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The crypto market will welcome tokens worth more than $735 million in the final week of June 2026. Major projects, including Humanity (H), MegaETH (MEGA), and Sahara AI (SAHARA), will…
The crypto market will welcome tokens worth more than $735 million in the final week of June 2026. Major projects, including Humanity (H), MegaETH (MEGA), and Sahara AI (SAHARA), will release significant new token supplies.
These unlocks could introduce market volatility and influence short-term price movements. So, here’s a breakdown of what to watch.
Humanity (H) is a decentralized identity protocol that utilizes biometric palm recognition, zero-knowledge proofs, and blockchain to verify the authenticity of real human users without exposing their personal data. It features a native Proof of Humanity (PoH) consensus mechanism.
On June 25, the protocol will unlock 266.47 million tokens. The tokens are worth $54.77 million and account for 9.41% of the released supply.
The unlock comes after the protocol suffered an exploit that resulted in losses exceeding $30 million. The H token plunged sharply following the incident. Although it recorded a notable recovery in the days that followed, the downtrend has since resumed amid growing macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures.
The team will split the released supply six ways. The ecosystem fund will receive 50 million H. Furthermore, Humanity will allocate 42.86 million altcoins to identity verification rewards and 12.50 million to the foundation operations treasury.
Additionally, early contributors will receive 79.17 million H. Investors will gain 55.56 million tokens. Finally, the Human Human Institute Strategic Reserve will receive 26.39 million H.
MegaETH is an Ethereum Layer 2 network built for high-speed transaction processing. The network uses mini-blocks produced roughly every 10 milliseconds and targets over 100,000 transactions per second.
The network will release 250 million tokens on June 23, worth approximately $13.54 million. The unlock accounts for 32.8% of the released supply.
The team will direct the entire unlocked supply toward the Mainnet Campaign (Terminal).
Sahara AI is a full-stack, AI-native blockchain platform built to democratize the development and monetization of artificial intelligence. The network combines data services, AI tools, and a marketplace into one ecosystem.
On June 26, Sahara AI will unlock 1.03 billion SAHARA. The supply is worth $14.75 million. The tokens represent 30.10% of the released supply.
Sahara AI will direct 534.9 million tokens to early backers. The core team and contributors will get 406.25 million SAHARA. In addition, the team will allocate 53.02 million altcoins to ecosystem development and 31.25 million tokens for community incentives.
The unlock follows the token’s drop of over 50% earlier this month. The network said a “futures-led liquidation cascade” caused the price volatility.
In addition to these, other prominent unlocks that investors can look out for in the final week of June include Plasma (XPL), Soon (SOON), Newton Protocol (NEWT), and more.
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