Aligned's ALIGN token went live on August 20, 2026 on KuCoin, Bitget and Coinbase, with Kraken following by August 21. It has fallen about 74 percent from its first-day close on Coinbase and set an all-time low on October 6. We found no delisting as of October 7.
Date correction, October 7 An earlier version dated Coinbase's support post to August 20. The post is timestamped August 19 (UTC).
Where it stands
The token generation event, the day a token first trades, was August 20. KuCoin and Bitget opened ALIGN/USDT at 19:00 UTC, Coin Gabbar reported. KuCoin called its launch a World Premiere and attached a holder airdrop for KCS. Bitget opened deposits first and scheduled withdrawals for August 21 at 20:00 UTC.
Coinbase moved in steps. KuCoin News reported the roadmap listing on August 14. Coinbase Markets posted its support notice on August 19, with deposit addresses live and transfers locked until the issuer unlocked them. Crypto Briefing said ALIGN-USD entered auction mode between August 19 and 20. Coinbase's own candle data shows the first trades in the 19:00 UTC hour on August 20.
Kraken's blog says ALIGN trading was live as of August 21, with app and Instant Buy access to follow once liquidity conditions were met. Its public trade history shows a first ALIGN/USD trade at 19:05 UTC on August 20. We list the blog's August 21 and flag the earlier print. MEXC also listed on launch day, Crypto Briefing reported, and CoinGecko's ticker list shows 13 centralized exchanges, including Bitvavo and Gate.
| Date (UTC) | Exchange | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 14 | Coinbase | Added to listing roadmap | KuCoin News |
| August 19 | Coinbase | Support post, deposit addresses live, transfers locked; auction mode August 19 to 20 | Coinbase Markets, Crypto Briefing |
| August 20, 19:00 | KuCoin, Bitget | ALIGN/USDT spot opens | Coin Gabbar, exchange candle data |
| August 20, 19:00 | Coinbase | First ALIGN-USD trades | Coinbase Exchange candle data |
| August 20 | MEXC | Spot opens on launch day | Crypto Briefing |
| August 21 | Kraken | Blog says trading live; first trade in its history is August 20, 19:05 | Kraken blog, Kraken trade data |
That made four exchanges in about 24 hours, the pattern a well-prepared launch produces. We explain how a roadmap entry differs from a live listing in our exchange listings guide.
How it traded
ALIGN has trended lower since launch. On Coinbase it closed its first day at $0.02175, after a day-one high of $0.02843. It closed at $0.01049 on August 31, $0.00801 on September 7 and $0.00624 on September 30. On October 7 it traded at $0.00575, about 74 percent below the first-day close.
CoinGecko shows an all-time low of $0.00559 on October 6, a market cap near $9.4 million and 1.632 billion tokens circulating. Crypto Briefing said the token fell sharply soon after trading began, the same day Aligned deposited 7 million ALIGN as voting incentives on Aerodrome.
Aligned's site lists proof aggregation, which reached mainnet alpha in January 2026, alongside wallet-as-a-service and rollup-as-a-service products. A zero-knowledge proof lets one party show a computation was done correctly without anyone re-running it, and Aligned's pitch is cheaper verification of such proofs. We track other proving-market tokens in the same lane, such as Cysic's CYS.
Supply, claims and what to watch
Total supply is fixed at 10 billion ALIGN, and about 16 percent circulated at launch. KuCoin's summary splits it as follows: team 23.5 percent, investors 19.71, ecosystem 18, future reserves 16.61, foundation 11.4, airdrop 8.74 and community sales 2.04. The airdrop claim runs through community.alignedlayer.com. Wallets allocated 10,000 ALIGN or less received everything at launch, while larger allocations took 10,000 upfront and vest the rest monthly over 12 months.
- Team 23.5%
- Investors 19.71%
- Ecosystem 18%
- Future reserves 16.61%
- Foundation 11.4%
- Airdrop 8.74%
- Community sales 2.04%
The unlock schedule shapes the float more than any single day of trading. KuCoin's summary says 40 percent of the team's allocation unlocks after a 12-month cliff, with the remainder vesting linearly over 18 months. It gives no vesting terms for investors, so that part of the calendar is not public in the sources we read. Team and investor buckets together hold over 43 percent of supply, and our tokenomics guide walks through reading such a schedule.
A drop of this size after an airdrop fits a known mechanism: recipients with no cost basis meet the first liquid market on day one. It does not say anything about the project's quality. Three items are checkable:
- Kraken access. Whether Kraken opens app and Instant Buy trading, which its blog tied to liquidity conditions.
- Vesting. Monthly releases for large airdrop wallets run for 12 months, and the team cliff arrives after 12 months.
- Lows. Whether ALIGN holds above the October 6 low or sets another.
Only the official portal is a legitimate claim surface, and lookalike domains tend to appear within hours of any launch. Nothing here is trading advice.
Not financial advice Listings often spike and then fade once the first wave of buyers is done. Nothing here is a suggestion to buy this token. Check dates on the exchange's own announcement page before trading: schedules slip. Our listing reaction data shows how new listings have typically traded.
