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What is tokenomics?
Tokenomics is the set of rules for a token's supply and distribution: how many exist, whether there is a maximum, how new ones are created or burned, how much is reserved for whom, and when locked tokens are released. The word joins "token" and "economics".
What it means for you
Tokenomics tells you who else holds a token and when more can arrive. Check whether supply is capped, how much is reserved for the team, backers or treasury, whether any person can change the supply rules, and when locked tokens unlock—each can add new units or new sellers.
How it works
The SEC's April 2025 disclosure statement lists the supply facts an offering is expected to describe: the total supply and whether it is fixed at a maximum; how units are minted, all at launch or continuously or from time to time; any process for redeeming, retiring, freezing or burning; whether part of the supply is subject to vesting or lock-ups; whether some is reserved for a treasury or particular participants; and whether any person or group can change the supply rules. Together these say who receives new units, when, and who can change that.
Source: SEC: Statement on Offerings and Registrations of Securities in the Crypto Asset Markets · checked 4 October 2026
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