The Vana Foundation said expanded staking under the Vega upgrade to the Vana network is complete and published the paper "VANA: The Asset Behind an Open Data Economy," detailing VANA token economics. Under the protocol’s fixed fee model, applications pay one cent for each permitted scope read of a person’s data. Network fees are divided 60% to stakers through staking pools, 20% to the purchase and burn of VANA, and 20% to ecosystem development. A public dashboard at token.vana.org displays network reads, fee income, buybacks, burns and token supply, with on-chain records supporting each figure. Staking now operates through three pools, each charging a 5% operator commission. Rewards accrue to staked positions and may be claimed as they accrue. Existing positions can be moved to a pool in one transaction by midnight UTC on October 31, 2026; positions that remain unmoved after that date stop earning rewards, while principal can be withdrawn at any time. Applications had generated 2,937,447 verified reads as of September 28, 2026. Total VANA supply and release schedules remain unchanged.