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<p><a href="https://x.com/SuiNetwork" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">@SuiNetwork</a> has bought back 915,800 <a href="https://x.com/search?q=%24SUI&amp;src=cashtag_click" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$SUI</a> year-to-date, putting the program within reach of the 1 million token mark. The purchases are funded by protocol-earned stablecoin yield and execution-fee earnings, and are carried out continuously on the open market.</p>
<p>Onchain data shows total protocol earnings of $3.2 million so far in 2026. The earnings are driven by transaction execution density and treasury float income on the Move-based Layer-1 network.</p>
<h2 id="how-the-sui-buyback-mechanism-works">How the Sui buyback mechanism works</h2>
<p>The program converts yield from dollar-based assets held in network reserves into daily spot purchases of $SUI. <cite>The Sui Foundation converts stablecoin yield to SUI through daily open-market buybacks</cite>, according to the network's own buyback dashboard. <cite>Sui earns revenue from gas fees and stablecoin yield.</cite></p>
<p>The yield largely comes from USDsui, the network's native stablecoin. <cite>The Sui Dollar (USDsui) went live with a promise that income from the assets backing the token can be funneled back into the ecosystem</cite>, CoinDesk reported at launch. <cite>The stablecoin is issued by Bridge.</cite></p>
<p>The model links stablecoin growth to token demand. <cite>Stablecoin revenue scales with stablecoin float, and that revenue funds SUI buybacks.</cite> The network's dashboard currently lists <cite>$449.3 million in total stablecoin supply in circulation</cite>.</p>
<h2 id="buybacks-are-not-burns">Buybacks are not burns</h2>
<p>Unlike a buyback-and-burn scheme, the program does not shrink supply. <cite>Purchases create market demand without reducing the token's total supply.</cite><cite>The acquired SUI is reinvested across the ecosystem, including in decentralized finance protocols, validators and other partners.</cite></p>
<p>The scale is also modest relative to the market. In an August analysis, AMBCrypto noted that <cite>317,500 SUI represented only around 0.008% of the network's roughly 4.07 billion circulating supply</cite>. It concluded the program <cite>currently serves more as a long-term capital allocation strategy than a short-term price support mechanism</cite>.</p>
<p>The total has grown steadily since then. <cite>The Sui Foundation's buyback program had crossed 609,800 tokens</cite> by early September, so the latest figure of 915,800 $SUI marks continued accumulation. The pace depends on how much yield the reserves generate, which can vary with stablecoin float and usage.</p>
<p>Sui's reference gas price was also changed this year. <cite>The network's reference gas price was cut roughly 5x in April 2026, and transfers of supported stablecoins were made free</cite>, which shifts more of the revenue mix toward stablecoin yield.</p>
<h2 id="sources">Sources</h2>
<p><a href="https://www.sui.io/buybacks" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Sui Network Revenue &amp; SUI Buybacks (Sui)</a><br><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/03/04/sui-s-native-stablecoin-goes-live-with-promise-of-treasury-yield-going-back-to-the-network" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Sui's native USDsui stablecoin goes live (CoinDesk)</a><br><a href="https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/34622" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Sui Buybacks Return Purchased Tokens Without Cutting Total Supply (TokenPost)</a></p>

SUI Buybacks close in on the 1 million mark

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