FLM Tokenomics
We describe the tokenomics of Flamingo's FLM token.
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We describe the tokenomics of Flamingo's FLM token.
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Version 3.0, April 15, 2025
The main purpose of the FLM token is to incentivize liquidity providers on the Flamingo Finance platform, to get users involved with the platform, and to incentivize and holders for investing in the platform.
The hard cap of FLM tokens is currently 700 Million FLM tokens, to be minted and released into circulation over the next 14 years.
The original hard cap of FLM was 1 Billion FLM tokens but FLM has reduced in minting faster than originally anticipated.
FLOCKS minting will continue burning FLM as outlined below, and has already lowered the FLM hard cap to 700 Million. The total supply will be fully minted and released into circulation by the end of 2039.
With the introduction of , From April, 2025, Flamingo will start to buy back and burn FLM, while users can also burn FLM to get a share of platform revenue (FLOCKS). This will make an impact on the total and circulating supply moving forward as the supply will always equal: assets minted - assets burned
At the time of writing (Epoch 3 of FLOCKS), 109.9 Million FLM have been burned from minting FLOCKS, equal to over 1 year of current FLM minting emissions.
During October, 2020, the first full month of minting after the platform was released, the annual inflation rate of FLM was 100%. This is because at that point in time, all FLM in circulation was minted during that month. The inflation rate has dropped every month since.
At the time of writing (April 15, 2025), the monthly inflation rate of FLM is 0.68%. Come January, 2026, the monthly inflation rate will drop to 0.32%.
The monthly inflation rate will continue to decrease monthly until January, 2035, where it will remain 0.46% annually until all 700 Million FLM tokens have been minted and released by the end of 2039. See the table below for a more complete timeline.
April, 2022
10,870,312
3.54%
91.07%
January, 2023
10,870,312
2.48%
41.02%
January, 2024
10,870,312
1.91%
29.09%
January, 2025
4,598,142
0.68%
17.12%
January, 2026
2,282,766
0.32%
5.18%
January, 2027
1,217,475
0.17%
3.32%
January, 2028
973,980
0.13%
1.89%
January, 2029
700,048
0.09%
1.35%
January, 2030
547,864
0.07%
1.01%
January, 2031
426,116
0.06%
0.79%
January, 2032
334,806
0.04%
0.60%
January, 2033
304,369
0.04%
0.49%
January, 2034
304,369
0.04%
0.47%
January, 2035
304,369
0.04%
0.46%
January, 2036
304,369
0.04%
0.46%
January, 2037
304,369
0.03%
0.46%
January, 2038
304,369
0.03%
0.46%
January, 2039
304,369
0.01%
0.46%
January, 2040
0
0.00%
0.00%
* Calculated by dividing the supply on the date in the "Month and Year" column with the supply from one month earlier, minus 1: current supply / earlier supply - 1.
** Calculated by dividing the supply on the date in the "Month and Year" column with the supply from one year earlier, minus 1: current supply / earlier supply - 1.
Note: The FLM Monetary Inflation table was updated on April 15, 2025.
New FLM tokens are minted in real time and rewarded to Flamingo platform users for providing liquidity and/or for owning a piece of the platform (holding ). This ongoing minting and rewarding inherently means there is inflation of the token, however the inflation rate is not infinite, and is slowing down over time, especially with token burning from FLOCKS and Flamingo's new buy back and burn program.
