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Official TRUMP token unlocks begin Saturday worth $311M, followed by $3.8M daily insider payouts

The April 20 unlock initiates a daily drip, with insider wallets receiving allocations until mid-2028.

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Published Apr. 17, 2025at 1:15 pm GMT

Updated Apr. 24, 2025at 11:45 am GMT

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The TRUMP memecoin is set to unlock over $300 million worth of tokens this Saturday, initiating a prolonged distribution phase expected to continue through mid-2028.

The April 20 release marks the start of a daily “drip” schedule that will allocate fixed amounts to insider wallets, labeled explicitly as Creators and CIC Digital entities.

Unlock timeline and allocation breakdown

Data from DefiLlama shows the unlocking event scheduled for April 20 will begin distributing approximately $3.80 million in TRUMP tokens, equivalent to 0.049% of the total 1 billion token supply.

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This is part of a broader schedule that began with a major $1.54 billion release on Jan. 17, which made 20% of the total supply available, primarily for public distribution and liquidity provisioning.

However, an April 19 tranche precedes the daily sequence and is valued at roughly $311.89 million, comprising about 4.05% of the total supply.

This allocation is split across four wallet recipients, all associated with internal stakeholders: CIC Digital 1 and CIC Digital 4. That tranche alone brings the cumulative unlocked supply to 24.05% of the total.

The April 20 drip begins an automated unlocking cycle that continues daily for 1,096 days. Each 24-hour interval will unlock an additional 0.049% of the total token supply, translating to roughly $3.8 million daily at the current $7.70 token price.

Of that, 443,836 TRUMP (approximately $3.42 million) will route to the CIC Digital 1 wallet, and 49,315 TRUMP (roughly $380,000) to CIC Digital 4.

Other insider wallets, CIC Digital 2, CIC Digital 3, CIC Digital 5, and CIC Digital 6, started receiving their daily $1.58 million payouts in July this year.

Daily distribution to persist until 2028

The emissions schedule will end in mid-April 2028 and will result in the full release of all 1 billion TRUMP tokens. At the time of writing, just 20% of the token supply is in circulation, all attributed to the January event. The remaining 80% is currently assigned to insider and non-circulating designations.

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TRUMP unlock schedule (Source: getrumpmemes.com)

Once the ongoing unlocks are complete, the final allocation will see insiders hold 80% of the token supply, while public-sale and non-circulating allocations each represent 10%. This contrasts with the current state, where insiders hold 0%, and public-sale plus non-circulating tranches split the unlocked supply.

Price context and valuation

At a token price of $7.70, the memecoin’s fully diluted market capitalization stands at $7.7 billion. With only 200 million tokens currently in circulation, the realized market cap is approximately $1.54 billion.

The April unlocks will raise the circulating supply to nearly 250 million TRUMP, increasing daily with each drip. The magnitude of insider-controlled token flows and their extended time horizon presents ongoing liquidity and market behavior questions, especially as supply pressure compounds into 2026 and beyond.

While TRUMP’s current price has already fallen 30% over the past 30 days, the unlock schedule introduces a prolonged period of predictable sell-side availability. How many of the unlocked tokens are liquidated, retained, or reallocated remains to be seen.

As the circulating supply surpasses key thresholds, such as the 50% midpoint projected in early 2026, holders may reassess fair value based on insider behavior, exchange liquidity, and broader market sentiment.

Per the unlock schedule, Saturday’s tranche begins a sustained and pre-programmed flow of insider-held tokens into the circulating supply, with implications for both price formation and investor strategy through 2028.

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