Cosmos Hub

Sell pressure. The mint is the only new supply: 16.33M ATOM in 90 days, at the 10% ceiling with faster-than-planned blocks. Nothing vests, and treasury spends stay inside the float.

Buy pressure. No buyback and no fee burn. Slashed validators lost 1,950 ATOM, destroyed.

Net. Net, supply grows about 3.04% in 90 days, and 3.18% next.

Inflation

Last 90 Days

+3.04%

checked · Oct 15 2026

Net flow: 3.04% of supply goes to market over 90 days

Next 90 Days

+3.18%

estimate

Net flow: 3.18% of supply goes to market next 90 days

Supply growing · projected to keep growing

Sell pressure

1. Protocol inflation

~16.33M ATOM

The Hub mints new ATOM in every block to pay stakers. The rate sits at its 10% ceiling because only 63.1% of ATOM is staked, below the 67% goal. Blocks also arrive every 5.7 seconds instead of the 7.2 the formula expects, so the real yearly rate is closer to 12.7%. That added 16.33M ATOM in these 90 days. A one-day halt in September slowed it a little; at normal speed the next 90 days add about 17.04M.

checked · Oct 15 2026

2. Vesting unlocks

ATOM has no vesting left. The 2017 fundraiser and genesis shares were released long ago, unlock trackers list the coin as fully unlocked, and circulating supply is within 5K ATOM of total supply.

checked · Oct 15 2026

3. Foundation + unscheduled unlocks

The holders we track: the community pool (11.44M ATOM, spent only by a passing vote), the Interchain Foundation (14.93M ATOM at its last report, Jun 30 2026; it says it stopped selling ATOM this year) and the parked base-fee pot (61.6K ATOM). The 1.23M ATOM taken back from the September Neutron attacker was sent home to Neutron on Oct 14 2026. All of these already count as circulating, so a spend or a sale moves coins between holders and adds nothing.

checked · Oct 15 2026

4. Long-term locked or bankruptcy

No bankruptcy estate, trustee or long lock is releasing ATOM. A rejected Sep 30 2026 proposal to pay 1.72M ATOM from the community pool to the attacker moved nothing.

checked · Oct 15 2026

Buy pressure

1. Programmatic buyback

Nothing buys ATOM back. A redesign of ATOM's economics is still being written up, with no numbers, vote or date yet.

checked · Oct 15 2026

2. Protocol fee burn

Fees are not destroyed. Base fees collect in a protocol pot that now holds 61.6K ATOM and keeps growing; the coins still exist.

checked · Oct 15 2026

3. Foundation buy

No foundation, company or community-pool purchase of ATOM shows up in this window.

checked · Oct 15 2026

4. New long-term lock

Staking locks ATOM with a 21-day exit, and 338.17M ATOM is staked. But staked ATOM still counts as circulating, so more staking removes nothing from the float.

checked · Oct 15 2026

5. Slashing burns

~1.95K ATOM

When a validator goes offline, part of its stake is destroyed. Counted burn by burn, that removed 1,950 ATOM in these 90 days, most of it in bursts on Sep 3, Sep 22, Oct 3 and Oct 10 2026. Five burns from late July could not be read and are left out. Bursts came every month, so the next 90 days assume the same.

checked · Oct 15 2026

Supply check · sell, buy & net

Last 90D

Next 90D

Sell total (M ATOM)

16.325

17.036

Buy total (M ATOM)

0.002

Sell % of circ

+3.044%

+3.177%

Buy % of circ

+0.000%

Net inflation %

+3.044%

+3.177%

Circulating supply: 536.265M ATOM

Read the full Inflation Analysis

ATOM: stakers get about 16M new coins every 90 days, and almost nothing is destroyed.

Long-form mechanism walk. ~5 min.

Metric 2 of 3

ATOM · Coin Demand

Two sides: how much people want ATOM right now, and how much buying could come later.

2.5 / 5Modest

Current demand1 / 2.5

It shows how hot ATOM is right now. A better rank means more people are talking about it.

ATOM on social mediaIts rank among the 110 coins we follow · last 12 months · #1 = most talked about

#57 · Oct 15 2026

Today, people are talking about ATOM for one reason:

1
ATOM slipped again as the market sold off.
ATOM fell from about $1.75 on Oct 22 2026 to about $1.64 on Oct 24 2026, after a short bounce when Bitcoin was weak. Many coins sold off at the same time. People ask if $1.60 can hold, and what could bring new buyers to the Cosmos Hub.

