Right now, only about 18–20% of the total MITO supply is in circulation. The rest is locked or time-locked, a strategy many blockchain projects use to keep early backers, team members, and the community aligned for the long haul.
This setup has two sides: it supports stability in the early growth phase, but it also means major unlock events ahead could shake things up.
🔑 How It Works
• At launch (TGE), only about 5M MITO hit the market.
• The majority of tokens for ecosystem incentives, team, investors, and advisorsremain locked under vesting schedules.
• These unlocks are spread out over months and years — designed to avoid flooding the market too soon.
📊 Why This Matters
1. Short-term stability → Circulating supply is limited, keeping scarcity in play.
2. Long-term alignment → Locked tokens ensure stakeholders focus on network growth instead of quick flips.
3. Volatility risk → Unlocks bring new liquidity but can pressure prices if demand doesn’t match supply.
🚨 Big Unlock on the Horizon
The testnet MITO (tMITO) 180-day vesting ends in March 2026. That event will release a big batch of tokens — something the market will be watching closely.
This could either:
• Spark healthy liquidity if adoption is strong, OR
• Create sell pressure if demand lags.
🛡 How Mitosis Is Preparing
• Phased releases → Token unlocks are tied to milestones and governance decisions.
• Governance + staking → Locked tokens often get staked, giving holders voting power and rewards.
• Community engagement → Anti-Sybil measures, incentive programs, and transparent trackers reduce panic and promote trust.
• Ecosystem growth → New products like Matrix Zootosis Vaults are being built to draw liquidity and increase utility.
📌 Takeaway
Mitosis is still early — with only a fifth of supply in circulation. As vesting schedules progress, more MITO will hit the market. For investors, that means:
• Opportunities when liquidity expands.
• Risks around volatility during unlock events.
• Confidence if the team executes on utility, staking, and adoption.
If Mitosis can keep scaling while handling unlocks responsibly, $MITO could evolve from a scarce early asset into a core liquidity layer for DeFi.
🌱 Liquidity that breathes… but also unlocks.
