


Vesting is a traditional concept, but in the crypto industry, it has a major effect on the price of the crypto asset.
Growing Long-Term Value
Crypto vesting is an integral part of tokenomics and has its roots in traditional finance. A good and balanced crypto vesting schedule manages price fluctuations and the overall integrity of the project.

A portion of the project’s token supply subject to the ‘lockup period’ will be put aside over a specific period before distribution. A durational lock is called a ‘cliff’. The process of holding, locking, and releasing a project’s token from an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) is termed crypto vesting.

Two groups of stakeholders will be the eventual recipients of the distribution after the lockup period. First are the early-stage investors that purchased the project’s token during the seed or private funding rounds. Secondly, members of the project team and its partners as incentives for their loyalty and contribution to the project. These stakeholders are subject to a crypto vesting schedule.
How Vesting Schedule Works:
A well-managed crypto startup usually sets aside approximately 20%-25% of its token supply for its management team. These tokens that were kept aside will be released in set intervals during the length of the vesting schedule. The tokens released during the vesting period are called ‘vested tokens.’
These intervals can be spread evenly to reduce selling pressure during the length of the vesting schedule. However, early-stage investors might be reluctant to invest in a crypto startup if the vesting schedule is too lengthy.
Correlation Between Distribution and Token Price
It is important for any investor to be aware of any downside risk when vested tokens are released. Early investors would have purchased the vested tokens for a fraction of the current price and would likely sell the tokens as part of risk management.
Therefore, any market participant needs to understand the difference between ‘total supply’ and ‘circulating supply.’

Investors should avoid huge unlocking schedules because heavy selling pressure will dampen positive price action. A good crypto vesting schedule is important for the project to grow and attract new investors and contributors. This has to be balanced against the interest of early investors and contributors who believed in the project and stood by it from its inception.
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XBOX Audio: The Latest Addition to a Financial Criminal's Arsenal?

Viggiano tipped his friends about insider information on some stock which they traded for profit. Further, some of the information was shared through an XBOX audio chat, according to the SEC.
The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint on Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. According to the agency, XBOX's audio chat was used to share insider trading of securities.
The SEC charged Viggiano, Salamone, Forlano, and Bleckley with violating the antifraud provisions of the federal securities law. According to the agency’s press release, Viggiano, in connection with his work at two financial institutions, learned about “impending merger and acquisition transactions and strategic partnerships before they were publicly announced.”
The former analyst, Anthony Viggiano, allegedly gained access to eight of such transactions and shared them with his friend, Salmone. Salmone used six of the insider information to trade in advance and earn up to $322,000. However, the profit was shared with Viggiano because his company prohibited him from using the information to trade.
Viggiano tipped Forlano with at least four of the transactions as well, and he made up to $113,000 from three transactions. Further, Forlano gave the insider information to other individuals, including his close friend, Bleckley. Forlano’s college friend Bleckley traded with two transactions and earned approximately $25,000.
According to page 23 of the report Forlano gave the insider information about the transaction to Bleckley through an XBOX audio chat, with the understanding that the information came from Viggiano. Using the XBOX audio chat, Forlano gave Bleckley insider trading knowledge about ECOM’s stock.
“On or before August 31, 2022, Forlano instructed Bleckley to use XBOX audio chat to communicate. Using the XBOX audio chat, Forlano told Bleckley that ECOM would get acquired soon, including telling Bleckley an expected purchase price per share. Bleckley understood that the ECOM material nonpublic information he received from Forlano came from Viggiano,” the report read.
In a personal statement, the Chief of SEC’s Market Abuse Unit, Joseph Sansone, stated that Viggiano violated his employers’ trust by leaking the information to his friends for personal gain.
“As alleged in our complaint, Anthony Viggiano violated his employers’ trust by misusing his access to confidential information to repeatedly and unjustly enrich himself and his friends,” Sansone said.
In the meantime, there is no information on how the SEC uncovered the Xbox call during the investigation. However, when bad incidents occur, the gaming console can record and share in-game audio with Microsoft.
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