Aster extends the cliff on its team token allocation by a year to September 2027

Team Allocation Stays Locked Until September 2027

@Aster_DEX announced Tuesday that the cliff on its team token allocation has been extended by one year. The 400 million $ASTER set aside for the team, representing 5% of the project's maximum supply, will now remain fully locked until September 17, 2027. Under the original schedule, the allocation was due to begin vesting at 10 million tokens per month from September 17 this year.

CoinGecko data confirms that the team allocation cliff has been extended by 12 months to September 2027, and that zero tokens from that tranche have unlocked since the project's token generation event approximately one year ago. The extension removes a near-term vesting overhang that had been on the radar of token holders and analysts tracking the project's supply schedule.

Buyback-and-Burn Program Continues Unchanged

Aster said the cliff extension does not alter its buyback-and-burn program. According to Aster's official tokenomics documentation, for every $ASTER bought back using platform fees, an equal amount is burned from reserves, with the team allocation burned first. Burns are executed bi-weekly and will continue until the total supply reaches 3 billion tokens, down from the original 8 billion at launch.

The upgraded buyback mechanism, introduced on June 17, 2026, directs 99% of daily platform fees toward $ASTER repurchases for veASTER stakers, with a matching burn from team reserves running in parallel. The Crypto Times reported that the first burn under the upgraded model saw nearly 2.94 million $ASTER bought back and an equal number permanently removed from the team allocation. Per Aster's own published updates, cumulative burns from the team allocation under the upgraded program had reached approximately 11.1 million $ASTER by August 10.

The combination of a locked team allocation and an active deflation mechanism via fee-funded buybacks places Aster among the more supply-conservative perpetual DEX tokens in the current market. Whether the locked supply and ongoing burns translate into sustained price support will depend largely on platform fee generation and trading volumes going forward.

Sources:
CoinGecko: Aster (ASTER) Token Data
Aster Official Tokenomics Documentation
The Crypto Times: Aster Burns 2.9M Tokens in First Buyback