- Monad sale lists MON at $0.025 from Nov 17 to Nov 22 to seed early float.
- MON airdrop allocates 3.3% and starts seven days after the sale to widen ownership.
- Monad mainnet targets Nov 24, with ~10.8 billion MON circulating at launch.
Monad, one of the most anticipated “Parallel EVM” projects, has unveiled a highly-orchestrated, three-act launch sequence for its MON token. The plan bypasses market chaos by engineering its initial float, kicking off with a $0.025 public sale on Coinbase on November 17, followed by a November 24 mainnet target, and a subsequent airdrop. This timeline gives traders and builders a clear, coordinated path from funding to deployment.
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The Launch Sequence: A Coordinated “Float-Seeding” Operation
Monad is deliberately “seeding” its float across three timed events.
Act 1: The public sale runs on Coinbase Token Sales from November 17 to 22. It lists MON at a fixed $0.025 price and allocates 7.5% of the total supply to retail and early ecosystem users, establishing a known entry price before mainnet activity.
Act 2: The Monad mainnet is targeted to go live on November 24, creating a live environment for the new tokens.
Act 3: The MON airdrop, allocating 3.3% of the supply, begins seven days after the sale’s conclusion (approx. Nov 29). This move is designed to pull builders and users on-chain ahead of apps, distributing tokens to wallets likely to provide liquidity or stake.
Combined, Monad states that ~10.8 billion MON (10.8% of the total supply) will enter circulation at launch from these first two tranches. The pacing spreads supply over time, which helps market makers quote tighter spreads as depth builds.
The Tech: Why Monad’s “Parallel EVM” Has Builders’ Excited
The excitement stems from Monad’s architecture. It targets core EVM bottlenecks by enabling parallel execution and asynchronous processing while maintaining 100% Ethereum bytecode compatibility. This means existing EVM apps can migrate without changing any code. This design, which uses MonadBFT for consensus and MonadDb for data coordination, promises to lower latency and fees for high-traffic sectors like DeFi, exchanges, and gaming.
The “Day-One” Trade: A Clear Schedule for Liquidity
This highly-aligned schedule creates a clean path from sale to usage, setting clear expectations for Day-One liquidity. For traders, the known float and timed unlocks (from the 27% team and 19.7% investor allocations) provide a clear guide for inventory planning and basis trades.
As the mainnet targets November 24, market depth will depend on how quickly the 10.8 billion MON from the sale and airdrop hit exchanges. That flow will steer early spreads, funding, and open interest for MON pairs. Traders will be watching the sale completion rate and airdrop claim rate to size initial demand, while tracking unlock calendars to anticipate future supply.
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