Aster announced on the X platform that it is restructuring its ecosystem emission mechanism, changing the previous monthly ecosystem unlocking to a staking-only emission model to significantly reduce the number of ASTER tokens entering circulation each month. Previously, 78.4 million ASTER tokens were unlocked monthly on a linear schedule, representing approximately 1% of the maximum supply. This mechanism has now been replaced, and ecosystem tokens will be distributed solely as staking rewards, currently at a rate of 450,000 ASTER per week, equivalent to 1.8 million to 2.25 million ASTER per month. Since the TGE on September 17, 2025, all ecosystem and community tokens in the Aster (0x0A55...1EA4) public unlock address, excluding staking rewards, have remained untouched.