Checked Oct 24 2026

Metric 3 of 3

ATOM · Price DriversBeta

The few things that can move ATOM's price that supply and demand miss.

1 · Hacks and halts

New

No new hacks or halts → price upMore hacks, more halts → price downnow

Aug 20 2026EVM bug hits 6 chains
Aug 28 2026Labs: bug was misjudged
Sep 22 2026Neutron hack, Hub halts
Sep 23 20261.23M ATOM frozen
Sep 30 2026Refund demand rejected
Oct 12 2026Vote passes: ATOM back
Oct 14 2026ATOM sent to Neutron
Today

Two big exploits since Aug 20; frozen ATOM now sent to Neutron.

Data

Date	What happened / what is coming
Aug 20 2026	EVM bug hits 6 chains
Aug 28 2026	Labs: bug was misjudged
Sep 22 2026	Neutron hack, Hub halts
Sep 23 2026	1.23M ATOM frozen
Sep 30 2026	Refund demand rejected
Oct 12 2026	Vote passes: ATOM back
Oct 14 2026	ATOM sent to Neutron

Checked Oct 15 2026

2 · Hub value votes

New

Votes add ATOM value → price upnowValue plans voted down → price down

Jan 19 2026Hydro vault plan: no
Apr 9 2026Osmosis merger proposed
Apr 16 2026Osmosis merger rejected
Sep 17 2026Paxos listing passes
Today

Voters rejected the Osmosis merger, then paid for a Paxos listing.

Data

Date	What happened / what is coming
Jan 19 2026	Hydro vault plan: no
Apr 9 2026	Osmosis merger proposed
Apr 16 2026	Osmosis merger rejected
Sep 17 2026	Paxos listing passes

Checked Oct 15 2026

Cosmos Hub (ATOM) supply: questions people ask

Is Cosmos Hub (ATOM) inflationary or deflationary?

Cosmos Hub (ATOM) is inflationary right now: its supply changes +3.18% over the next 90 days and +13.52% over the next year (checked Oct 15 2026). More ATOM is added than removed.

What is the ATOM inflation rate in 2026?

About +13.52% a year: that is how much Cosmos Hub (ATOM) supply changes over the next 12 months, with +3.18% in the next 90 days (checked Oct 15 2026). That puts ATOM #23 of 101 coins we track for new supply (#1 = the most new supply).

When is the next ATOM token unlock?

No dated Cosmos Hub (ATOM) unlock is scheduled in the next 90 days (checked Oct 15 2026). New ATOM still arrives: about 17M ATOM in 90 days.

Does Cosmos Hub burn or buy back ATOM?

Yes. In our count, about 1.95K ATOM is expected to leave the market over the next 90 days through burns, buybacks or locks (checked Oct 15 2026). How it works: Only slashing of offline validators burns ATOM: 1,950 in 90 days; fees are kept, nothing is bought back.

Where does new ATOM supply come from?

In our count, about 17M new ATOM reaches the market over the next 90 days (checked Oct 15 2026). How it works: Staking mint stuck at its 10% ceiling and paid per block on fast blocks: 16.33M ATOM in 90 days, near 12.7% a year.

How much ATOM is in circulation?

About 536M ATOM is in circulation (checked Oct 15 2026). Over the next 90 days that changes +3.18%, and over a year +13.52%.

Does ATOM have more new supply than FIL, PI or AERO?

Over the next 90 days (checked Oct 15 2026): ATOM +3.18%, FIL +1.78%, PI +2.93%, AERO +10.84%. ATOM sits in the middle of these 4 coins.

Every answer here applies basic economic theory — the law of supply and demand — to this coin's data. It is not financial advice. How we read every coin →

How does MrNasDog judge every coin, and why is +3.18% shown in red?

We look at two things: supply and demand. Fewer new coins mean less selling pressure. We also show each coin's age, with a warning when it is younger than 1 year. Demand shows how much people want the coin. Price Drivers (Beta) are the 2 or 3 things that can move one coin's price that supply and demand miss. ATOM supply grows +3.18% in the next 90 days, so it shows in red: more ATOM reaches the market than is removed. Zero or falling supply is always green, any growth is red.

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