Over $54.4 million worth of FLOKI (CRYPTO: FLOKI) tokens have been locked in the staking program within the first week of its going live.

What Happened: To put this into perspective, the locked value represents approximately 17% of the total FLOKI token supply or nearly 18% of the circulating supply. 

Floki’s official handle in a tweet said, "It is worth highlighting that the majority of these tokens are being staked for as long as 4 years. In other words, all things being equal, most of these tokens likely won’t be in circulation for the next 4 years."

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Why It Matters: It should be noted that over 50% of the total supply of Floki’s sister token, TOKEN, to FLOKI stakers. Through this mechanism, stakers have the opportunity to earn TOKEN rewards over the course of four years, with an annual percentage yield (APY) of up to 160%.

The TOKEN rewards are associated with TokenFi, a tokenization platform that has set its sights on the tokenization industry.

Price Action: At the time of writing, FLOKI was trading at $0.00003099, up 1.99% in the last 24 hours, according to Benzinga Pro.