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The Layer 1 network proposes token buybacks, raising gas fees by 10x, and reducing the staking rewards rate.<\/p>\n
Layer 1 blockchain Aptos<\/a> is proposing a major shift in its tokenomics, intended to reward long-term stakers and use transaction fees to fund token buybacks, as the APT token continues to hit new lows.<\/p>\n The team posted the update on X today, stating that \u201cThe Aptos network is transitioning to performance-driven tokenomics designed to align supply mechanics with network utilization.\u201d<\/p>\n Through this update, Aptos aims to transition from its high-inflation, subsidy-based model to a deflationary, revenue-driven supply. The update proposes a hard cap of 2.1 billion APT, and the Aptos Foundation will permanently lock 210 million APT, worth $180 million, and use staking rewards to support network operations rather than token sales.<\/p>\n The update also calls for a tenfold increase in gas fees, claiming that even after this increase, network fees would \u201cstill be the lowest in the world at around $0.00014.\u201d The increased fees are expected to boost the amount of APT purchased and burned through the programmatic buyback program. <\/p>\n Aptos also proposes to drop the staking reward rate by 50% from 5.19% to 2.6%. This decrease is expected to be paired with a future governance proposal that would offer higher reward rates to users who commit to longer staking terms, whereas short-term stakers would be subject to the 2.6% rate.<\/p>\n APT has had a rough year, falling 87<\/a>% from 6.31 to $0.86 since February 2025, and 95% from its all-time high of $19.92 in 2023.<\/p>\n Despite the token\u2019s poor performance, Aptos is DeFi\u2019s tenth-largest blockchain by stablecoin market capitalization, with $1.4 billion in total value, and is ranked eleventh by stablecoin transaction volume, with $587 billion, according to Artemis Terminal.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Layer 1 network proposes token buybacks, raising gas fees by 10x, and reducing the staking rewards rate. Layer 1 blockchain Aptos is proposing a major shift in its tokenomics, intended to reward long-term stakers and use transaction fees to fund token buybacks, as the APT token continues to hit new lows. The team posted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[274,273,272,244,266,271,268,270,269,267],"class_list":["post-420251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-de-fi","tag-crypto-finance","tag-decentralized-finance","tag-liquidity","tag-metamask","tag-pancake","tag-slippage","tag-sushiswap","tag-tronlink","tag-trust-wallet","tag-uniswap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420261,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420251\/revisions\/420261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}