Aligned, a full-stack Ethereum infrastructure project, launched its native token ALIGN on August 20, 2026. The ERC-20 token, also available on Base, debuted with listings on major exchanges and an initial circulating supply of approximately 16 percent of its fixed total of 10 billion tokens.

The project aims to position Ethereum as a backend for global finance by offering fintechs, institutions, and enterprises a single integration point for wallets, rollups, interoperability, and zero-knowledge services. Aligned notes that less than one percent of the world’s assets currently sit onchain, mostly as stablecoins, tokenized treasuries, and wrapped assets on Ethereum, yet building products on top of them remains fragmented and time-consuming.

Product Suite and Development Status

Aligned is developing its stack in stages, working closely with LambdaClass, a firm known for contributions to Starknet, zkSync, Polygon Miden, EigenCloud, the Ethrex execution client, and the lambdaworks cryptography library.

The Proof Aggregation Service is live on mainnet alpha and batches rollup proofs to keep verification costs low. Wallet-as-a-Service has reached MVP status, allowing users to create Ethereum wallets via Google or Face ID without seed phrases, browser extensions, or gas fees. Rollup-as-a-Service, the LambdaVM RISC-V zero-knowledge virtual machine developed with LambdaClass and 3MI Labs, and an interoperability protocol remain in development and will be released as each component is ready.

ALIGN is designed as a utility token that can be used to pay for services across the stack, including proof aggregation and wallet infrastructure. The project states that ALIGN is not equity, a share, or a claim on revenue or dividends, and does not promise yield or price appreciation.

Token Supply and Allocation Breakdown

ALIGN has a fixed supply of 10 billion tokens. At the token generation event, roughly 16 percent entered circulation. The remaining supply is distributed across seven categories with staggered unlock schedules.

Team and investor tokens remain locked for a full year after launch. At the 12-month mark, 40 percent of those allocations unlock, with the balance vesting linearly over the following 18 months. This structure means neither category begins circulating until August 2027 at the earliest.

Genesis Airdrop Details and Eligibility

The Genesis airdrop accounts for 8.74 percent of total supply and was presented as recognition for community support of crypto, Ethereum, and zero-knowledge research. Across the airdrop, 44.36 percent unlocked at the token generation event, equal to roughly 3.88 percent of the overall supply. The remainder continues to vest.

Eligibility was divided into five waves. Wave 1 covered engineers, developers, and researchers contributing to public goods and zero-knowledge projects, totaling 4,639 eligible wallets. Wave 2 targeted active Discord community members, with 1,769 qualifying participants. Wave 3 included Galxe Quest completers, reaching 89,113 wallets. Wave 4 recognized distinguished contributors such as Protocol Guild, L2BEAT, ZachXBT, and the ZK Podcast. Wave 5 extended to holders of tokens from related projects including Starknet, Mina, zkSync, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and EigenCloud.

More than 160,000 wallets registered before the window closed in late 2024. No additional eligibility routes exist for this drop.

Unlock rules vary by allocation size and category. For the main community portion, wallets receiving 10,000 ALIGN or fewer received their full amount at launch. Larger community allocations unlocked 10,000 tokens immediately, with the balance vesting linearly over 12 months. Distinguished Contributors unlocked only 2.08 percent of their share at launch, with the rest vesting over 47 months. A separate ZK Arcade allocation unlocked fully at the token generation event.

Claiming Process and Contract Addresses

Claiming is split by network according to allocation size. Allocations of 10,000 ALIGN or less are handled on Base to reduce gas costs. Larger amounts are claimed on Ethereum mainnet. Eligibility and network assignment can be checked through the project’s official community portal.

Official token contracts are 0x50614CC8e44F7814549c223aA31db9296e58057c on Ethereum mainnet and 0x53f39e5C53EE40bbc3Da97C3B47BD2968d110a8D on Base. The project has issued repeated warnings about fraudulent claim sites and impersonator accounts.

Roadmap and Focus

Aligned has stated it is committed exclusively to Ethereum. Through the remainder of 2026 the team intends to complete the remaining stack components and expand the number of products built on the platform. The longer-term objective is to reduce the process of launching a financial product on Ethereum from a multi-vendor integration effort to a single decision.

The project maintains that ALIGN’s utility is tied to actual usage of its proof verification, aggregation, rollup, and wallet services. Adoption by fintechs and institutions will determine the extent to which the token is used for fee payments across the stack.