• 350M ASTAR tokens have been earmarked for burning, eliminating 5% of the token’s whole provide.
• The tokens had been initially supposed for the Polkadot parachain program, which has been discontinued.

Following a profitable governance vote, the blockchain community will burn 350 million ASTAR tokens for use for the Polkadot parachain program that allowed tasks to attach the Polkdot’s relay chain.

The allocation has yielded 70 million extra ASTAR tokens, which will probably be added to the treasury whereas the preliminary tokens will probably be burned.

The multi-chain community recorded a better buying and selling quantity following the announcement as its token price rose 7% however has since pared some features.

Astar lately launched a zkEVM chain that integrates with Polygon’s Agglayer know-how, permitting it to ship property seamlessly throughout different chains in Polygon’s rising community of interconnected layer 2 chains.