Solana is set to roll out the awaited native token tied to its latest mobile phone model, Seeker, at the start of 2026, with the coin set to be the governance token of the companyโs mobile ecosystem.
Solana Mobile announced in an X post on Wednesday that the โSKRโ token will have a total supply of 10 billion tokens, with 30% allocated for airdrops and 25% reserved for growth and partnerships.
An additional 10% of the tokenโs supply will be for liquidity, 10% for a community treasury, 15% for Solana Mobile and 10% for Solana Labs, the mobile armโs parent company.
Solana Mobile said in May that it was planning to launch the SKR token, saying it would give owners of its new Seeker smartphone, which came pre-loaded with crypto apps and features, โactual ownership in the platform.โ
The company shared that the token would have โlinear inflation to incentivize early participantsโ who stake it, but it would share more on the token at the upcoming Solana Breakpoint Conference on Dec. 11 to 13.
Solana Mobile eyes ecosystem growth with SKR
A key selling point Solana Mobile initially marketed for the Seeker was its decentralized application (DApp) store, which hosts over 100 Solana-based DApps as the firm looked to expand beyond the phone just being seen as a โrewards magnetโ like its first variant, the Saga.
While it has had some teething issues since launch, Solana Mobile has indicated that the SKR token will be utilized to bolster the DApp store and ecosystem surrounding the phone.
Alongside the SKR announcement, Solana Mobile also introduced โguardians,โ which will โvalidate trustโ across its phone ecosystem.ย
โAt launch, SKR serves as a growth and coordination mechanism: stake to Guardians, support builders, secure devices, curate the DApp Store,โ Solana Mobile said. โAs the ecosystem scales, SKR ensures its value flows back to the community that powers it.โ
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On the user end, SKR holders will be able to earn rewards from staking the asset with guardians. Solana Mobile will be the first guardian, with others joining later in 2026, such as Helius Labs, Double Zero and Triton One.ย
โGuardians verify device authenticity, review DApp submissions, and enforce community standards,โ the post stated.ย
The news has coincided with a small bump in the price of Solana (SOL), with the price sitting at around $140 before the announcement. It is now at $145.68, up 5.4% over the past 24 hours.
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