Supply news · Oct 22 2026
Crypto supply news, Oct 22 2026
On Oct 22 2026 we found 11 supply stories across 11 coins: 4 burns, 3 buybacks, 3 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 22 2026 from each project's own news, checked at the source. Each coin's page has its full supply numbers.
- APT AptosNew supply
A new report says APT supply now grows 70% slower.
A research report on Oct 20 2026 said changes voted in earlier this year cut APT's yearly new supply from about 5% to about 1.5%. Total supply is now capped at 2.1 billion APT, but fee burns are still too small to shrink it. People ask how much more network use Aptos needs before APT supply starts to fall.
APT supply research → - ASTER AsterBuyback
More than 210 million ASTER are now burned.
As of Oct 22 2026, over 210 million ASTER sit in the burn address, about 2.6% of the 8 billion total supply. Aster keeps burning tokens next to its fee buybacks, but the price has stayed between about $0.60 and $0.78 since February. People ask why the price has not moved much even with steady burns.
ASTER supply research → - BNB BNBBurn
BNB finished its 37th quarterly burn.
On Oct 19 2026 BNB Chain burned 1,646,196 BNB, worth about $1.2 billion at the time. Total supply is now about 131.5 million BNB. People ask how many more burns it takes to reach the 100 million target.
BNB supply research → - BTT BitTorrentBurn
BitTorrent burned 21.62 trillion BTT.
On Oct 16 2026 BitTorrent sent about 21.62 trillion BTT, worth about $7.6 million, to a burn address. The coins were bought with revenue from its services in the third quarter. People ask if these quarterly burns will keep shrinking the supply.
BTT supply research → - JST JUSTBuyback
JUST finished its fifth JST buyback and burn.
On Oct 16 2026 JustLend DAO bought back and burned 170,723,144 JST, about 1.7% of all JST, using money the platform earned. It was the fifth round of the plan the community voted for. People ask how big the next round will be and if burns like this can keep going.
JST supply research → - KAIA KaiaBurn
Kaia started Epoch 4 of its mission, with JPYC and a first burn.
On Oct 21 2026, Epoch 4 of Kaia's CR Mission 1 started. JPYC, a Japanese yen stablecoin, now counts like USDT when deposited in Unifi, and the first burn of unused mission rewards went on the chain. People ask if yen stablecoins can bring new users to Kaia.
KAIA supply research → - KITE KiteUnlock
A big KITE unlock is coming in early November.
Reports this week say about 1.11 billion KITE will unlock in early November, with the largest part due on Nov 3 2026. That is a big share of the KITE trading today. People ask who will buy all these new coins, and if some holders will sell first.
KITE supply research → - LDO Lido DAOBuyback
Lido's LDO buyback tool has not bought any LDO yet.
The buyback system called NEST has been live since Aug 10 2026 but has bought no LDO, because Lido's income is still below the set budget line. On Oct 22 2026, a Lido team member said a fix should come with the 2027 budget request, expected at the end of November. People ask if a smaller budget could finally start the buybacks.
LDO supply research → - SHIB Shiba InuBurn
The ShibTorch burn page stopped showing SHIB burns.
On Oct 22 2026, SHIB fans noticed the ShibTorch burn page on shib.io showing "failed to load burn information". Community members explained the burns are stuck because the bridge route for SHIB is still paused, and only about 371 of the 1,000 BONE needed to start a burn has been collected. People ask when the bridge will open again and when burns will restart.
SHIB supply research → - XPL PlasmaUnlock
Another monthly XPL unlock is coming.
Plasma's own schedule releases about 228 million XPL each month for the team, investors and ecosystem, with the next one due in late October 2026. At about $0.076 per XPL, that is roughly $17 million of new tokens, and XPL already fell about 9% on Oct 22 2026. People ask if buyers can absorb this new supply.
XPL supply research → - ZRO LayerZeroUnlock
About 23.3 million new ZRO were unlocked on Oct 20 2026.
The monthly unlock on Oct 20 2026 added about 23.3 million ZRO, near 3.8% of the coins in the market, worth about $43 million at the time. ZRO still climbed about 10% to near $1.98 by Oct 22 2026, then gave much of it back. People ask if the market can keep taking in new coins every month.
ZRO supply research →
Coming unlocks for every coin, by date: Token unlocks in the next 90 days.