Solana Mobile to Launch Token to Support Open Mobile Platform

Solana Mobile will reportedly launch its SKR token, which is designed to serve as the governance and incentive layer for the company’s ecosystem, on Jan. 21.

This ecosystem is centered on Solana Mobile’s Seeker smartphone and a decentralized app store, and SKR will be used by token holders to stake to a group tasked with securing the platform and participating in its governance, CoinDesk reported Wednesday (Jan. 7).

Solana Mobile announced in December 2025 that it would launch SKR this month with a fixed supply of 10 billion tokens, according to the report.

When introducing SKR, Solana Mobile said in a blog post that the token is meant to support the company’s development of an open mobile platform.

The company said its platform includes the Web3 mobile device Seeker and will soon add the native asset of the ecosystem, SKR.

“SKR distributes control, powers curation and aligns incentives across builders, users and hardware partners,” the post said. “On the Solana Mobile platform, SKR is how the community governs, builders keep what they earn, and users own a stake in the value they create.”

Solana Mobile also said in the post that 2026 will see the introduction of operators called Guardians who will secure the Solana Mobile platform.

Guardians will verify device identity and software integrity, review and approve dApp Store submissions, enforce rules and standards set by the community, and distribute staking rewards to delegators, according to the post.

“Multiple independent operators means no single company controls approvals or verification, creating the foundation for open mobile,” Solana Mobile said in the post.

It was reported in September 2025 that Solana Mobile is among the Web3 companies that are developing devices in an effort to add blockchain features to consumers’ daily lives.

The subsidiary of Solana Labs released its second-generation mobile device in August 2025 after releasing the first one in 2023.

It also announced a portable gaming console called Play Solana Gen 1 (PSG1) that includes a hardware wallet.

On a website announcing PSG1, Solana Mobile said the device is a “gateway to the Web3 gaming revolution” that not only lets users play but also enables them to earn in a fully tokenized economy.