In April 2025, we announced a strategic revision to the $KIP unlock schedule. The decision to extend the cliff period from three months to six months post-TGE was made to support ecosystem stability, reduce potential market disruption, and align token distribution with product milestones.
That six-month cliff ends on July 10. Below is a detailed overview of the updated unlock structure, the reasoning behind it, and the product delivery that now supports this milestone.
Updated Unlock Schedule
Strategic Investors
- Token distribution begins July 10 via daily streaming (replacing monthly unlocks).
- Total vesting duration is now 28 months (reduced from 36).
Private Investors
- Token distribution also begins via daily streaming.
- Total vesting duration is now 19 months (reduced from 27).
This shift to linear daily unlocks is designed to provide more predictable liquidity and reduce volatility during the vesting period.
Team Tokens
- Remain fully locked until March 2026, marking a three-month extension.
- The overall team vesting duration is unchanged.
- Unlocks remain linked to internal development milestones, ensuring long-term alignment.
What We've Shipped Since April
1. Superior Agents: Live, Evolving AI Agents
Superior Agents is a fully open-source framework for building autonomous, self-improving AI agents. Unlike traditional agents that follow static prompts or rules, these agents learn from real-world feedback and adapt their behavior over time.
Each agent runs a continuous improvement loop: generating strategies, testing them in live environments, and adjusting based on actual results. The framework supports a wide variety of underlying models, including DeepSeek, OpenAI, Gemini, and Qwen.
Today, more than ten AI trading agents are live, operating with real capital across both spot and perpetual markets. Each one is independently managed and optimized using different strategies and learning mechanisms. All trades are public and tracked at superioragents.com/live-agents.
More importantly, Superior Agents are not limited to trading. Through the ongoing Superior Agents Summer Residency, over 80 teams are building agents across entirely new use cases. From cybersecurity and social media automation to market research and on-chain tooling.
This is not a static product launch. It is the foundation for a new class of AI agents that adapt, specialize, and improve autonomously.
2. KIP Hub: A No-Code Platform for AI Apps
KIP Hub is our no-code platform for building, testing, and publishing AI applications without writing backend code or managing infrastructure.
Users can create apps using a visual interface that supports:
– Prompt chaining
– Conditional logic
– Function calling
– Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
The platform supports multiple foundation models (OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek, LLaMA, and more) and offers native support for monetization through usage-based pricing. Users pay in Hub Credits, which are earned by staking $KIP and used across the platform.
KIP Hub is now in open beta. Core features are live, and new modules—such as agent deployment and dataset monetization—are scheduled for release in the coming weeks.
Explore the platform here: kiphub.ai
3. $KIP Staking and Credit System
KIP’s staking system was first introduced in late March 2025, enabling long-term holders to lock their tokens, earn platform rewards, and begin accumulating governance power through veKIP. Since then, participation has steadily grown.
A total of 351 million $KIP (both staking campaigns) is currently staked, reinforcing the long-term commitment of our community.
In addition to ongoing veKIP staking, we recently launched a limited-time fixed APR campaign that has already attracted over 124 million $KIP locked for six months, with four days remaining in the sign-up window. This momentum reflects strong community engagement and complements the broader staking infrastructure ahead of the upcoming unlocks.
Staking $KIP serves multiple purposes:
- Earns daily $KIP rewards
- Accumulates Hub Credits, used across KIP Hub
- Prepares users for the upcoming veKIP governance system
Together, these mechanisms tie token utility directly to platform usage and ensure that rewards flow to those actively contributing to the ecosystem.
Ecosystem Maturity and Next Steps
We have deliberately structured $KIP’s distribution around delivery. The unlocks now align with a live product stack, growing usage metrics, and a committed user base.
- Team tokens remain locked until October
- Investor unlocks are linear, transparent, and streamed daily
- Core products are operational and growing
The next phase of development will focus on deeper ecosystem expansion, user onboarding, and governance rollout.
A Note of Thanks
To every early contributor, builder, and supporter, thank you!
Your patience helped us build this the right way: not just with promises, but with working products, open infrastructure, and clear accountability. We’re just getting started.
KIP Protocol Team
