ACH has undergone a significant tokenomic update with the announcement of its own Layer 1 network, Alchemy Chain, designed for licensed, enterprise-grade stablecoin transfers and payments. Old max supply: 10 billion. New max supply: 15.3 billion. These additional tokens are allocated to validators securing the newly launched Alchemy Chain network, ecosystem incentives, and staking rewards. The total supply increase planned for 2026 is approximately 800 million ACH, around 6%. Alchemy Pay announced it will use a portion of network revenues to buy back and burn ACH from the market. As the network’s transaction volume grows in 2027, a portion of the new 5% supply inflation will be offset by these burns, potentially resulting in net inflation below 5%. The rate at which the additional 5 billion tokens enter circulation will be gradually reduced in alignment with the network’s maturity phases. In 2026, the inflation rate is projected to be 6%; by 2027, it is expected to decline to between 4.5% and 5%. For the remainder of the seven-year timeline, this rate will continue to decrease and stabilize annually between 3% and 4%. Although the increase in circulating supply from 10 billion to 15 billion may initially appear inflationary, this is counterbalanced by ACH’s transition from being merely a payment token on Ethereum to becoming the native gas token of a Layer 1 blockchain.