# Impact on Token Supply & Demand \ **Each time a Membership NFT is purchased, earned, or redeemed for the first time, the necessary amount of $EPIK for that status level is purchased from the open market and staked. This process removes $EPIK tokens from circulation, whether users manually stake their EPIK or obtain membership through NFTs, creating upward price pressure and contributing to an increase in the price of EPIK.** The ease of selling Membership NFTs extends our reach to web2 users, enabling the integration of scale and adoption from web2 into our web3 rewards program. As outlined earlier, this positive integration is expected to have a favorable impact on the price of EPIK.\ \ \ **Epik Repurchasing token through Membership NFT purchase** With Membership NFTs, Epik removes the complexity of buying $EPIK and staking on behalf of the user. Epik manages this process behind the scenes and executes $EPIK token purchases from the open market based on the amount of $EPIK the Membership NFT requires. By doing so, both membership by staking and membership by NFT contribute to the supply constriction and upward price pressure for the EPIK token. --- # 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://docs.epikprime.com/epik/epik-prime-rewards-program/impact-on-token-supply-and-demand.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.