3 Major Token Unlocks Set to Shake Up the Crypto Market in the Second Week of September

Jakarta, Pintu News – The crypto market is expected to experience a massive $513 million token unlock in the second week of September 2025. Some of the projects that will release a significant amount of new token supply include Aptos (APT), Sonic (S), and Cheelee (CHEEL).

This token opening has the potential to trigger market volatility and affect price movements in the short term.

Sonic (S)

• Unlock Date: September 9
• Number of Tokens to be Opened: 150 million S (4.6% of total supply)
• Total Supply: 3.22 billion S

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Sonic is a next-generation blockchain designed to support decentralized finance (DeFi). It combines high transaction speeds, fast finality, and compatibility with EVMs.

Sonic aims to create an efficient, scalable and friendly ecosystem for developers to build advanced financial applications.

On September 9, Sonic will release 150 million tokens into circulation, with a value of approximately $46.47 million. This release will also support Sonic’s expansion plans into the US market.

Aptos (APT)

• Unlock Date: September 11
• Number of Tokens to be Opened: 11.31 million APT (0.96% of total supply)
• Current Circulating Supply: 688.5 million APT
• Total Supply: 1.17 billion APT

Aptos is a Layer-1 blockchain platform that uses the Move programming language to bring scalability, security, and efficiency to the development of decentralized applications (dApps) and the Web3 ecosystem.

On September 11, Aptos will unlock 11.31 million APT tokens with a value of approximately $49.42 million. This amount represents about 1.64% of the current market capitalization.

Token distribution will be done as follows:

• 3.96 million APT for core contributors
• 3.21 million APT for community
• 2.81 million APT for investors
• 1.33 million APT will be given to the foundation

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Cheelee (CHEEL)

• Unlock Date: September 13
• Number of Tokens to be Opened: 20.81 million CHEEL (2.08% of total supply)
• Total Supply: 1 billion CHEEL

Cheelee is a GameFi-based social media platform that allows users to earn crypto rewards just by watching short videos. The project is built on the concept of the “attention economy”, where users’ time and attention are monetized into income.

The Cheelee team will unlock 20.81 million CHEEL tokens on September 13, with a total value of approximately $55.78 million.

Of these:

• A total of 10.58 million tokens will be distributed as rewards for users
• 7.55 million tokens allocated for marketing purposes
• 2.64 million tokens used for liquidity
• Approximately 36,720 tokens set up for community drop

At the same time, several other projects such as Movement (MOVE), BounceBit (BB), io.net (IO), and peaq (PEAQ) will also conduct token openings. This has the potential to amplify the widespread impact on the crypto market.

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Reference:

• BeInCrypto. 3 Token Unlocks to Watch in the Second Week of September 2025. Accessed on September 9, 2025