PLUME Token: Fueling Plume Network’s RWAFi Vision

$PLUME is the native utility token at the heart of Plume Network, a blockchain purpose-built to bring Real-World Assets (RWAs) into DeFi in compliant, composable, and scalable ways. With a maximum supply capped at 10 billion tokens, PLUME plays multiple crucial roles across the ecosystem. At the Token Generation Event (TGE), approximately 20% of the total supply entered circulation, with the rest subject to vesting timetables intended to support long-term growth of the network.

One of PLUME’s core utilities is as the gas token: it’s required for transaction fees, contract interactions, swaps, tokenization operations, bridging, and other basic network actions. This means every time someone uses the Plume chain or a Plume app, they spend PLUME, driving demand and tying token utility directly to network usage.

PLUME holders also have governance rights. Through staking and delegation, users can help secure the network by validating blocks, and they participate in governance by voting on critical protocol decisions—such as parameter changes, ecosystem funding, and feature updates. Staking PLUME gives users an economic incentive as they earn rewards for helping secure the network.

Incentive alignment is strong with PLUME’s tokenomics. A large portion of the total supply—59%—is allocated to the ecosystem, foundation, and community. This allocation supports grants, liquidity programs, validator rewards, and the funding of infrastructure/tools (like tokenization modules) that help developers build in the RWA space. Early backers and core contributors share the remaining supply—about 21% to early backers/investors and ~20% to team/core contributors— with structured vesting to reduce risk of dumping.

As of mid-2025, PLUME’s circulating supply is about 2.65 billion tokens (~26–27% of the total). More tokens unlock over time per the vesting schedule. This helps balance early liquidity and network activity with long-term stability.

Because Plume is focused on RWA applications—liquid staking tokens, tokenized real estate, commodities, etc.—PLUME is also intended to act as collateral in DeFi protocols, help with ecosystem liquidity provision, and reward participants in community programs (quests, referrals, governance) to help bootstrap usage.

My Takeaway: PLUME is more than a governance or gas token—it’s the economic backbone of Plume Network’s push to make RWAs usable, compliant, and accessible. Its tokenomics are designed with long-term alignment in mind: enough initial supply to support activity and liquidity, strong incentives for builders and participants, and vesting to avoid sudden supply shocks. If Plume can deliver both toolchains and real usage (tokenizing actual assets, enabling DeFi activity), then PLUME’s utility and value may steadily grow along with the network. @plumenetwork #Plume