$W This morning, the most noteworthy aspect isn’t the price increase, but the sudden surge in trading volume—and the token unlock four days later.
A CoinGecko snapshot around 11:30 Taiwan time shows that W is trading at about $0.01473, with a 24-hour range of $0.01383–$0.01615. Trading value is roughly $131.6 million, which is higher than a circulating market cap of about $96.12 million, and up about 551% from the previous day.
But this doesn’t necessarily mean there’s $130 million in new capital inflow—it could also be the same batch of holders repeatedly exchanging hands.
Another key time point is October 2: an expected unlock of about 50.41 million W tokens, equivalent to about 0.5% of the maximum supply. The distribution involves guardian nodes, strategic participants, core contributors, and ecosystem allocations. The scale isn’t extreme, but during a phase where trading volume expands rapidly, the market may trade the supply expectation early.
Next, watch for:
* Only if volume breaks out and holds above 0.01615 does it indicate there’s still fresh buy support at higher levels.
* If it breaks below 0.01383 and rebounds but can’t regain that level, it suggests this surge may turn into a short-term capital pullback.
* After the unlock, if trading volume stays elevated while the price stops making new lows, it implies the new supply may be absorbed. If volume increases while price drops further, be cautious of a potential “resonance” between supply and profit-taking sell pressure.
Wormhole’s official blog currently has no major new announcement released today, so you can’t interpret the rally as a sudden fundamental change based on price strength alone.
Do you think this is the cross-chain track regaining capital attention, or a high-turnover pattern ahead of the unlock?
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