Aligned Layer 

ALIGN Price

What is the Aligned Layer (ALIGN) token?

Aligned is a full-stack Ethereum infrastructure that lets fintechs, institutions and enterprises build financial products on Ethereum through a single integration — wallets, rollups, interoperability and zero-knowledge services — instead of assembling a stack from separate vendors. The network runs as an EigenLayer AVS (Actively Validated Service), with zero-knowledge proof verification as one of its services; mainnet beta launched in December 2024. ALIGN is an ERC-20 token on Ethereum, with a secondary deployment on Base.

Is ALIGN a layer 1 or layer 2?

Neither. Aligned is not its own blockchain and not a rollup — it is an infrastructure stack built on top of Ethereum and operated as an EigenLayer AVS. ALIGN is therefore a token, not a native chain coin, with contracts on Ethereum and Base. The stack spans proof verification, proof aggregation, rollups, wallets and interoperability, which fintechs and institutions integrate to ship financial products on Ethereum.

How does the ALIGN token work across the Aligned stack?

ALIGN pays for services across the stack — Proof Verification, Proof Aggregation, Rollup-as-a-Service and Wallet-as-a-Service. Applications stake ALIGN for unlimited monthly proof verification, with the stake returned, or pay per use; verification fees flow to the operators securing the network, not to stakers. ALIGN also carries governance rights over protocol upgrades and ecosystem-fund allocation. Staking is a payment mechanism, not a yield instrument.

What is ALIGN's total supply and allocation?

ALIGN has a fixed maximum supply of 10,000,000,000 tokens, per DropsTab data, with initial circulating supply at TGE around 16%. The largest shares go to the Team and Investors (43.21% combined, all locked at TGE), followed by Ecosystem, Future Provisions and Foundation allocations that fund long-term development. The Genesis Drop accounts for 8.74% of supply. Insider allocations sit behind a cliff, so early circulating supply is dominated by non-insider tranches rather than team or investor tokens.

How do ALIGN's vesting terms affect sell pressure?

Team and Investors hold 43.21% combined, fully locked at TGE with a 12-month cliff and 40% unlocking at month 12 — so the first large cliff unlock lands around August 2027, the main concentrated sell-pressure event. The remainder vests linearly over 18 months. Per the official tokenomics, Ecosystem and Future Provisions take a 6-month cliff plus 24-month linear vesting, and Foundation vesting runs 30 months.

Who backed Aligned Layer?

Per DropsTab fundraising data, Aligned raised $23.6M from venture investors. The Series A (April 2024) contributed $20M, led by Hack VC. The Seed round (April 2024) contributed $2.6M, led by Lemniscap, with StarkWare, Bankless and EigenLayer founder Sreeram Kannan among the backers. Support from EigenLayer's founder signals alignment with the AVS ecosystem the network runs on. No single investor holds more than 20% of supply.

When was the Aligned Layer TGE?

The ALIGN TGE took place in August 2026, roughly 20 months after mainnet beta went live in December 2024. The token launched directly via TGE and is now live and trading. A portion of supply unlocked at TGE to fund operations from day one, with the remainder vesting over about 30 months. The Genesis Drop was distributed at the same event, and its registration is closed.

Did Aligned Layer have an airdrop, and is it still open?

No — it is closed and not reopening. The Genesis Drop allocated 8.74% of supply; registration closed in late 2024, and distribution was executed at the August 2026 TGE. A separate 2.10% allocation goes to Protocol Guild, L2BEAT, ZachXBT and the ZK Podcast, vesting to month 47. There is no open or upcoming airdrop, whitelist or registration — the Genesis Drop was a one-time, completed distribution.

Where can ALIGN be bought?

ALIGN trades on tier-1 centralized exchanges including Coinbase, Kraken and KuCoin, with USDT, USD, USDC and EUR quote pairs. On-chain routes run through Uniswap on Ethereum and Aerodrome and Uniswap on Base. Per DropsTab data, spot venues dominate the split, with multiple tier-1 CEXs listing within hours of TGE — so liquidity is diversified across venues rather than concentrated. A perpetual market exists on MEXC Futures.