Aster Destroys Over 21M ASTER Tokens, Repurchases 2.72M in Two Weeks

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On October 19 (UTC+8), Aster released a project announcement revealing that between October 5 and 19, 2026, the platform repurchased and burned 2.72 million ASTER tokens using 99% of daily transaction fees. An equal quantity of team-allocated tokens was also destroyed. Since the launch of the upgraded token economic model on June 17, 2026, a total of 32.3079 million ASTER tokens have been burned, bringing the cumulative burn to 210 million. On-chain data shows the projected annualized staking yield is 4.53% for a 26-week lock and 24.8% for a 208-week lock.

According to ME News, on October 19 (UTC+8), the official Aster team announced that between 00:00 UTC on October 5, 2026, and 00:00 UTC on October 19, 2026, 99% of the platform’s daily fees were used to repurchase 2.7217 million ASTER tokens for stakers; an equivalent amount of ASTER tokens allocated to the team has also been burned. Since adopting the upgraded tokenomics model on June 17, 2026, the total accumulated burn of ASTER has reached 32.3079 million tokens, bringing the project’s all-time total burned supply to 210 million tokens. As of October 19, the estimated annualized staking yield for Aster is 4.53% for a 26-week lock-up period and 24.8% for a 208-week lock-up period; actual yields may vary. (Source: ODAILY)

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