PancakeSwap

CAKE · DEX
Checked
Oct 25 2026
The big picture
8.5 / 10Total score0510
Supply + DemandMax. 10
Hold CAKE? We'll warn you first.
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No single dated event in the next 90 days.

Metric 1 of 3

CAKE · Coin Supply

The weekly fee burn removes more than is minted.

5 / 5Shrinking
Age6.1 yearssince Sep 2020
Unlocked96.5%of total supply
Last 90 days−1.51%new supply
Next 90 days−1.49%estimate

CAKE runs PancakeSwap, the largest exchange on BNB Chain: 317.95M coins circulate, 96.5% of all CAKE. New coins pay the farms, and swap fees buy coins back to burn.

Sell pressure. New supply was 1.61M CAKE from the farm mint plus 732K taken out of old locks. Nothing vests.

Buy pressure. The weekly buyback burned 7.15M CAKE, about $14.0M of swap fees, three times the new coins.

Net. Net, supply shrank about 1.51% in 90 days, and about 1.49% next.

Inflation
Last 90 Days
-1.51%
checked · Oct 16 2026
Net flow: 1.51% of supply taken off the market over 90 days
Next 90 Days
-1.49%
estimate
Net flow: 1.49% of supply taken off the market next 90 days
Supply shrinking · projected to keep shrinking
Sell pressure
1. Protocol inflation
~1.61M CAKE

CAKE is minted every block for farms, the lottery and an incentive fund. Of 767.3M CAKE minted in the window, almost all was burned straight back; 1,612,264 CAKE stayed out, about 17,900 a day, below the 21,741 a day the setting allows. Close to 970,000 of it went to the team's 3-of-7 ecosystem wallet. A draft from Oct 14 2026 would cut new CAKE to 7,000 a day, but it has not been voted, so nothing changes here yet.

checked · Oct 16 2026
2. Vesting unlocks
0

CAKE has no team or investor vesting. It launched in 2020 with no presale; every coin since has come from the farm mint above.

checked · Oct 16 2026
3. Foundation + unscheduled unlocks
0

The team's ecosystem wallet holds about 5.57M CAKE (up from 4.60M) and sent out only 1,000 CAKE in the last 30 days. It is already counted as circulating, and the coins it receives are counted once, in row 1. The treasury takes side-product fees since a vote on Jun 21 2026; its CAKE balance is not published. The 400M cap leaves about 64.5M CAKE of mint room, with no plan to use it.

checked · Oct 16 2026
4. Long-term locked or bankruptcy
~732.4K CAKE

Locking ended on Apr 23 2025, and holders are still taking coins out: 15.83M CAKE is left in the old lock contracts (5.19M and 10.64M), which do not count as circulating. 732,421 came out in these 90 days, 575,065 of it in one withdrawal between Aug 26 and Aug 28 2026. That lump has no pattern, so the next 90 days count only the slow drip, about 157,000.

checked · Oct 16 2026
Buy pressure
1. Programmatic buyback
~7.15M CAKE

Every week a share of swap fees buys CAKE on the market and burns it: 7,153,053 CAKE in 13 weekly batches, worth about $14.0M at the time. The weekly size ran from 316,000 to 888,000 CAKE. The buyback is set in dollars, so at today's price of $2.16 the same money buys about 6.50M CAKE in the next 90 days. Destination: the burn address, checked on-chain.

checked · Oct 16 2026
2. Protocol fee burn
~7.21K CAKE

Side products burned only 7,213 CAKE. A vote on Jun 21 2026 moved their fees to the treasury instead of the burn, so this stream is now tiny.

checked · Oct 16 2026
3. Foundation buy
0

No team or treasury purchase of CAKE outside the weekly fee buyback was found in these 90 days.

checked · Oct 16 2026
4. New long-term lock
0

There is no lock to enter any more: locking was retired in 2025, and the old lock contracts only shrink.

checked · Oct 16 2026
Supply check · sell, buy & net
 
Last 90D
Next 90D
Sell total (M CAKE)
2.345
1.770
Buy total (M CAKE)
7.160
6.506
Sell % of circ
+0.737%
+0.557%
Buy % of circ
+2.252%
+2.046%
Net inflation %
-1.515%
-1.490%
Circulating supply: 317.954M CAKE
Read the full Inflation Analysis
CAKE: the weekly fee buyback burns about three coins for every new one.
Long-form mechanism walk. ~5 min.
Metric 2 of 3

CAKE · Coin Demand

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

3.5 / 5Strong

Current demand1 / 2.5

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

CAKE on social mediaIts rank among the 110 coins we follow · last 12 months · #1 = most talked about
#72 · Oct 16 2026

Today, people are talking about CAKE for two reasons:

  1. 1
    PancakeSwap holders passed "The Flip", cutting new CAKE by about 69%.

