Sonic: Manual S Mints Cancelled, Supply Limited to Validator Emissions - 22 Sep 2026

Sonic has cancelled all manual mints of S, leaving only the automated validator emissions mint in place. The change removes the ability to expand supply through discretionary issuance, so future S creation is confined to the protocol's scheduled validator rewards.The cancellation is a direct tokenomic tightening. With manual minting gone, no governance or team action can add S beyond what validator emissions release, which lowers dilution risk for existing holders and makes the maximum issuance path easier to verify. The tradeoff is that supply can no longer be expanded for grants, partnerships, or emergency funding, so any future growth spending must come from existing treasuries or emissions already in the schedule.