The ASE Token
Distribution
Where every token goes · Estimated read time: 6 minutes
TL;DR
1,000,000,000 ASE. 25% public (founders round + presale + initial LP). 75% retained for validator rewards, team, treasury, ecosystem, CEX listings, incentivized testnet, bridge, and foundation. Team tokens vest over 6 months. LP is locked for 12 months via Team Finance. Circulating supply at TGE is approximately 20% of total.
Allocation table
| Bucket | % | Tokens | Vesting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Founders round | 4% | 40,000,000 | 100% at TGE |
| Presale | 16% | 160,000,000 | 100% at TGE |
| Initial LP (Uniswap v2) | 5% | 50,000,000 | Locked 12 months (Team Finance) |
| CEX listing reserve | 15% | 150,000,000 | Released per listing |
| Validator rewards | 15% | 150,000,000 | Block-by-block subsidy, ~5-7yr decay |
| Team & advisors | 12% | 120,000,000 | 6-month vesting |
| Treasury / DAO | 12% | 120,000,000 | DAO timelock per spend |
| Ecosystem / grants | 10% | 100,000,000 | Per-grant release |
| Incentivized testnet | 6% | 60,000,000 | Distributed during Phase 3 |
| Bridge reserve | 3% | 30,000,000 | Held until bridge ships |
| Foundation reserve | 2% | 20,000,000 | 12-month cliff + 12-month linear |
Public — 25%
- Founders round (4%) — 40M ASE allocated to early supporters. 100% claimable at TGE.
- Presale (16%) — 160M ASE sold publicly at 625 Gwei / token. First-come-first-served, 2 ETH max per wallet, no KYC, no geo restrictions. See The Sale.
- Initial LP (5%) — 50M ASE paired with ~31.5 ETH on Uniswap v2 (Ethereum L1). AMM opens at approximately 630 Gwei / token. LP tokens locked for 12 months via Team Finance — verifiable on-chain.
Retained — 75%
- CEX listing reserve (15%) — held for centralized exchange listings, market-maker contracts, and exchange-led marketing campaigns. Released per listing, multisig-controlled.
- Validator rewards (15%) — block subsidies distributed from a system contract on a decaying schedule over approximately 5–7 years. This is the security budget that bootstraps validator economics until gas fees sustain them. See Staking Rewards.
- Team & advisors (12%) — 6-month vesting. No team tokens touch the market for the first 6 months after launch.
- Treasury / DAO (12%) — controlled by on-chain governance with a timelock per spend. Funds protocol development, audits, and infrastructure beyond the initial ops runway.
- Ecosystem / grants (10%) — available for developer grants, partnerships, and community-building initiatives. Per-grant release, transparent accounting.
- Incentivized testnet (6%) — distributed to Phase 3 testnet operators as real ASE rewards for running validators before mainnet. Earned, not airdropped.
- Bridge reserve (3%) — held until the Ethereum ↔ Asentum bridge ships. Backs the 1:1 conversion from ERC-20 to native ASE.
- Foundation reserve (2%) — 12-month cliff, 12-month linear vest. Long-term backstop for unforeseen needs.
Vesting schedule
| Bucket | At TGE | Fully unlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Presale | 100% (160M) | At TGE |
| LP | 0% (in pool) | 12 months (locked) |
| Team | 0% | Month 6 |
| Foundation | 0% | Month 36 |
| Validator rewards | 0% | ~5-7 years (decaying) |
Circulating supply at launch
| Moment | Liquid tokens | % of supply |
|---|---|---|
| TGE / launch | ~250M (founders 40M + presale 160M + LP 50M) | 25% |
| Month 6 | ~253M (team cliff hits, starts dripping) | 25%+ |
After TGE, no more sale-related tokens enter circulation for 6 months (until the team cliff). All presale and founders tokens are fully unlocked at launch.
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