Supply news · Oct 26 2026
Crypto supply news, Oct 26 2026
On Oct 26 2026 we found 11 supply stories across 11 coins: 2 burns, 5 buybacks, 1 unlock, 3 new-supply stories. Coins that burn or buy back take supply off the market; unlocks and new coins add to it.
Written the night of Oct 26 2026 from each project's own news, checked at the source. Each coin's page has its full supply numbers.
- BTC BitcoinBuyback
Strategy paused its bitcoin buying last week and bought back its own stock instead.
On Oct 26 2026, Strategy said it bought no bitcoin from Oct 19 to Oct 25 and spent $204.9 million buying back its STRC preferred stock, while still holding about 848,517 BTC. In the same week, Strive bought 6,182 BTC and now holds 43,000. People ask if it matters that the biggest buyer is taking a break while others keep buying.
BTC supply research → - BTT BitTorrentBuyback
BitTorrent opened a page to track its BTT buyback and burn.
On Oct 23 2026, BitTorrent launched a dashboard that shows its token burns and how much the total supply has dropped. Round 1 burned about 21.62 trillion BTT, worth around $7.6M, paid for with revenue from its services. People ask if the next rounds will stay as big as the first one.
BTT supply research → - CC Canton CoinBurn
Canton approved a plan to burn CC on all its networks.
On Oct 23 2026 the Canton community approved CIP-0129: private Canton networks (called synchronizers) that run real work will burn CC for their traffic instead of paying a license fee. The list price is about $1 for a typical transaction before rewards, and the first phase is planned for around early 2027. People ask how much CC this could take out of supply.
CC supply research → - FF Falcon FinanceNew supply
Falcon now takes 50+ assets, including tokenized stocks, to mint USDf.
On Oct 21 2026, Falcon said more than 50 assets can back its USDf dollar, from BTC and gold to 15 tokenized stocks and ETFs like NVIDIA, Tesla and the S&P 500. Holders can borrow dollars without selling what they own. People ask if more USDf use will mean more demand for FF.
FF supply research → - HYPE HyperliquidBuyback
Hyperliquid Strategies raised its stock buyback to $100 million.
On Oct 23 2026, Hyperliquid Strategies (Nasdaq: PURR), the biggest company that holds HYPE as its treasury, raised its share buyback plan from $30 million to up to $100 million and extended it to Oct 31 2027. The money buys back PURR shares, not HYPE, and about $72 million of it is still unused. People ask if this means the company will buy less HYPE from now on, and what it says about its plans for the HYPE it holds.
HYPE supply research → - INJ InjectiveBuyback
A new INJ buyback round is open until Oct 28.
Injective opened its October Community BuyBack on Oct 21 2026. People commit INJ, that INJ is burned when the round closes on Oct 28 2026, and they get a share of the fees Injective apps earned. About 24,000 INJ was committed by Oct 26, close to the round's limit of about 25,100. People ask whether these monthly burns can ever keep up with the new INJ paid to stakers.
INJ supply research → - JST JUSTBuyback
JUST changed how its JST buyback and burn works.
On Oct 23 2026 JUST DAO said the JST buyback and burn moves into a new phase: buybacks now come from each quarter's real income across the JUST products, and a $50 million reserve stays in the treasury for safety. Money above that reserve will be added to future buybacks step by step. People ask how big the next quarterly burn will be under the new rules.
JST supply research → - NEAR NEAR ProtocolNew supply
NEAR holders are voting on a plan to create fewer new coins.
A proposal called HSP-029 would cut NEAR's top yearly new supply from 2.5% to 1.6%, step by step over 24 months. Its authors say this would avoid about 11.8 million new NEAR in two years, and the debate on the NEAR forum was still going on Oct 23 2026. People ask whether lower staking rewards will push some smaller validators out.
NEAR supply research → - PUMP Pump.funNew supply
Some traders call for a Pump.fun boycott over the missing airdrop.
Since Oct 23 2026, some traders on X have pushed a #BOYCOTTPUMPFUN campaign, angry that the airdrop Pump.fun teased as "coming soon" more than a year ago has not come. At the same time, Pump.fun runs a two-week trading contest with $2.5 million in prizes. People ask whether the anger will cut trading on the platform, and if an airdrop will ever happen.
PUMP supply research → - SKY SkyBurn
Sky earned $30.8 million in September and made its first burn under a new plan.
Sky's September report, published Oct 23 2026, showed $30.8 million in gross revenue, up about 50% from a year earlier. It also showed the first burn under its new Stage 2 plan, removing 2.86 million SKY for good. People ask whether burns of this size can make a real dent in a supply of more than 23 billion SKY.
SKY supply research → - ZRO LayerZeroUnlock
Another monthly unlock of about 23 million ZRO landed on Oct 20.
On Oct 20 2026, about 23 million ZRO unlocked for investors and the LayerZero team, as it does on the 20th of every month until May 2027. ZRO slipped about 3% the next day, with reports of large wallets moving coins to exchanges. People ask how much of each unlock insiders really sell, and what the Nov 20 2026 unlock will do.
ZRO supply research →
Coming unlocks for every coin, by date: Token unlocks in the next 90 days.