VeThor (VTHO) - Staking Model Shift - 19 March 2026

VeChain has changed its staking economics so that VTHO rewards now flow only to active VET stakers, with roughly 15,500 token holders on the StarGate platform receiving all network-generated VTHO, and projected inflation dropping by 40–50% at current staking levels (source). Mechanically, this concentrates yield among active participants and reduces VTHO issuance to passive holders, which can decrease structural sell pressure from newly minted tokens. If higher effective yields drive more VET into staking and inflation remains lower, VTHO’s circulating growth rate may slow, improving scarcity dynamics and potentially supporting price during periods of steady or rising network activity.