Foresight News message: The Aptos Foundation has announced a plan to adjust its tokenomics model. It intends to use a governance proposal to reduce the annual APT staking rewards rate from 5.19% to 2.6%, increase gas fees by 10x (and potentially further raise them afterwards), and set the maximum total supply of APT at 2.1 billion tokens. It has pledged to permanently lock and stake 210 million APT, representing about 18% of the current circulating supply. This portion of the tokens will no longer be sold or allocated, and related operating expenses will be supported by the staking rewards generated from these tokens.

Future ecosystem grants related to global trading engines will be tied to performance metrics; if targets are not met, funding will be delayed rather than canceled. The foundation will also explore using cash and future revenues to repurchase APT. The four-year vesting period for initial investors and core contributors is expected to end in October 2026, and the projected annual vested amount will decrease by about 60%. The foundation hopes that by reducing new supply, increasing transaction-fee burn, and potential buybacks, APT will gradually move toward a deflationary model.