One-time Destruction vs Ongoing Buyback, the Divide Between JST and UNI Has Emerged

JST’s third buyback and destruction has officially been implemented. The funds used for this destruction all come from the protocol revenue of JustLend DAO. That’s the money earned on-chain—used to buy back tokens, and then directly destroyed.
As of now, JST’s total amount destroyed has exceeded 13.7% of the total supply.
And recently, many people have been discussing UNI’s destruction logic.
In essence, UNI is more like “the mechanism has just been activated”: it unlocks a one-time release via a fee switch, and then uses transaction fees to create a long-term, gradual burn.
But JST is taking a different route. First, run the path: protocol earns → uses the revenue to buy back → directly destroys → repeats continuously.
More importantly is the source. JST’s buyback is not subsidies, and it’s not fundraising—it is the genuine cash flow of the lending protocol itself.
This means that as long as JustLend is still operating, this destruction mechanism has “self-sustaining” capability.
Take another look at the price trend—it’s actually more intuitive.
From the end of 2025 to March 2026, JST roughly followed a very clean doubling move, from $0.03 to $0.06+.
When you break it down, you’ll find a very simple logic:
1 / Circulating supply is decreasing
2 / Revenue is continuing
3 / Expectations are strengthening
JST is the most direct point in TRON DeFi that captures “lending business value.” As the ecosystem grows, funds accumulate, and interest is generated—these things ultimately get fed back into JST through buybacks and destruction over time.
Ecosystem growth → Protocol profits → Buyback and destruction → Token scarcity → Price support
So, the real significance of this third destruction isn’t just “how much has been burned again.” Instead, it’s this more important fact: JST has proven that this deflationary model can run continuously and sustainably.
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