Sahara AI said on June 24 that it is voluntarily extending the unlock schedule for $SAHARA. Under the revised plan, investor unlocks are delayed by 3 months, while founder, core team, and advisor unlocks are delayed by 6 months. The move came after the June 9 market event, when the token fell from about $0.035 to below $0.015, a drop of nearly 60%, which pushed upcoming vesting events into the center of community debate.
Unlock schedule changed after the June selloff
The team said the June 9 decline was linked to trading dynamics and broader market structure, not to an internal breach or exploit. Community members still demanded a clearer response. Sahara AI answered by extending the lock on its own allocation, shifting back vesting points that had been approaching in the near term.
That matters because the revised schedule changes expectations around circulating supply. Near-term sell pressure is lower if fewer insider and investor tokens enter the market on the original timeline. The source material also notes that $SAHARA has rebounded more than 24% over the last 24 hours. Price action aside, traders are now weighing whether the delay reflects long-term commitment or simply moves the issue further out.
No token burn, and buybacks stay tied to revenue
Sahara AI also rejected two ideas that gained traction after the drop: a token burn and an immediate reactive buyback. The project said no burn mechanism will be added. Total supply remains fixed at 10 billion tokens, and the team’s position is that engineered scarcity is not the route it wants to take.
Buybacks are still on the table, but only as part of a long-term treasury approach funded by product revenue. They are not being framed as a one-off intervention to stabilize the market after a sharp move. In practical terms, the project is leaning on utility and usage rather than supply reduction.
Airdrop claims, staking phase 2, and chain expansion are still ahead
The airdrop claim process remains open for eligible Knowledge Drop participants, Binance HODLer recipients, and Buidlpad community members, according to the source. Users who may qualify are being directed to the official portal for verification.
Sahara AI also outlined the next set of ecosystem items: Sorin is adding perpetual trading, strategy backtesting, and alpha monitoring; a major new multi-chain launch is planned for next week; a $100,000 paper trading competition on Sorin is set to go live soon; staking Phase 2 will connect token usage with agent access, model rewards, and ecosystem experiences; and enterprise partnership announcements are expected.
For the market, the unlock delay reduces one immediate supply concern. It does not settle the larger question. Attention is now shifting to execution points already listed by the project, especially the chain expansion next week, the 30-to-90-day user activity window around the paper trading campaign, and the team unlock cliff that has now been pushed back by 6 months.