Aster Repurchased 2.72 Million ASTER and Burned Matching Team Tokens, Bringing Total Burns Above 210 Million
Aster repurchased 2,721,732.41 ASTER for stakers and burned an equal amount of team-allocated tokens between 00:00 UTC on October 5, 2026, and 00:00 UTC on October 19, 2026. According to ChainCatcher, Aster said 99% of the platform’s daily fees went toward the buybacks during that period. Since adopting an upgraded tokenomics model on June 17, 2026, Aster has burned 32,307,874.94 ASTER, bringing its cumulative burns to 210,088,876.51 ASTER. The project estimated annualized staking yields of 4.53% for a 26-week lockup and 24.8% for a 208-week lockup, noting that actual yields may vary.