN)

  • Unlock Date: October 1
  • Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 36.82 million $EIGEN (2.1% of Total Supply)
  • Current Circulating Supply: 339.49 million $EIGEN
  • Total Supply: 1.749 billion $EIGEN

EigenCloud (formerly EigenLayer) is a verifiable cloud platform built on the EigenLayer protocol. It offers developers a unified infrastructure to create trustless, verifiable Web3 applications and services.

On October 1, the network will unlock 36.82 million $EIGEN tokens, worth around $64.80 million. The unlocked tokens represent 13.77% of the released supply.

$EIGEN Token Unlock in October. Source: Tokenomist

The team will split the unlocked supply two ways. Investors will gain 19.75 million tokens. Moreover, early contributors will get 17.07 million $EIGEN.

3. Ethena ($ENA)

  • Unlock Date: October 2
  • Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 40.63 million $ENA (0.27% of Circulating Supply)
  • Current Circulating Supply: 6.889 billion $ENA
  • Total Supply: 15 billion $ENA

Ethena is a synthetic dollar protocol built on Ethereum (ETH). The protocol’s flagship product is USDe, a synthetic dollar stablecoin. Furthermore, $ENA is the protocol’s governance token.

The team will release 40.63 million $ENA tokens on October 2 via its cliff vesting schedule. The tokens, worth $23.42 million, account for 0.62% of the released supply.

$ENA Token Unlock in October. Source: Tokenomist

Ethena will award the entire unlocked supply to the Foundation. In addition to these three, Immutable (IMX), ZetaChain (ZETA), and $IOTA ($IOTA) will also experience new supply entering the market in the first week of October.

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