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Young (YNG) economic model: buyback in February

Team Young

February 4, 2026

4 min

In February 2026, the first YNG buyback begins. Discover how we intend to anchor the value of the token to the growth of the ecosystem.

In February 2026, we officially activate the economic model of YNG. The fundamental step of this phase is the launch of the first official buyback, an operation designed to directly link the commercial growth of the platform to the health of the token. This milestone marks the evolution of Young Platform toward its current mission: building a solid infrastructure that unites traditional and decentralized finance.

However, to understand the scope of this change, it is necessary to dismantle one of the most persistent myths in the sector: the idea that the most effective way to grow an asset is “burning” and the digital scarcity connected to it. Discover everything about the YNG buyback and its economic model, and delve into the details of the reasons that led us to prefer this setup.

Beyond the burn myth: YNG as a capital asset

To design a truly sustainable tokenomics, we must first stop looking at digital assets only through the lens of “currencies.” In the crypto sector, the almost obsessive tendency toward burning stems from the fact that tokens are mistakenly treated as if they were currencies (like the dollar or the euro). In that case, the only way to counteract inflation and devaluation caused by the uncontrolled issuance of money by central banks is, theoretically, to forcibly reduce its supply, even if this never actually happens. But YNG is not a currency or a coin; it is an utility token.

Conceptually, YNG belongs to the category of capital: it is more similar to equity than to currency. Its fundamental value does not derive from a bureaucratically imposed scarcity, but rather from the ability to reintroduce the wealth generated by Young Platform’s real services—such as staking, the debit card, and banking activities—back into the system.

From this perspective, destroying tokens would be a technical contradiction: it would be as if a startup decided to burn its own shares instead of using them to attract liquidity, finance growth, or reward those who support the project. While the burn model limits itself to reducing supply in a vacuum, our system uses repurchases to actively fuel the market.

The value flows fueling the system

The monthly budget allocated to this operation does not arise from speculative assumptions, but from real and measurable revenue flows generated by the entire ecosystem. The revenue sources fueling this engine are:

Staking Fees: the fees paid for the feature that allows users to receive rewards on the cryptos they hold on our platform.
DEX pool fees: the fees generated by our liquidity pools (such as YNG/WETH and YNG/USDC on Uniswap).
Card transaction fees: the 0.15% generated by every single expenditure made with the Young Platform debit card.
Step Contribution: 50% of the value of the YNG issued by the Step app (up to a maximum of €5,000 monthly).

How the model works: alternation between buyback and liquidity

The mechanism aims to maintain the balance of the ecosystem through a strategic alternation between repurchase and pool rebalancing, following a bimonthly logic. Let’s look at a practical example describing how the model will act over the next two months.

February – buyback focus: the first month is dedicated to the repurchase of YNG directly from the market using the euros derived from the features listed above. This buying pressure directly reflects the commercial growth of the platform and accumulates tokens in the treasury.
March – focus on liquidity: since the buyback could unbalance the reserves, next month the primary activity will be the injection of new liquidity into the decentralized pools. This increases market depth, making YNG exchangeable with greater ease and reducing volatility.
Rollover: the repurchased YNG are not burned but return to the Treasury to fuel subsequent cycles. If there is a remaining Euro budget, this enhances the buyback; if there are remaining tokens, these enhance the liquidity of the following month.

Conclusions: building instead of burning

At Young Platform, we have chosen a different path from many crypto projects, one more oriented toward real capitalization. While burning simply reduces supply (often without a real impact), our model uses repurchases to ensure that the ecosystem is always liquid and solid. We are excited to start this engine in February.

However, we will maintain a dynamic approach: we reserve the right to calibrate this mechanism based on the real evolution of the market and the depth of the pools. We will always act with the necessary prudence to ensure long-term sustainability. The future of YNG is not being “burned,” but built day after day, transaction after transaction.