Want to catch token pumps early — and avoid the dumps? Watch unlock schedules.
Most people react after the fact. Here's how you can see it coming.
In this thread:
✅ What's vesting and why it matters
✅ How to use CryptoRank to track unlocks
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🔓 What is token vesting?
Most projects don’t give all tokens to insiders upfront.
They don’t want early investors to dump and vanish, crashing the price.
Instead, they use vesting, a schedule that unlocks tokens gradually, keeping people committed and protecting the project.
⚠️ Token unlocks often trigger increased selling and can dump the price if supply floods in.
💪 Why vesting matters?
Without vesting:
– Founders can dump and walk
– Investors exit at launch
– Community trust tanks
– Price collapses
Vesting ties rewards to long-term involvement. Quit early? You don’t get the full stack.
Now let’s look at how to read a vesting page on CryptoRank, using $JTO as an example 👇
First, check where the supply stands:
🔓 Unlocked: already in circulation
🗓️ Next Unlock: about to be released
🔐 Locked: scheduled but still locked
👀 Untracked: unscheduled, can unlock anytime
Then scroll down to see who gets what:
📊 Allocation pie shows how supply is split across team, investors, airdrops, etc.
📅 On the right: see when the next unlock hits, how much it is, and who’s getting it.
Next up: vesting schedules.
Timeline View gives a clear breakdown by group:
🔒 Cliff (white box at the start) = no unlocks yet
📤 Linear Unlock (colored bars) = tokens unlock gradually
🟦 Solid bars = already unlocked
⬜ Faded bars = still locked
Prefer visuals? Try Chart View 📊
Same data, stacked to show how total supply unlocks over time.
⏫ Steeper slope = faster release speed
Lastly, unlock events.
Use this view to track:
🔓 Who's unlocking
🔢 How much (tokens & % of allocation)
💵 Estimated $ value
🗓️ All upcoming dates in a scrollable list
And that's a wrap 🌯
Vesting data for some tokens (along with many other features and QoL improvements) is only available to Lite & Premium users.
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