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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe latest change will significantly increase fee allocation compared to the previous Stage 5 model, which had pegged allocation at 80%.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
The Aster DEX unveiled a huge change to its tokenomics on June 17, allocating 99% of fees generated through its platform to an ASTER token buyback, with one-to-one burns from its reserves for each token purchase.<\/p>\n
The #48-ranked cryptocurrency witnessed a massive rebound shortly after the announcement but has since given back most of those gains.<\/p>\n
In a post on X, the YZ Labs-supported perp exchange said<\/a> its upgraded tokenomics model went live at 12:00 PM UTC on June 17.\u00a0Under the new framework, 99% of daily platform fees will be used to automatically buy back ASTER through time-weighted average price purchases executed throughout the day and settled on-chain.<\/p>\n Every token bought back will trigger an equal burn from Aster\u2019s reserve, with the team allocation burned first, resulting in what they called a 198% buyback: 99% repurchased and 99% burned from reserve.<\/p>\n However, the coins that\u2019ll be bought back won\u2019t disappear. They\u2019ll go directly to stakers after being added to the protocol\u2019s Loyalty Reward pool, which already distributes 300,000 ASTER in every epoch.<\/p>\n And the burn target is quite significant. Recall that the DEX launched with a total supply of 8 billion tokens, and it intends to burn that down to 3 billion, meaning more than 60% of that supply has been earmarked for destruction.<\/p>\n CoinGecko states that the present circulating supply is at about 2.68 billion, while the total supply is 7.82 billion, so there\u2019s still a long way to go before the burn target is reached.<\/p>\n News of the new tokenomics mechanism had an immediate effect in the market.\u00a0It saw ASTER\u2019s value jump 23%, going from around $0.64 to $0.79 per CoinGecko. But it has since given back a fair bit of that gain and was trading near $0.65 at the time of writing, almost 73% below its September 2025 all-time high of $2.41.<\/p>\n Back in December 2025, the exchange announced<\/a> a similar repurchase program, but at the time, the plan was to allocate 80% of daily fees to hoover up the token.<\/p>\n That was split between automatic daily buys, which took 40% of the fees, while another 20% to 40% was to be held in a discretionary strategic reserve, allowing the platform to conduct targeted purchases based on market conditions.<\/p>\n That announcement also coincided with a brief price uptick, with ASTER spiking 30% to $1.30, buoyed by news that ex-Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao was holding more than $2.5 million worth of the cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n The new plan has removed the strategic reserve approach entirely and pushed allocation much higher, with nearly all platform fee revenue going into automatic buybacks.<\/p>\n LIMITED OFFER for CryptoPotato readers at Bybit: Use this link<\/a> to register and open a $500 FREE position on any coin!<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nYou may also like:<\/h3>\n
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