Gnosis 

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What is the Gnosis (GNO) crypto?

Gnosis is a decentralized blockchain infrastructure project that operates Gnosis Chain, an EVM-compatible layer-1 network, alongside Gnosis Pay, a stablecoin debit card and payments network. The project began in 2017 as a prediction-market platform on Ethereum and expanded into a product suite. Gnosis Safe, the widely used multisig wallet, now runs as the separate "Safe" brand. GNO is the ecosystem token, used for staking on Gnosis Chain and voting in GnosisDAO governance.

How is the GNO token used?

GNO has two core uses: staking and governance. Validators stake 1 GNO per validator on the Gnosis Beacon Chain. Holders vote on GnosisDAO proposals through Snapshot, where 1 GNO is the minimum voting balance and the quorum requirement is 4% of supply. Liquid staking versions of GNO exist through StakeWise under the osGNO, sGNO and rGNO tickers. Treasury-funded staking rewards are being phased out under GIP-153, which changes the economics for future GNO stakers.

What is GNO's maximum supply and why is it so small?

Per DropsTab data, GNO's maximum supply is capped at 3,000,000 tokens, one of the smallest fixed supplies among established cryptocurrencies. Genesis supply was 10,000,000 GNO in 2017. GnosisDAO voted in February 2022 under GIP-35 to burn roughly 6.8 million GNO toward a 3 million target. Execution ran through GIP-116, which burned 3,150,000 GNO from an 8-year treasury vesting contract started in November 2020. Project documentation states the cap will not increase.

How does the GIP-153 rollup transition affect GNO staking?

In 2026, GnosisDAO approved GIP-153, transitioning Gnosis Chain from a standalone layer-1 network to an Ethereum-settled ZK rollup. The transition retires the chain's own validator set and ends treasury-funded staking rewards. About 350,000 GNO unlock in connection with the validator wind-down, per The Defiant. For GNO stakers, future yield is structurally uncertain: once the migration completes, staking returns no longer come from treasury funding.

Who backed Gnosis and how was GNO distributed?

Per DropsTab fundraising data, Gnosis raised $12.5 million in an Initial Coin Offering on April 24, 2017, structured as a reverse Dutch auction. The auction sold 420,000 GNO and listed G2H2 Capital and angel investor James Sowers as participants, with no lead investor recorded. Contemporaneous coverage by CoinDesk and Forbes reported the sale completed in under 15 minutes at an implied valuation of roughly $300 million.

What does Gnosis's funding history signal about project maturity?

The single 2017 ICO and the absence of venture rounds since show a project funded by its own treasury. GnosisDAO governs treasury spending directly through on-chain proposals. In June 2024, GnosisDAO approved GIP-100, a $30 million GNO buyback program spread over six months. Self-funding removes dilution risk from investor exits, while concentrating governance power in the hands of GNO holders who vote in GnosisDAO.

Is GNO a coin or a token?

GNO is an ERC-20 token on Ethereum. The canonical contract at 0x6810e776880c02933d47db1b9fc05908e5386b96 is verifiable on Etherscan. GNO also runs natively on Gnosis Chain at 0x9c58bacc331c9aa871afd802db6379a98e80cedb, with bridged versions on Arbitrum One. GNO launched on Ethereum in 2017; Gnosis Chain emerged later from the 2021-22 merger of xDai Chain with the Gnosis network. DropsTab classifies Gnosis under Neobanking, DeFi, Protocol and DEX categories.

Where can GNO be traded?

Per DropsTab data, GNO trades on more than 20 spot markets across centralized and decentralized venues. Tier-1 centralized venues include Binance, Coinbase, Kraken and Crypto.com Exchange, with fiat quotes concentrated in USD, EUR, KRW and IDR pairs. On-chain liquidity runs through Uniswap, Balancer V2 and Honeyswap on Gnosis Chain. No derivatives markets are tracked for GNO, so tracked exposure is spot-only.