Supply news · Oct 18 2026
Crypto supply news, Oct 18 2026
On Oct 18 2026 we found 13 supply stories across 12 coins: 1 burn, 4 buybacks, 7 unlocks, 1 new-supply story. Coins that burn or buy back take supply off the market; unlocks and new coins add to it.
Written the night of Oct 18 2026 from each project's own news, checked at the source. Each coin's page has its full supply numbers.
- APT AptosUnlock
Aptos's four-year token unlocks have ended.
The big monthly unlocks for early backers ended around Oct 12 2026, about four years after mainnet. Reports say monthly new APT falls by about 60%, to roughly 4.5M APT, mostly staking rewards. People ask if less new supply can help APT, which is still near $0.75.
APT supply research → - ARB ArbitrumUnlock
About 92.65 million ARB unlocked on Oct 16 2026.
On Oct 16 2026, about 92.65 million ARB were unlocked for the team and early investors, around 1.5% of the coins in the market. On Oct 18 2026, ARB traded near $0.177, down about 11% in 7 days. People ask how much of this new supply gets sold, since the same unlock comes every month.
ARB supply research → - BTT BitTorrentBurn
BitTorrent burned about 2.2% of all BTT with its earnings.
On Oct 16 2026 BitTorrent burned about 21.6 trillion BTT, worth about $7.6 million, bought with all of its service revenue from July to September. It plans to do this every quarter, and the next burn is due in mid-January. People ask how much revenue is really behind it and whether later burns will be this big.
BTT supply research → - FF Falcon FinanceUnlock
The next big FF unlock is due Oct 29 2026.
About 203 million FF leave the project locks every month, and the last payment, on Oct 1 2026, added roughly 6.5% to the coins in the market. FF is down about 8% in 7 days and about 17% in 30 days. People ask if the Oct 29 unlock will push the price lower again.
FF supply research → - FIL FilecoinUnlock
The big six-year early-backer unlock for FIL has ended.
The vesting for Protocol Labs and the Filecoin Foundation finished on Oct 15 2026. That cuts new FIL coming into the market by roughly 75%, leaving mostly block rewards, about 22M FIL a year. People ask if less new supply can help FIL after its weak week.
FIL supply research → - JST JUSTBuyback
JUST burned 170 million JST in its fifth buyback.
JUST said on Oct 17 2026 that it bought back and burned 170,723,144 JST, about 1.72% of all JST, worth about $23.5 million. The money came from JustLend's lending income. Over five rounds since October 2025 about 1.88 billion JST have been burned, nearly 19% of the supply. People ask how much the burns really help a price that barely moved this week.
JST supply research → - JST JUSTBuyback
The first phase of the buyback is over, and an upgrade is coming.
With this round, JUST has used all of the old reserve money it set aside for burns, so the first phase of the plan ended on Oct 17 2026. It says a new, upgraded buyback program comes next, paid from fresh income of more than $10 million a quarter. People ask how the new rules will work and whether future burns will be smaller without the reserve.
JST supply research → - KITE KiteUnlock
A big KITE unlock is coming in early November.
The next KITE unlock is due on Nov 3 2026, one year after the token launched. News reports put it at about 1.11 billion KITE, close to half of the roughly 2.4 billion KITE now in circulation. People ask if early holders will sell when the tokens become free.
KITE supply research → - LDO Lido DAOBuyback
Lido's automatic buyback has not bought any LDO yet.
The automatic LDO buyback has been live since Aug 2026, but Lido's income has stayed below the budget it must clear first, so it has bought nothing. On Oct 7 2026 a holder asked the DAO to cut the 2027 budget and tie the buyback to it, and the team said it will raise the idea for the 2027 request. People ask when the buying will really start.
LDO supply research → - PENGU Pudgy PenguinsNew supply
Airdrop farmers want locked PENGU after Abstract closes.
Igloo, the company behind Pudgy Penguins, said on Oct 6 2026 that its Abstract network will shut on Dec 15 2026 and that it will put its effort into Pudgy Penguins and PENGU. Since then, people who farmed points on Abstract have asked the team to pay them in PENGU that is still locked. People ask if the team will answer, and if any payment would mean more coins on the market.
PENGU supply research → - PIEVERSE PieverseUnlock
PIEVERSE has fallen every day for a week, with a big unlock coming.
PIEVERSE traded near $1.04 on Oct 18 2026, down from about $1.32 on Oct 11 2026, a drop of about 21% in seven days. The first team and investor unlock after their 12-month lock is due on Nov 14 2026, so people ask whether holders are selling early to get ahead of it.
PIEVERSE supply research → - SYRUP Maple FinanceBuyback
Maple's SYRUP buybacks moved to a bigger share of revenue.
Maple's October memo (Oct 16 2026) said September revenue passed $1.5 million, so the buyback share rose from 10% to 20% of monthly revenue. The fund bought 1.37 million SYRUP in September and 2.9 million in all of Q3. SYRUP still fell from about $0.24 on Oct 13 2026 to about $0.19 on Oct 18 2026, so people ask why buybacks have not held the price.
SYRUP supply research → - ZRO LayerZeroUnlock
About 25 million ZRO unlock on Oct 20 2026.
LayerZero's monthly unlock lands on Oct 20 2026, worth roughly $45M to $55M at recent prices. ZRO fell about 13% on Oct 17 2026 as traders got ready for it. People ask if the new coins will be sold, as after some past unlocks.
ZRO supply research →
Coming unlocks for every coin, by date: Token unlocks in the next 90 days.