Aptos faces routine token unlock of 11.31 million APT worth approximately $10.88 million, potentially adding sell pressure. However, significant staking and new institutional tokenization partnerships may help mitigate market impact as the token’s value declines.
The Aptos blockchain scheduled another token unlock on March 12th, releasing approximately 11.31 million APT tokens valued at roughly $10.88 million into the market. This represented 0.69% of the released supply and followed a similar pattern to unlocks in December 2025 and January and February of 2026.
Of the unlocked tokens, 0.24%—about 3.958 million APT—was allocated to core contributors, while the community received 3.210 million tokens and the reserve received 1.333 million APT, with the remainder going to investors. Such unlocks often lead to increased sell pressure, which could further impact the altcoin’s declining market capitalization.
However, several factors may counter this pressure. The network’s maximum token supply has been capped, and a significant portion of circulating tokens are staked. According to data from the Aptos Explorer, about 69% of the circulating supply, or 832.8 million APT, is currently staked, which reduces the pool of tokens available for immediate sale.
Furthermore, the Aptos team is collaborating with Archax to tokenize more than 100 funds from major financial institutions like BlackRock, Fidelity, and Aberdeen, as mentioned in a post by CoinMarketCap. This institutional involvement could help absorb the newly unlocked supply. The total market cap of Aptos has lost over $7 billion since its peak of $8 billion in December 2024 and is currently at its lowest level since launch.
