# Token Burn ### Strategic Token Burn The second, and proportionally bigger, use of the $USDC received by the Modus Treasury from project listing fees will be used to programmatically buy back $MODUS tokens from the market and burn them. $USDC from the Modus Treasury will be sent to an address that programmatically buys $MODUS tokens and burn them over an extended period of time; consequently, providing predictable buying patterns and preventing large market fluctuations through large buy orders. Tokens are considered “burned” when they have been purposely and permanently removed from circulation by transfer to an inaccessible publicly verifiable “burn address”. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://modus-3.gitbook.io/modus-docs/overview/treasury-policy/token-burn.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.