Is SUI deflationary?

Key figures

Scores are 0–100 research shortcuts, not price forecasts. Sources: partial. Data as of Sep 6, 2026.

Supply history

Daily observed effective supply from the approved protocol adapter. Scheduled releases are shown separately below.

Upcoming releases

The release schedule is not publicly dated. Total supply is fixed, but the official circulation schedule can still expand liquid float.

No calculable SUI release is published for the coming months.

How SUI supply changes

SUI has a fixed 10B total supply. Staking rewards come from tokens already in circulation, while storage-fund deposits alter liquid float without changing total supply.

Questions people ask about SUI supply

Is SUI deflationary?

SUI supply is expected to stay about flat over the next twelve months (0.0% policy). That figure is a published protocol policy, not a measured rate. Under its fixed 10b total supply program, tokens are locked but still exist, funded by genesis reserve releases. Its unlock timing is not fully disclosed, so releases are scored as unknown rather than as zero. Beneat Supply Watch ranks SUI #13 of 25 with an overall supply score of 74 out of 100, as of Sep 6, 2026.

When is the next SUI unlock?

No dated SUI release is published for the coming months: the release schedule is not publicly dated. Total supply is fixed, but the official circulation schedule can still expand liquid float.

How much SUI is in circulation?

4.10B SUI is in circulation, about 41.0% of the 10.00B reference supply, with a market cap of $3.24B. Release progress is 2 of 5; expected completion: Schedule-dependent.

How does SUI supply change?

SUI has a fixed 10B total supply. Staking rewards come from tokens already in circulation, while storage-fund deposits alter liquid float without changing total supply. Program: Fixed 10B total supply. Paid for by genesis reserve releases. Destination: released into float; not newly minted.

How reliable is this data?

SUI has partial sources: 2 cited documents, last checked Sep 6, 2026. Reconciliation against the published plan is "matched". Observed circulating supply is compared with calculable scheduled releases; opaque and dynamic flows remain outside the expectation.

Sources

• CoinGecko · Market and circulating-supply snapshot ↗2026-09-06
• Sui Foundation · Official SUI circulation schedule ↗2026-09-01

Reconciliation: matched. Observed circulating supply is compared with calculable scheduled releases; opaque and dynamic flows remain outside the expectation. Machine-readable data: /api/screener/deflationary and calendar for SUI.