Aptos Foundation floats plan to cut APT staking yield to 2.6% and impose a 2.1B supply cap

The Aptos Foundation said it has put forward a governance proposal to overhaul APT tokenomics, including cutting the annual staking reward rate to 2.6% from 5.19%, raising gas fees by 10x with room for additional increases, and setting a hard cap of 2.1 billion APT on total supply. The foundation also plans to permanently lock and stake 210 million APT, about 18% of the current supply, and to halt any sales or distributions of those tokens. Ongoing operating costs would be covered by staking rewards generated from the locked allocation. Future ecosystem grants tied to the global trading engine will be linked to performance metrics; projects that miss targets would face delays rather than cancellation. The foundation said it will also evaluate using cash and future revenue to buy back APT. The four-year vesting schedule for early investors and core contributors is set to end in October 2026. Annual unlock amounts are expected to fall by about 60% thereafter. Overall, the foundation said the measures are aimed at pushing APT toward deflationary dynamics by slowing new issuance, increasing fee burns, and enabling potential repurchases. (Source: Foresight News)