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Update (July 29, 6:00 am UTC): This article has been updated to include information concerning the XRP re-locking process.&nbsp;
Nearly $1.5 billion in tokens from major crypto projects are set to be unlocked in August, with 1 billion XRP tokens — worth $609 million at current prices — making up a massive part of the month’s total on Aug. 1.
Ripple, the firm behind the XRP Ledger blockchain and its native XRP (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/xrp-price-index">XRP</a>) token, has unlocked up to 1 billion tokens on the first day of every month since 2017. It uses several main escrow wallets, including&nbsp;<a href="https://xrpscan.com/account/rw2hzLZgiQ9q62KCuaTWuFHWfiX7JWg3wY" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Ripple (24)</a> and <a href="https://xrpscan.com/account/rDqGA2GfveHypDguQ1KXrJzYymFZmKxEsF" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Ripple (25)</a>, to evenly split the unlocks each month. 
However, Ripple may look to re-lock much of the newly released XRP. Ripple relocked 800 million XRP from its June 1 unlock; however, it still made moves to sell around 300 million XRP — worth $182 million at the time — according to data from TradingView.&nbsp;
While up to 1 billion XRP tokens are unlocked at the start of each month, the actual amount of XRP that would be released into circulation is “likely much less than this” due to a re-escrow process, wrote XRP Ledger in a 2017 blog <a href="https://xrpl.org/blog/2017/explanation-of-ripples-xrp-escrow" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">post</a>.&nbsp;
Other major unlocks in August include those from layer-1 network Avalanche and cross-chain bridging platform Wormhole, releasing a combined $449 million worth of tokens, per Token Unlocks <a href="https://token.unlocks.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">data</a>. 
On Aug. 3, Wormhole will unlock 33.3% of its circulating supply, amounting to 600 million Wormhole (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/wormhole-price-index">W</a>) tokens with a current market value of $180.5 million. It comes after conducting its <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/wormhole-airdrop-attracts-scammers-spoof-tokens-three-billion-valuation">long-awaited airdrop launch</a> on April 4.
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On Aug. 20, Avalanche will unlock 2.4% of the circulating supply of its Avalanche (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/avalanche-price-index">AVAX</a>) tokens, amounting to 9.4 million AVAX with a current market value of $268 million.
<h2 data-ct-non-breakable="true" id="tokens-unlocking-on-the-first-day-of-august">Tokens unlocking on the first day of August</h2>
Other than XRP, another three projects, including layer-1 network Sui, decentralized exchange dYdX, and “universal” blockchain ZetaChain will also unlock significant portions of their supply on the first day of August. 
Sui will unlock 2.56% of its circulating supply, releasing 64 million tokens with a current value of $50 million on Aug. 1. 
DYdX will unlock 8.33 million tokens worth nearly $11 million on the same day — amounting to 3.65% of its circulating supply. Notably, the tokens will unlock for three groups: investors, founders and staff and future employees. 
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/worldcoin-price-manipulation-allegations-unlock-delay">Worldcoin faces ‘scam’ allegations after extending token lockup by 2 years</a>
Meanwhile, the new layer-1 network ZetaChain will unlock nearly 18.9% of its circulating supply of ZetaChain (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/zetachain-price-index">ZETA</a>) tokens on Aug. 1. At current prices, 53.9 million tokens have a market value of around $34.5 million. It follows its&nbsp;<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/zetachain-raises-27million-to-enable-chain-agnostic-interoperability">launch in February</a>.
<h2 data-ct-non-breakable="true" id="other-august-unlocks">Other August unlocks</h2>
Crypto gaming network ImmutableX will unlock 2.11% of the circulating supply of Immutable (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/immutable-price-index">IMX</a>) tokens on Aug. 9, amounting to 32.5 million tokens, which command a current market value of $49 million.
Aptos, Sui’s rival layer-1 network, will unlock $80 million worth of its native Aptos (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/aptos-apt-price-index">APT</a>) token on Aug. 12, while Web3 gaming platform The Sandbox will unlock $69 million worth of its native The Sandbox (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/the-sandbox-sand-price-index">SAND</a>) tokens on Aug. 14. 
Two Ethereum layer-2 networks, Starknet and Arbitrum, are also set to release tokens. 
On Aug. 15, Starknet will unlock 64 million Starknet (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/starknet-price-index">STRK</a>) tokens, amounting to 4.4% of the token’s circulating supply. The tokens have a current market value of $35 million. 
On Aug. 16, Arbitrum will unlock 92.6 million Arbitrum (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/arbitrum-price-index">ARB</a>) tokens, amounting to 2.8% of its circulating supply. The market value of the yet-to-be-unlocked tokens stands at $67 million. 
Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/thorchain-founder-jp-thor-vampire-attack-defi/">THORChain founder and his plan to ‘vampire attack’ all of DeFi</a>

$600M XRP token release to bring August crypto unlocks to $1.5B

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