How it works
FROM TRADING FEES
TO BURNED SUPPLY
$EX5 is not funded by promises. A working crypto exchange earns trading fees every day, and a fixed share of that revenue is used for two things: buying $EX5 back from the market and burning it, and buying the GPUs that run EX5 AI.
01
The exchange runs
EX5 is a live spot exchange. Every trade pays a trading fee — the same way any exchange earns.
02
25% buys $EX5 back
EX5 allocates 25% of trading fee revenue to buy $EX5 on the open market — at market price, like anyone else.
03
Bought tokens burn
Every token bought this way is permanently destroyed. Supply goes down and never comes back. Each burn is published with its on-chain transaction hash.
04
25% buys GPUs
Another 25% of trading fee revenue is reinvested into GPUs and datacenter capacity — the hardware that runs EX5 AI. Purchases are published with their invoices.
Hardware funding
Pre-sale starts it, fee revenue keeps it growing
The pre-sale funds the first build-out: GPUs, the datacenter setup, the mobile app and the marketplace. Every expense is published with its invoice or receipt on the Transparency page.
After launch the exchange takes over. Because a quarter of trading fee revenue is reinvested continuously, capacity keeps growing without issuing a single new token. The supply stays fixed at 500,000,000 $EX5 — only the hardware behind it grows.
The second burn engine
Stake, unlock credits, burn on use
Holders can stake $EX5 to reach a tier that unlocks usage credits for EX5 services — AI tools and GPU rental hours. When credits are redeemed against a service, the underlying $EX5 is burned.
So the token has two independent paths out of circulation: the exchange buying and burning from fee revenue, and users burning through actual usage. Stake for status, burn for usage, trade for buyback.
See the staking programme →Supply
Fixed at 500,000,000 — and shrinking
Total supply is capped at 500,000,000 $EX5 and can never be increased. Two engines take tokens out of circulation permanently: fee-revenue buyback and usage redemption. The long-term target is at least 250,000,000 $EX5 burned. Every completed burn — amount, date, trigger and transaction hash — is published in the burn ledger.
Important
What $EX5 is — and what it is not
$EX5 is a utility token. It gives fee discounts and VIP status on the EX5 exchange, launchpad access, and advantaged credit rates on EX5 AI services. Buying it is not an investment in EX5 and does not make anyone a shareholder.
The buyback described above is a supply-management policy that EX5 operates at its own discretion. It creates no revenue right, claim, entitlement or payment obligation towards token holders, and it is not a promise about price. EX5 may adjust the policy; any change will be published here before it takes effect.