Supply news · Oct 9 2026
Crypto supply news, Oct 9 2026
On Oct 9 2026 we found 10 supply stories across 10 coins: 2 burns, 3 buybacks, 5 unlocks. Coins that burn or buy back take supply off the market; unlocks and new coins add to it.
Written the night of Oct 9 2026 from each project's own news, checked at the source. Each coin's page has its full supply numbers.
- APT AptosUnlock
Insider vesting for APT ends on Oct 12 2026.
The first four-year vesting for the Aptos team and early investors ends on Oct 12 2026, and the Foundation expects monthly unlocks to drop by about 60% after that. APT was near $0.81 on Oct 9 2026. People ask if fewer new coins each month is already in the price.
APT supply research → - ASTER AsterBuyback
Aster burned about 3.11 million ASTER.
On Oct 5 2026 about 3.11 million ASTER, worth around $2.25 million, was burned, taken from the team's share first. Aster uses 99% of its daily fees to buy back ASTER for stakers and burns an equal amount every two weeks until total supply reaches 3 billion. People ask whether these burns are big enough to matter for the price.
ASTER supply research → - CRO CronosBuyback
CRO holders voted to burn 228 million CRO and fund monthly buybacks.
A vote that closed on Oct 3 2026 passed with 99.78% support to burn 228 million CRO from the community pool and use all revenue from the Ult app and Cronos Launch to buy back CRO every month. This brings total CRO burned to 428 million. People ask how large these monthly buybacks will be in real dollars.
CRO supply research → - FIL FilecoinUnlock
Filecoin's six-year vesting ends in six days.
The six-year vesting for Protocol Labs and the Filecoin Foundation ends on Oct 15 2026. Since 2020 it has been the biggest source of new FIL, so new supply should fall a lot after that day. People ask if less new FIL is enough to lift the price when paid use of the network is still small.
FIL supply research → - GT GateBurn
Gate burned about 1.99 million GT for the third quarter.
Gate finished its Q3 2026 burn around Oct 5 2026, sending 1,987,321 GT, worth over $22 million, to a dead address. In total about 191.9 million GT have now been burned, close to 64% of the first 300 million supply. People ask if the burns stay this size, since GT is down about 4% this week near $10.74.
GT supply research → - KITE KiteUnlock
The first team and investor unlock is 25 days away.
On Nov 3 2026, one year after launch, the team and early investors get their first coins. By the published schedule that is about 800M KITE, a third of the coins trading today, and more follows every month after. People ask how much of it will reach exchanges.
KITE supply research → - LIT LighterUnlock
Traders on X pushed a short bet on LIT and talked about unlocks.
On Oct 6 2026 several trading accounts on X said they were betting against LIT, one claiming a $2.5 million short, and said big wallets were selling before token unlocks. No official unlock schedule confirms that claim, but LIT fell about 3% that day and is near $3.57, down about 6% in seven days. People ask when the next team and investor unlocks really are, and whether Lighter will start a new points season.
LIT supply research → - PUMP Pump.funBuyback
Pump.fun launched custom trading pairs for new coins.
On Oct 8 2026 Pump.fun launched custom pairs, so a new coin can be paired with a token already on Pump.fun instead of only SOL or USDC. Every buy of the new coin goes through the older token's pool, which adds buying and liquidity there. People ask whether this keeps traders busy on Pump.fun and grows the fees that pay for PUMP buybacks.
PUMP supply research → - SHIB Shiba InuBurn
SHIB burns look big in count but small in value.
On Oct 8 2026 nearly 2 million SHIB were burned in one day, but at today's price that was worth only about $10. SHIB fell about 9.7% over the week to near $0.0000053. People ask whether burns can ever be large enough to change the price.
SHIB supply research → - TIA CelestiaUnlock
Celestia's team unlock ends on Oct 30 2026.
The last Celestia team coins open on Oct 30 2026, which stops a stream of about 161,000 new TIA a day. One day later, on Oct 31 2026, yearly new coin creation also steps down from 2.32% to 2.17%. People ask if less new supply will help TIA, which is up about 22% in the last month.
TIA supply research →
Coming unlocks for every coin, by date: Token unlocks in the next 90 days.