KNTQ

Governance token of the Kinetiq protocol

The KNTQ token sits at the center of the Kinetiq protocol and serves as its governance token. KNTQ is the sole instrument through which all of Kinetiq’s value accrues.

The KNTQ genesis event took place on November 27th, 2025 on Hyperliquid, representing the first major token launch in the ecosystem.

Supply & distribution

KNTQ has a maximum supply of 1,000,000,000.

The distribution of KNTQ is as follows:

Vesting schedule

All core contributors and investors share the same vesting schedule:

• Total duration: 3 years
• Cliff: 1 year
• Vesting: 2-year monthly linear vesting following the cliff.

Value accrual mechanisms

Kinetiq employs several mechanisms to ensure value flows directly to token holders:

• sKNTQ: KNTQ can be staked for sKNTQ, featuring a 7-day withdrawal period.
• Buybacks: 100% of Kinetiq’s disposable Markets income (minimum 10% of deployer share + builder code revenue).
• Launch revenue: 100% of Kinetiq’s share of Launch revenue (10% of deployer share) is used for KNTQ buybacks.
• KIP-2 revenue streams:
  • Revenue: 70% used for KNTQ buybacks (30% to Kinetiq treasury for operations).
  • Validator commissions: 100% of the validator commission share is used for buybacks.

    Kinetiq active set validators share 50% of the commission charged on stake from the protocol to opt-in, in perpetuity.

• Burn mechanism: 100% of KNTQ trading fees are sent to the assistance fund, effectively burning them from supply.

All acquired KNTQ from these mechanisms is sent to the sKNTQ contract and distributed proportionally to sKNTQ holders.

sKNTQ tiers

Staking KNTQ grants users access to specific protocol benefits, including increased referral shares, trading discounts, and kmHYPE minting rights.

Markets referral yield & volume discounts

kmHYPE minting allocations