Aster said that it updated ASTER tokenomics, raising its buyback and burn ratio to 198%. Starting at 12:00 PM UTC, 99% of daily platform fees will buy back ASTER, while an equal amount is burned from reserves, making the model a paired buyback-and-burn mechanism.
[Tokenomics Update] $ASTER Buyback and Burn Steps Up to 198%
Aster is upgrading its buyback so the platform's own activity both rewards stakers and sets $ASTER on a deflationary path.
Starting from 12:00 PM UTC today, 99% of Aster's daily platform fees buy back $ASTER. An equal…
— Aster 🥷 (@Aster_DEX) June 17, 2026
The change affects ASTER stakers and holders tracking how protocol fees flow back into the token economy. Repurchased ASTER is set to go to stakers through Loyalty Rewards, while the reserve burn matches purchases one for one, meaning rewards and supply reduction move in parallel.
The next point to watch is whether daily TWAP execution and on-chain settlement make the process easy to verify. Aster also tied permissionless Spot listing fees to additional ASTER buybacks, so fee transparency becomes the key follow-up.
Source: Aster official X account.
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