Decentralized exchange Aster has updated ASTER’s tokenomics, extending the team allocation’s lockup by 12 months. The 400 million ASTER tokens, equal to 5% of maximum supply, will now unlock on September 17, 2027, rather than September 17, 2026. Under the previous schedule, the tokens were set to begin unlocking sequentially at 10 million ASTER per month from September 17. The change does not affect Aster’s buyback-and-burn mechanism: an amount equal to repurchased ASTER will continue to be burned from reserves, with team-allocated tokens burned first.