Karura

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Karura Info

Explore Karura’s tokenomics: $KAR powers a scalable, cross-chain DeFi hub on Kusama, offering stablecoins, staking, and efficient trading innovations.

Ticker
$KAR
Listing Price
$2
Total Supply
160,000,000
Niche
  • DeFi
TGE Date
2021-07-20
Tier 2
Tokenomics
Economy
Audit
Tokenomics
Audited
Investor
Information

Tokenomics Rating

Rank
#1144
Percentile
Top 61%
12
5
2
Economic Policies
66.49
Investment & Valuation
59.04
Utility & Value Flow
-
Market Makers
-
Distribution Fairness
46.45

Tokenomics Information

Allocation Distribution

Pool Name
Percentage
Vesting Information
Auction Reward34.00%30.0% at TGE , 12 Month Linear Vesting
Seed Round18.33%12 Month Cliff, 24 Month Linear Vesting
Treasury/Reserve11.62%No information
Series A10.80%36 Month Linear Vesting
Reward Reserve10.25%12 Month Linear Vesting
Team10.00%18 Month Cliff, 18 Month Linear Vesting
Ecosystem Development5.00%36 Month Linear Vesting
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Category Score
46.45out of 100
Percentile
Top 72%

Allocation Distribution Indicators

Highlights
0
Warnings
1
Alerts
1

Distribution Fairness

Distribution Fairness Benchmarks

Deviation from Best Performers

Deviation Status

Public Sale
-6.3%
Medium
Community
+11.9%
High
Foundation
-8.9%
Medium
Insiders
-7.1%
Medium
Investors
+10.5%
High

Deviation from Best Performers

This section analyzes whether the token distribution is balanced by comparing it to best-performing projects in the same niche. It highlights low, medium, or high deviation levels across stakeholder groups and evaluates how closely the overall allocation aligns with proven benchmarks.

Overall Deviation Status

Medium

Category Score
—out of 100
Percentile
—

Governance Indicators

Highlights
3
Warnings
0
Alerts
0

Token Power

Token Power

This section analyzes who holds actual control over the circulating supply year over year, with a focus on early stages where governance risk is highest. It assesses whether the governance power is centralized or decentralized, and flags any dominance by insiders or investors.

Token Control Status

Launch
Decentralized
Year 1
Decentralized
Year 2
Decentralized
Year 3
Decentralized
Year 4
Decentralized

Insider Dominance Test

Passed

Investor Dominance Test

Passed

Category Score
68.45out of 100
Percentile
Top 27%

Inflation Indicators

Highlights
3
Warnings
1
Alerts
0

Emission Type

Circulation

Inflation

Here we analyze whether inflation rates are sustainable, how balanced the vesting release schedule, how they compare with top-performing projects annually, and how this inflationary pressure might impact token value.

Year 1 Inflation

285.0%

Year 2 Inflation

36.8%

Year 3 Inflation

26.9%

Year 4 Inflation

0.0%

Inflation YoY

Category Score
70.31out of 100
Percentile
Top 37%

Supply Shock Indicators

Highlights
1
Warnings
1
Alerts
0

Emission Type

Circulation

Monthly Supply Shocks

Supply Shocks

Here we track the timing and size of every supply shock, we flag high, mid, and low risk supply shocks, we showcase the exact date of the largest dilution event, and enable unlocks and emissions visualization.

Supply Shocks Counter

2 Low Risk
1 Mid Risk
0 High Risk

Highest Supply Shock

23.8%
at Month 1

Detailed Information

Category Score
54.92out of 100
Percentile
Top 30%

Risk of Dilution Indicators

Highlights
1
Warnings
0
Alerts
1

Initial Float / Circulating Supply

This section assesses whether the TGE float is appropriately sized, what dilution it introduces, and how it compares to best performing projects. The float is also known as circulating supply and just because tokens are unlocked does not mean they enter circulation.

Initial Float

10.20%

Best Performer Float

12.34%

Team Float Control

100.0%
Low Control
Mid Control
High Control
At launch, the team controls 100.0% of the circulating supply, reducing the real initial float to 0.00%.

