KaminoKMNO
The token of Kamino, a Solana lending, liquidity and leverage protocol with over US$1B of active loans.
The short version
Kamino is a lending, liquidity and leverage protocol on Solana; its KMNO token launched on 30 Apr 2024 with a fixed 10 billion supply. Kamino named Yieldstreet co-founder Michael Weisz CEO on 15 Sep 2026 and plans a New York headquarters. Team and investor allocations (55% of supply) vest linearly until Apr 2027; about 1.35 billion KMNO were still locked on 2 Nov 2026. On 31 Oct 2026 one KMNO cost C$0.0461. From 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 its price changed +82.3% in Canadian dollars, and it was 86.9% below its all-time high of C$0.3529 set on 15 Dec 2024.[1]
Facts checked 2 Nov 2026 · 11 sources · next update about 1 Dec 2026
Price, past year
Past year: high C$0.0891 (11 Nov 2025) · low C$0.0196 (11 Jun 2026) · -45.5%[1]
Month-end prices (table)
| Date | C$ | US$ |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | C$0.0461 | US$0.0330 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | C$0.0627 | US$0.0441 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | C$0.0345 | US$0.0249 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | C$0.0253 | US$0.0180 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | C$0.0272 | US$0.0191 |
| 31 May 2026 | C$0.0257 | US$0.0187 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | C$0.0276 | US$0.0202 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | C$0.0237 | US$0.0170 |
| 28 Feb 2026 | C$0.0347 | US$0.0254 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | C$0.0550 | US$0.0405 |
| 31 Dec 2025 | C$0.0818 | US$0.0597 |
| 30 Nov 2025 | C$0.0838 | US$0.0599 |
Daily prices from CoinGecko; C$ converted at the Bank of Canada daily rate. The latest point is live when available. Past prices, not a forecast.
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Key facts
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Who controls it
- Run by
- Kamino, co-founded by Marius Ciubotariu; Yieldstreet co-founder Michael Weisz became CEO on 15 Sep 2026[9]
- Admin key
- None on the token: mint and freeze authorities are revoked; only the metadata remains updatable[2]
- Allocations
- Key stakeholders and advisors 35%, core contributors 20%, community and grants 35%, liquidity and treasury 10%[3]
Supply
Use and fees
- Main use
- Kamino Lend held over US$1B of active loans on 14 Oct 2026; KMNO funds incentive programs such as Season 5[8]
- Fees
- US$62.5M of fees and US$9.25M of protocol revenue in the past year; none paid to KMNO holders[6, 5]
- Season 5
- Up to 100M KMNO over three months for lenders and, for the first time, borrowers[8]
Trading
History
Not a forecastCoins ranked 51-200 at this point in past cycles (12-14 months after a Bitcoin peak), one year later: 4,050 cases, 612 coins
39% were higher a year later[11]
- Typical result
- Median -25% after a year; 45% higher after two years
- Lost half or more
- 38% within a year
- Against Bitcoin
- 12% did better than Bitcoin over the year
History, not a forecast.
Red flags and things to watch
1 red flag found- Red flag: About 1.35 billion KMNO, 23% of circulating supply, unlock to key stakeholders, advisors and core contributors on a linear vest ending 30 Apr 2027 (DropsTab, 2 Nov 2026).[4, 3]
- About 229M KMNO (2.3% of total supply) a month unlock to stakeholders, advisors and core contributors until 30 Apr 2027; CoinMarketCap reported 229.17M on 30 Oct 2026.[3, 4, 8]
- Kamino paused SOL and BTC borrowing on 30 Oct 2026 as a precaution after a hack elsewhere on 29 Oct 2026.[8]
- Kamino named Michael Weisz CEO on 15 Sep 2026 and is evaluating about 20,000 square feet of New York office space.[9]
Checked: admin keys, contract upgrades, unlocks, insider supply, hacks, legal actions and claims against records.
Sources and dates
- CoinGecko market data, 31 Oct 2026
- GoPlus Solana token security, 2 Nov 2026
- Kamino docs (KMNO)
- DropsTab (Kamino vesting), 2 Nov 2026
- DefiLlama holders revenue (Kamino), 2 Nov 2026
- DefiLlama fees (Kamino), 2 Nov 2026
- DefiLlama hacks list, 2 Nov 2026
- CoinMarketCap AI updates (Kamino), 1 Nov 2026
- Spoted Crypto (Kamino CEO), 16 Sep 2026
- Bank of Canada USD/CAD rate, 31 Oct 2025
- CoinIvy history data: CoinMarketCap weekly rankings 2013-2026, dead coins included
Facts as of 31 Oct 2026. Prices from CoinGecko in Canadian and US dollars; US$ figures without a C$ price are converted at 1.3976 C$ per US$.