Aligned Layer has launched $ALIGN, a native utility token for its full Ethereum stack, with a fixed total supply of 10 billion tokens. Approximately 1.6 billion tokens, or 16% of the total supply, entered circulation at launch, according to a Chainwire announcement on August 21, 2026.
The ERC-20 token is designed to pay for services across the Aligned ecosystem, including Proof Aggregation and Wallet-as-a-Service. Aligned emphasized that $ALIGN is not equity, does not confer revenue claims or dividends, and does not offer yield or price guarantees. The token is also available on Base alongside Ethereum.
A Genesis airdrop distributed tokens in multiple waves to developers, researchers, and members of the Discord and Galxe communities. Eligible recipients included contributors to Ethereum and Zero-Knowledge (ZK) projects such as Protocol Guild, L2BEAT, ZachXBT, and ZK Podcast. Holders of ecosystem tokens from Starknet, Mina, zkSync, Polygon, Scroll, Taiko, and EigenCloud also received allocations.
Aligned highlighted collaborations with LambdaClass and 3MI Labs. LambdaClass contributed to key Ethereum ecosystem projects including Starknet, zkSync, Polygon Miden, EigenCloud, Ethrex, and the lambdaworks cryptography library. 3MI Labs partnered with Aligned and LambdaClass to develop the LambdaVM, described as Aligned’s RISC-V zkVM.
The company reported that its Proof Aggregation service is live on mainnet alpha, while a Wallet-as-a-Service minimum viable product has already launched. The MVP enables users to sign in via Google or Face ID without seed phrases, browser extensions, or gas fees. Aligned noted that its Rollup-as-a-Service, LambdaVM, and Interoperability Protocol remain in development.
For tracking eligibility and launch updates, Aligned directs users to community.alignedlayer.com. Additional resources include the ALIGN tokenomics blog at blog.alignedlayer.com and the project’s main website at alignedlayer.com.
