Cryptocurrency Burn Statistics 2026: Key Numbers Every Investor Should Know

Token burns are a common way for crypto projects to manage supply. A burn permanently removes coins from circulation, which lowers the amount available under a project’s rules. This guide gathers the key cryptocurrency burn statistics for 2026. It covers BNB, Ethereum, XRP, Avalanche, Solana and Shiba Inu, and it explains what each number does and does not show. The largest recent figure comes from BNB. On 19 October 2026, the BNB Foundation announced that 1,646,196.44 BNB had been burned, worth about $1.197 billion at the time. Burn numbers are easy to misread.