Monad Blockchain Launches With 100B Token Supply and Airdrop Program

The layer-1 Monad blockchain officially launched on Monday, accompanied by an airdrop of its native token, MON.

According to project documentation, MON has a total supply of 100 billion tokens, with 10.8% currently unlocked and in circulation. That circulating amount is split into two parts:

• 7.5% was released last week through a public sale on Coinbase’s Token Platform, priced at $0.025 per token.

• 3.3% is unlocking as part of the airdrop.

The Monad team describes the network as a high-performance blockchain designed to support a wide range of fast-growing sectors, including DeFi, payments and stablecoins, and institutional high-frequency finance use cases. The chain is also EVM-compatible, aiming to help scale the Ethereum Virtual Machine and support its next stage of development.

The remainder of the MON token supply is allocated as follows:

• 27% to the Monad team

• 19.7% to investors

• 4% to the Labs Treasury

• 38.5% for ecosystem development

Some community members on X criticized the distribution, arguing that the team allocation is higher than typical industry standards.

“Monad mainnet’s public launch marks a major step toward making high-performance blockchain infrastructure accessible to everyone. Developers shouldn’t have to choose between speed, security, and usability,” said Keone Hon, Monad co-founder, in a statement shared with CoinDesk.

“With Monad, we’ve worked to deliver all three—without requiring builders to abandon the tools and languages they already know. We’re excited to empower a new wave of applications and move blockchain technology closer to mainstream and institutional adoption.”