TREE NEWS update: The Aptos Foundation has committed to lock and permanently stake 210 million APT, roughly 37% of the tokens it held at mainnet launch. The tokens will not be sold or distributed, and foundation operations will instead be funded by the staking rewards they generate rather than by selling the locked tokens. Aptos said further updates and a full tokenomics update will follow.
Aptos Foundation Locks and Permanently Stakes 210M APT, 37% of Initial Holdings
This is a structural change in how the foundation funds itself, not merely a supply lock: by shifting operations onto staking rewards, it removes a recurring source of token sales from the foundation's balance sheet. The immediate effect falls on anyone tracking APT's circulating supply and overhang, since the foundation's own distributions have been a visible variable. The open question is whether the promised tokenomics update clarifies how rewards-funded operations interact with staking yield and validator economics.
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