Supply news · Oct 29 2026
Crypto supply news, Oct 29 2026
On Oct 29 2026 we found 12 supply stories across 12 coins: 2 burns, 4 buybacks, 5 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 29 2026 from each project's own news, checked at the source. Each coin's page has its full supply numbers.
- AERO AerodromeBuyback
Aero bought back and burned 174,000 AERO.
On Oct 28 2026, Aero said its Momentum Fund made its first buyback and burned 174,000 AERO, worth about $122,000. The fund buys back AERO based on market conditions, not on a fixed schedule. People ask how often the next buybacks will come.
AERO supply research → - APT AptosNew supply
A new report says APT supply is growing much slower.
On Oct 27 2026, Aptos shared a research report that says net APT supply growth fell from about 5% to about 1.5% a year after this year's changes. Fee burns now cover about 10% of new tokens, and daily transactions doubled to about 9 million. People ask if APT can get close to zero supply growth.
APT supply research → - FF Falcon FinanceUnlock
A big Falcon Finance token unlock came on Oct 29.
About $19.7 million worth of FF tokens were set to unlock on Oct 29 2026, close to 8.4% of the coin's market value at the time. New tokens on the market can add selling pressure. People ask how many of them will be sold.
FF supply research → - HYPE HyperliquidBuyback
Hyperliquid's buyback fund now holds close to 5% of all HYPE.
As of Oct 29 2026, the fund that buys HYPE with trading fees holds about 48 million HYPE, close to 5% of the 1 billion max supply, and these coins are counted as burned. But team coins still unlock every month, with the next payout due around Nov 6 2026. People ask if the buybacks can keep up with the new coins coming out.
HYPE supply research → - JST JUSTBuyback
JUST changed its JST buyback and burn plan, with a $50 million safety floor.
On Oct 23 2026 JUST DAO said JST buybacks will now be run by the DAO, paid from steady quarterly income, while at least $50 million stays in the treasury for emergencies. Money above that floor can fund extra buybacks later. People ask how many JST tokens the next round will burn.
JST supply research → - JTO JitoUnlock
The last team and investor JTO unlocks are close.
Unlock calendars list Nov 7 2026 as the next JTO release, and the three-year team and investor schedule ends on Dec 7 2026. After that no more locked team or investor coins are left to come out. People ask whether the end of the unlocks will ease the selling on JTO.
JTO supply research → - KITE KiteUnlock
The big KITE unlock is five days away.
On Nov 3 2026 the one-year lock on team and investor KITE ends, and about 800M coins unlock at once, about a third of all KITE circulating today. Posts this week put the figure as high as 1.1B. People ask how much of it will be sold, and how fast.
KITE supply research → People ask if the LUNC burns are big enough to matter.
Since the transfer tax rose to 1.5% on Aug 2 2026, about 88 million LUNC a day has been burned, and Binance burned another 356 million on Oct 1 2026. Its next monthly batch is expected around Nov 1. People ask if burns this size can matter when 5.5 trillion LUNC are already in the market.
LUNC supply research →- SKY SkyBurn
Galaxy put $100M into sUSDS, and the first SKY burn happened.
Sky's September update, posted on Oct 23 2026, said Galaxy made a $100M sUSDS allocation and that the first SKY token burn has taken place. Sky also shared $30.8M in revenue for September. People ask if burns will become regular and big enough to shrink the supply.
SKY supply research → - SUN SUNBuyback
SUN.io burned another 7.23 million SUN.
On Oct 27 2026 SUN.io finished its 52nd buyback round and destroyed 7,232,977 SUN, bought with income from its trading apps. That brings the total ever burned to about 685.78 million SUN. People ask why each quarterly burn keeps getting smaller.
SUN supply research → - XPL PlasmaUnlock
About 228 million new XPL were unlocked on Oct 25.
On Oct 25 2026, Plasma's monthly unlock released about 228 million XPL for the ecosystem fund, the team and investors, worth about $17 million. Team and investor coins only started unlocking in September, so this is now a monthly event. People ask if the new supply will keep pressure on XPL, which is down about 22% in 30 days.
XPL supply research → - ZRO LayerZeroUnlock
ZRO fell 7% after its October unlock.
On Oct 27 2026 ZRO dropped about 7% to near $1.60, the biggest fall in the top 100 coins that day. About 23.6 million new ZRO were unlocked on Oct 20 2026 for team and partners, and a similar unlock is due on Nov 20 2026. People ask if the selling from new coins is done, or if the next unlock brings more.
ZRO supply research →
Coming unlocks for every coin, by date: Token unlocks in the next 90 days.