Aster repurchased and burned over 2.72 million ASTER in the past two weeks, bringing the cumulative burn total to over 210 million.

On October 19, Aster announced a token buyback and burn update. From October 5 to October 19, the platform will allocate 99% of its daily fee revenue toward buybacks, distributing approximately 2.7217 million ASTER to stakers, while simultaneously burning an equivalent amount of approximately 2.7217 million ASTER from the team allocation.

As of October 19, 2026, cumulative burns since the tokenomics upgrade on June 17 have reached 32.3079 million, pushing the platform's total cumulative burn across all projects past 210 million. Regarding the estimated annual percentage yield (APY) for staking, the APY operates on a floating mechanism, with a 26-week lock-up at approximately 4.53% and the maximum 208-week lock-up at 24.8%.