Supply news · Oct 31 2026
Crypto supply news, Oct 31 2026
On Oct 31 2026 we found 11 supply stories across 10 coins: 1 burn, 7 buybacks, 2 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 31 2026 from each project's own news, checked at the source. Each coin's page has its full supply numbers.
- AAVE AaveNew supply
Aave paused new tBTC deposits after Threshold stopped tBTC mints and redemptions.
On Oct 31 2026 Threshold Network paused tBTC minting and redeeming as a safety step, and Aave froze tBTC on its main Ethereum market the same day. Existing loans do not change, and users can still repay and withdraw. People ask if tBTC is safe and whether other Bitcoin-backed tokens could be next.
AAVE supply research → - AERO AerodromeBuyback
Aero burned 174,000 AERO in its first buyback since launch.
On Oct 29 2026 Aero's Momentum Fund bought back about 174,000 AERO, worth about $122,000, and burned it, about a week after Aerodrome and Velodrome merged into Aero on Oct 21 2026. AERO is still about 9% lower than a week ago, near $0.64. People ask how often buybacks will come, since the fund has no fixed schedule.
AERO supply research → - ENA EthenaBuyback
ENA bounced as Binance bought back stolen coins.
Binance said on Oct 31 2026 that it has refilled 90% of the stolen coins, buying the rest through the market and private deals. Reports say Ethena sent about $24 million of ENA to Binance to help, and ENA came back to about $0.19. People ask if the bounce lasts after Binance reopens withdrawals.
ENA supply research → - INJ InjectiveBuyback
Injective ran another community buyback and burn this week.
Injective's community buyback that went live in the week of Oct 25 2026 sets aside up to $251,000 of INJ to be burned, paid for by network revenue, and more than 7.2 million INJ has been burned so far. INJ still fell with the market and trades near $7.23, about 5% lower than a week ago. People ask if burns of this size can make a difference.
INJ supply research → - JST JUSTBuyback
JUST changed how it pays for JST buybacks.
On Oct 26 2026 JUST published an open letter and Q3 report saying five rounds of buybacks have burned about 1.88 billion JST, about 19% of the first max supply. From now on, buybacks will be paid from ongoing income instead of old reserves, with about $20.34M set aside in four parts starting this quarter. People ask whether burns will slow down now that they depend on income each quarter.
JST supply research → - LEO UNUS SED LEOBuyback
Bitfinex keeps buying LEO, but nothing has been burned since Sep 1.
Bitfinex's own LEO counter showed about 366,000 LEO bought and still waiting to be burned on Oct 31 2026, and the last burn was on Sep 1 2026. People ask when the next burn comes, and whether Bitfinex will also use bitcoin returned from the 2016 hack to buy back LEO, as it promised.
LEO supply research → Render's burn just had its biggest month.
Jobs on the Render Network burned about 365,300 RENDER in October 2026, more than four times August, including a single burn of 77,734 RENDER on Oct 26 2026. The same day, the network minted its usual 492,132 new RENDER for the month. People ask whether paid work can soon burn more than the network mints.
RENDER supply research →- SUN SUNBuyback
SUN.io finished its 52nd buyback and burn.
On Oct 27 2026 SUN.io bought back and burned 7,232,977 SUN, paid for with part of its income from Jul 25 to Oct 25 2026. In total, more than 685 million SUN have now been burned. People ask if these burns are big enough to matter for the price.
SUN supply research → - SUN SUNBuyback
The TRON group says its token buybacks passed $30.9 million.
On Oct 30 2026 the TRON group said buybacks and burns across its tokens, including SUN, JST, BTT and WIN, have now passed $30.9 million in total. SUN still fell about 5% in the last day, to near $0.0153. People ask why the price is weak while burns keep going.
SUN supply research → - XPL PlasmaUnlock
A new batch of XPL was unlocked on Oct 25 2026.
On Oct 25 2026 about $17.5 million of XPL came free under Plasma's unlock plan for the team, early investors and the ecosystem fund, which keeps unlocking coins until Sep 25 2028. Unlocks like this add new coins that can be sold. People ask how much of it will reach the market, since more unlocks come every month.
XPL supply research → - ZRO LayerZeroUnlock
ZRO slid about 10% in a few hours, with October's unlock still on people's minds.
On Oct 29 2026 ZRO fell about 10% in a few hours. On Oct 20 2026 about 23 million ZRO were unlocked for early team members and partners, and some of it was moved to exchanges. ZRO is up about 5% in the last day, near $1.80, and people ask whether most of the unlocked tokens have already been sold.
ZRO supply research →
Coming unlocks for every coin, by date: Token unlocks in the next 90 days.