Starknet’s Aug. 15 STRK schedule puts token supply mechanics in focus
Starknet’s documentation says up to 127 million STRK can unlock on the 15th of each month through March 2027, but contractually unlocked tokens are not automatically circulating.
Starknet’s monthly STRK release schedule reached another 15th-of-the-month checkpoint on Saturday, keeping the network’s token supply mechanics in view for traders and users. The project’s current documentation says up to 127 million STRK can unlock on the 15th of each month from April 2025 through March 2027, equal to 1.27% of the network’s initial 10 billion token supply.
The date is a vesting milestone, not a promise that the full amount immediately enters exchange circulation. Starknet says tokens that are contractually unlocked but remain in Foundation wallets are not counted as circulating unless they are granted, donated or otherwise moved out of those wallets. That distinction makes the schedule a ceiling for potential new supply rather than a direct measure of sellable tokens.
What the schedule actually says
The release applies to allocations for early contributors and investors. Starknet’s documentation says those groups are subject to a lock-up schedule, while the wider token distribution also includes grants, community provisions, rebates, Foundation reserves and treasury allocations. The documentation lists 20.04% of the initial supply for early contributors and 18.17% for investors, though the monthly figure is expressed as a maximum and the economics can change through governance.
The token has operational uses inside Starknet: since version 0.14.0, transaction fees can be paid only in STRK, and the token also supports staking and governance. Those uses do not establish a market reaction. A scheduled unlock can create additional supply pressure if recipients sell or transfer tokens, but the public schedule alone does not show what recipients did on this date or whether the market absorbed the release.
The next data point is circulation
Independent unlock trackers continue to list Aug. 15 as a Starknet release date, but their estimates differ from the project’s current documentation. That gap is important: the official page describes a maximum vesting amount and separately explains that wallet movements determine what becomes circulating. It does not publish a same-day recipient or transfer report in the material reviewed for this story.
For readers, the practical question is therefore not simply how many STRK are scheduled to unlock. It is how much moved from locked or treasury-controlled addresses, whether those tokens reached trading venues, and how the network’s fee, staking and governance functions evolve as the schedule continues through March 2027.