    The vote closed on Oct 24 2026 with about 71% For (3.04 million votes For, 1.25 million Against). From November, people who add liquidity on v3 and Infinity pools keep 88% of swap fees, and new CAKE steps down from 22,500 to 7,000 a day. People ask if fewer new CAKE is worth a smaller fee share for the protocol.

  2. 2
    Money in PancakeSwap pools jumped about 20% before the vote.

    Money deposited in PancakeSwap rose from about $1.99 billion on Oct 16 2026 to about $2.40 billion on Oct 22 2026. It was still near $2.35 billion on Oct 24 2026. People ask if liquidity providers moved in early to catch the bigger 88% fee share.

Checked Oct 24 2026

Metric 3 of 3

CAKE · Price DriversBeta

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

1 · BNB Chain trading

Quiet
More BNB Chain trading → price upnowTrading leaves BNB Chain → price down
0255075100125202420252026+33.9 $B
0255075100125202420252026+33.9 $B

BNB Chain DEX trading is about a quarter of Oct 2025's peak

Data
PeriodValue
Apr 2026$21.1B
May 2026$23.2B
Jun 2026$24.9B
Jul 2026$29.1B
Aug 2026$35.1B
Sep 2026$33.9B
Checked Oct 16 2026

2 · Market share

New
PancakeSwap wins more trades → price upnowRivals take trades → price down
Share of BNB Chain DEX tradingShare of all DEX trading
020406080100202420252026Flip planDip to 50%78.9%8.5%
020406080100202420252026Flip planDip to 50%78.9%8.5%

PancakeSwap still handles about four in five BNB Chain DEX trades

Data
DateShare of BNB Chain DEX tradingShare of all DEX trading
Jul 31 202650.3%8.9%
Aug 31 202661%10.9%
Sep 30 202675.1%9.3%
Oct 15 202678.9%8.5%
Checked Oct 16 2026

PancakeSwap (CAKE) supply: questions people ask

Is PancakeSwap (CAKE) inflationary or deflationary?

As of Oct 16 2026, PancakeSwap (CAKE) supply moves −1.49% in 90 days and −6.04% in a year, so CAKE is deflationary. Burns or buybacks take out more CAKE than is created.

What is the CAKE inflation rate in 2026?

PancakeSwap (CAKE) supply shrinks −6.04% over the next 12 months and −1.49% over the next 90 days (checked Oct 16 2026).

When is the next CAKE token unlock?

No dated PancakeSwap (CAKE) unlock is scheduled in the next 90 days (checked Oct 16 2026). New CAKE still arrives: about 1.77M CAKE in 90 days.

Does PancakeSwap burn or buy back CAKE?

Yes. In our count, about 6.51M CAKE is expected to leave the market over the next 90 days through burns, buybacks or locks (checked Oct 16 2026). How it works: Swap fees buy CAKE every week and burn it: 7.15M CAKE in 13 burns, about $14.0M. At today's price the same dollars burn about 6.50M in the next 90 days, more than three times what is added.

Where does new CAKE supply come from?

In our count, about 1.77M new CAKE reaches the market over the next 90 days (checked Oct 16 2026). How it works: Farm rewards kept about 1.61M new CAKE in 90 days (most of each block's mint is burned straight back), and old locks returned 0.73M. Nothing vests; the team's ecosystem wallet (5.57M) only took coins in.

How much CAKE is in circulation?

PancakeSwap (CAKE) has about 318M coins in circulation as of Oct 16 2026; the next 90 days change that by −1.49% (−6.04% over a year).

Does CAKE have more new supply than STX, NIGHT or XDC?

Over the next 90 days (checked Oct 16 2026): CAKE −1.49%, STX +1.27%, NIGHT 0.00%, XDC +0.09%. CAKE has the least new supply 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 -1.49% shown in green?

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. CAKE supply is not growing (-1.49% in the next 90 days), so it shows in green. Zero or falling supply is always green, any growth is red.

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Related supply research: STX +1.27% · NIGHT 0.00% · XDC +0.09% · All crypto inflation rates (110 coins) → · Full CAKE supply report → · Embed this coin

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