Circulating Token Supply (YoY)

Vesting Release Schedule

Category Score
59.04out of 100
Percentile
Top 77%

Terms and Conditions Indicators

Highlights
1
Warnings
0
Alerts
0

Investor Round Details

Investors Terms and Conditions

Here we focus on everything that matters to public and private investors, how the rounds are structured, what your payback looks like at TGE, and how fairly the different rounds are balanced mapping entry price, unlocks, vesting terms, and overall exposure.

Vesting Details

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Seed Round
Series A

Target Hardcap

$8.8M
29.1%
70.9%
Karura is selling 29.1% of its total token supply to investors in order to raise $8.8M in funding.

Category Score
99.92out of 100
Percentile
Top 7%

Break Even Indicators

Highlights
2
Warnings
1
Alerts
0

Break Even Analysis

Here we analyze how balanced private rounds are, which round breaks even first and which breaks even last by tracking cumulative ROI from unlocked tokens against the initial investment, and flag the month when ROI turns positive to define each project's payback period.

Fastest Rounds to Break Even

1
Series A
in 8 months
2
Seed Round
in 13 months

Who Breaks Even First?

Series A
in 8 months

Who Breaks Even Last?

Seed Round
in 13 months

Break-Even Analysis Chart

Category Score
—out of 100
Percentile
—

Conclusions Indicators

Highlights
1
Warnings
1
Alerts
0

Overall Investor Round Ranking

Shows the overall ranking of investment rounds based on combined metrics, including break-even speed, investment recovery at TGE, Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV), and Vested Diluted Valuation (VDV). The conclusion is the ranking of rounds from best to worst conditions.

Most Favorable Round

Seed Round
Best
Out of 2
1
Ranked 1st by TGE Recovery
1
Ranked 1st by FDV
1
Ranked 1st by VDV
2
Ranked 2nd by Vesting Speed

Least Favorable Round

Series A
Worst
Out of 2
1
Ranked 1st by TGE Recovery
1
Ranked 1st by Vesting Speed
2
Ranked 2nd by FDV
2
Ranked 2nd by VDV

Investor Round Ranking

About Karura

Karura is the decentralized financial (DeFi) hub of the Kusama network, designed as Acala's sister platform for enhanced cross-chain financial capabilities. As a top-tier parachain, Karura empowers developers and users with a fast, scalable, and user-friendly blockchain ecosystem tailored for Kusama and interoperable with Polkadot. Central to Karura’s operations is the $KAR token, a utility and governance token driving the ecosystem's functionality. The $KAR token plays an integral role in securing Karura’s parachain, facilitating governance decisions, and staking to ensure network reliability. It also underpins transaction fees and incentivizes liquidity provision in Karura’s decentralized applications. Karura enables users to interact seamlessly with groundbreaking DeFi services such as staking, token swapping, borrowing, and lending, all powered by its advanced, high-throughput parachain infrastructure. One of Karura’s flagship offerings is the Karura Dollar (kUSD), a decentralized, multi-collateralized stablecoin backed by cross-chain assets. This stablecoin ensures low volatility, allowing users to transact reliably across the Kusama and Polkadot ecosystems. Additionally, Karura’s advanced automation in financial trading, combined with reduced transaction costs, significantly enhances user efficiency and trading strategies. Karura’s tokenomics is built on sustainable economic mechanisms aimed at creating long-term value. The finite $KAR supply supports network scarcity, while staking mechanisms and transaction fees prevent token inflation. Users and developers benefit from fast transaction finality, interoperability with other parachains in the Polkadot ecosystem, and a robust framework for scaling decentralized applications (dApps). Perfectly positioned as a DeFi hub, Karura exemplifies how interoperability between blockchain networks can streamline and revolutionize digital finance. Karura's position as Kusama’s financial hub enhances its market appeal, making it a pivotal player within the Polkadot ecosystem. Through its advanced tokenomics, staking mechanisms, and innovations like kUSD, Karura is paving the way for a scalable and efficient multichain DeFi future.