Aligned, a ZK verification layer project, has released the details of its Genesis Drop. The airdrop sets aside 8.74% of the fixed 10 billion ALIGN supply for communities that support crypto, Ethereum, and ZK. At the token generation event, 44.36% of the airdrop allocation will unlock, equal to about 3.88% of total supply. The distribution is split into three parts: Airdrop 1 for the broader community at about 6.54% of supply, Airdrop 2 for notable contributors at 2.10%, and ZK Arcade at 0.10%. Claim rules also differ by allocation size. Users assigned 10,000 ALIGN or less will claim on Base, while those allocated more than 10,000 ALIGN will claim on Ethereum Layer 1. Eligibility and allocation amounts can be checked at community.alignedlayer.com.

Aligned published the terms for its ALIGN airdrop on Tuesday, 20 months after registration for the drop closed, but the company still did not set a launch date for the token. The Genesis Drop covers 8.74% of a fixed 10 billion ALIGN supply, with 44.36% unlocking at TGE. Aligned also outlined allocations for the main community pool, ZK Arcade, Protocol Guild, L2BEAT, ZachXBT and Zero Knowledge Podcast, while noting that the public sale site now says the sale has been canceled. The token sits with 26 holders on Ethereum and no transfers, and preview pages on CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap show no price. The article also details Aligned’s two failed public sale attempts, the deprecated Proof Verification Layer, the new Proof Aggregation Service, LambdaVM progress, and the disputed Coinbase listing claims circulating on X.

Coinbase said through its official market account, CoinbaseMarkets, that Aligned (ALIGN) has been added to the exchange’s asset listing roadmap today. The related page shows the token is now in the evaluation and preparation stage, while a specific launch schedule has not been disclosed. Aligned is an infrastructure project focused on zero-knowledge proof verification and aggregation. Its stated goal is to reduce the cost of verifying ZK proofs and improve throughput for Ethereum and the broader modular ecosystem. The update places ALIGN on Coinbase’s formal review track, and the market is likely to watch for later progress updates and any official listing schedule.

Aligned Layer has pushed the KYC deadline for the ALIGN token sale to May 11, 2026 at 7 PM UTC. The extension affects verification timing only, with auction pricing, contribution limits, and allocation rules unchanged.

Aligned has opened its ALIGN airdrop checker for Genesis Drop and ZK Arcade users. The project says a claim update is expected this week, while 10 million tokens for ZK Arcade are set to unlock in full at TGE.