Aster Updates Token Economics and Restructures Ecosystem Emissions

Aster has announced a significant update to its token economics and a restructuring of its ecosystem emissions. According to Foresight News, the previous monthly linear unlocking mechanism has been replaced with a staking-only emission model. Previously, 78.4 million ASTER tokens, representing 1% of the maximum supply, were unlocked monthly on a linear schedule. With the update, ecosystem tokens will now be released solely as staking rewards, currently at a rate of 450,000 ASTER per week, equating to a monthly release of 1.8 million to 2.25 million ASTER. Aster stated that since the Token Generation Event (TGE) on September 17, 2025, all unlocked ecosystem and community tokens, aside from staking rewards, have remained unused. The holdings of these tokens can be publicly verified through addresses starting with 0x0A55.