The Ink Foundation, the non-profit behind Layer 2 Ink, is launching its native token ink in an attempt to start the capital markets of Onchain through a liquidity-first strategy.
The token will debut on a decentralized finance (Defi) loans and commercial protocol built on Aave, and distribution starts via an airdrop to early users.
There are no gimmicks or fluctuating emission schedules, the foundation said. Ink has hit a hard limit of 1 billion tokens, without using the offer through management proposals.
And unlike other Superchain members, Ink says that his Layer 2 -Governance remains separated from token. (A superchain is a group of Layer-2 networks that are built with the same software, allowing them to share security, upgrades and tools. See it as different cities on the same highway system.)
The first utility is a liquidity protocol from the ink chain, designed as a core Defi -Primitive for loans and capital deployment.
Participants in the protocol are eligible for ink AirDrops, with further details that are still coming. Distribution will be handled by a subsidiary of the foundation, who claims to have methods to curb the agriculture of the AirDrop.
Ink, however, comes in a busy market where most new tokens, even those with business aid and protocol traction, tend to trend down after the launch.
Linea, Blast, Celestia, Berachain and other controversial projects all launched L2 tokens in 2024-25 with large fanfare-alleen to be confronted with persistent sales pressure. Many critics now see that token is launching less as coordinated economic aids and more as delayed exit -liquidity events.
Ink will debut in a cycle where most tokens deteriorate, the attention of the retail trade is light and capital rotation is very selective.
Ink’s Defi Stack owns just over $ 7 million in total value, with only $ 93 in L2 sales reported in the last 24 hours in the last 24 hours, according to Defillama data, which indicates that real use remains relatively thin.
Nevertheless, by anchoring its token to a functioning product on the first day – via Aave Governance and Integration – ink is at least to take the trend of bad launches.
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