Supply news · Oct 19 2026
Crypto supply news, Oct 19 2026
On Oct 19 2026 we found 13 supply stories across 12 coins: 4 burns, 4 buybacks, 4 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 19 2026 from each project's own news, checked at the source. Each coin's page has its full supply numbers.
- ASTER AsterBuyback
Aster bought back and burned about 2.72 million ASTER in two weeks.
Aster said on Oct 19 2026 that from Oct 5 to Oct 19 2026 it used 99% of its daily trading fees to buy back about 2.72 million ASTER and burn them, and it burned the same amount of team tokens too. Since Jun 17 2026 the program has burned about 32.3 million ASTER bought from the market. People ask if the buybacks can grow as trading on Aster grows.
ASTER supply research → - BNB BNBBurn
BNB Chain finished its 37th quarterly burn, removing about 1.65 million BNB.
On Oct 19 2026, BNB Chain burned 1,646,196 BNB, worth about $1.2 billion at the time. That leaves about 131.5 million BNB in total supply, on the way to the 100 million target. People ask if fewer coins can help the price while the market is weak.
BNB supply research → - BTT BitTorrentBuyback
BitTorrent burned 21.6 trillion BTT from its earnings.
On Oct 16 2026 BitTorrent sent about 21.62 trillion BTT, worth about $7.6 million, to a burn address. It is the first round of its plan to use all of its business income each quarter to buy back and burn BTT. People ask how big the next quarterly burn will be.
BTT supply research → - JST JUSTBuyback
JUST burned 170 million JST in its fifth buyback.
On Oct 16 2026, JustLend DAO bought back and burned 170,723,144 JST, worth about $23.5 million, paid from its own income. After five rounds, about 1.88 billion JST, close to 19% of the supply, has been burned. People ask if the next upgrade, which adds new income such as GasFree to the buybacks, can make the burns bigger.
JST supply research → - KITE KiteUnlock
A big KITE unlock is coming on Nov 3.
The 1-year lock on Kite's team and investor coins ends on Nov 3 2026. Posts this week put the size anywhere from 640 million to 1.1 billion KITE, close to half of the coins trading today, and people are asking how much of it will be sold.
KITE supply research → - LDO Lido DAOBuyback
Lido holders push for a smaller budget to restart buybacks.
A Lido forum proposal says the buyback tool, live since Aug 10 2026, has not bought any LDO yet because spending is too high. It asks to cut the 2027 foundations budget from $43.8 million to about $30 million, and the debate was still active on Oct 15 2026. People ask if real buybacks could start, with LDO near $0.39.
LDO supply research → - MON MonadUnlock
A giant MON unlock is five weeks away.
On Nov 24 2026 the first-year lock ends and about 15.62B team and investor MON unlocks in one day, more than all the MON trading today. People are asking how much of it the early backers will sell.
MON supply research → - PONS PonsBurn
Pons says over 32.5% of PONS has been burned.
On Oct 17 2026 Pons said over 32.5% of all PONS has been burned, worth over $91 million, and that 80% of its revenue goes to buying PONS. A day later it said fees paid on Pons passed $200 million. People ask if this buying can lift PONS, which is still about 73% below its top price.
PONS supply research → - SUN SUNBurn
SUN's next quarterly burn is due around Oct 25.
SUN.io uses fees from SunSwap, SunPump and SunX to buy SUN and burns it once a quarter. The last round, on Jul 25 2026, burned 9,025,027 SUN, and the burn wallet has already collected about 6.06M SUN since then. People ask whether round 52 will beat July's, because its size shows how busy SUN.io's apps really were.
SUN supply research → - XPL PlasmaUnlock
About 228 million XPL unlock on Oct 25 2026.
Plasma's monthly unlock on Oct 25 2026 releases about 227.8 million XPL: about 88.9 million for ecosystem and growth, and about 69.4 million each for the team and investors. That is about 5% of the XPL already out, worth near $17 million at today's price. People ask if this new supply will push the price down.
XPL supply research → - XRP XRPNew supply
A Ripple veteran warned about a fake Xaman airdrop.
On Oct 19 2026 David Schwartz, Ripple's former CTO, warned that an X account using the Xaman wallet name was "a compromised or scam account" after it promoted a XAMAN airdrop. Xaman is one of the most used XRP wallets. People ask how to tell real wallet news from fake airdrops, and if any funds were lost.
XRP supply research → - ZRO LayerZeroUnlock
A new batch of ZRO unlocks on Oct 20 2026.
About 23.33M ZRO for the team and partners unlocks on Oct 20 2026, worth about $44M at today's price. Unlocks like this come on the 20th of every month. People ask if holders will sell after ZRO rose about 68% in 30 days.
ZRO supply research → - ZRO LayerZeroBurn
ZRO jumped 8% as people talk about the ATLAS buy and burn.
On Oct 19 2026 ZRO rose about 8% to near $1.90, but it is still about 13% lower than a week ago. LayerZero says its trading system ATLAS will use 75% of its share of trading fees to buy and burn ZRO. People ask when ATLAS goes live and how much ZRO it will really burn.
ZRO supply research →
Coming unlocks for every coin, by date: Token unlocks in the next 90 days.