Token Overview
Name & Network: Solayer’s native token, LAYER, is used within its restaking ecosystem on the Solana blockchain.CoinMarketCapBinanceBinance Academy
Primary Use Cases:
Governance: Vote on protocol upgrades, ecosystem grants, and treasury decisionsCoinMarketCapdocs.solayer.org
Future utilities include acting as gas for transactions, participating in staking/validation, and decentralized verification with its InfiniSVM architecturedocs.solayer.orgKuCoin
Tokenomics & Distribution
MetricDetailsMax Supply1,000,000,000 LAYERInitial Circulation~220 million LAYER (~21–22%)Allocation• Community & Ecosystem: 51.23% (includes Genesis Drop, incentives)
• Core Contributors: 17.11%
• Investors: 16.66%
• Solayer Foundation: 15%ChainCatcherBitgetHawkinsightdocs.solayer.org+1
Vesting Schedule:
Genesis Drop & Emerald Card sale: Fully unlocked at launch
Community incentives: Linear vest over 6 months
Community & Foundation allocations: Vested quarterly over 4 years
Team & Advisors: 1-year cliff, then linear over 3 years
Investors: 1-year cliff, then linear over 2 yearsdocs.solayer.org+1
Upcoming Unlocks: The next notable token unlock (Community & Ecosystem) is scheduled for August 11, 2025Tokenomist
Adoption & Platform Growth
Restaking Innovation: Solayer introduces restaking of SOL or sSOL tokens to secure Actively Validated Services (AVS) for extra yield, boosting network security and DeFi utilityKuCoinReddit+1
Ecosystem Expansion: The platform has launched sUSD (a yield-bearing stablecoin pegged to USD and backed by U.S. Treasury bills) and is rolling out hardware-accelerated blockchain tech via InfiniSVM targeting 1M+ TPS and 100 Gbps latencyRedditdocs.solayer.orgKuCoin
