$GNS Token Rights
Updated Feb 18, 2026Overview
- Token(s)
- GNS
- Token Type
- GovernanceUtility
- Utility
- Staking
GNS is the backbone of gTrade, enabling efficient liquidity management, revenue distribution and governance. GNS tokenomics evolve based on community decisions and market conditions.
Governance Rights
ControlGNS holders vote on proposals via Snapshot (onchain execution via DAO), control protocol parameters, fee allocations, revenue distribution models (switching between revenue distribution or buyback & burn), treasury spending, and upgrades
Governance Decisions
Treasury Decisions
Revenue Decisions
Fee Switch
ONProtocol trading fees are used to buy back GNS on the open market. GNS buybacks are partially burned, the rest is distributed to contributers, operations & governance
Resources
Primary Value Accrual
Deflationary supply reductionValue accrues through buybacks and burns
Equity Statement
Gains Network does not have equity holders. All value accrual surrounds GNS which provides governance rights, protocol utility and potential fee sharing to stakers
Economic Rights
Value CaptureAround 60% of the open and close fees generated by the platform are used to buy back $GNS OTC using the 1 hour TWAP + a 1% premium. The revenue can be distributed to $GNS stakers, the governance fund, or the burn address. This allocation of revenue is flexible and is currently set to: 90% $GNS burn, 10% governance fund
Buybacks
Dividends
N/AGovernance has flexibility to distribute bought back tokens to stakers
Burns
ActiveMajority of fees collected are burned
Ownership
- Fundraising
- None
- Equity Revenue Capture
- No
- Associated Entities
- DAOFoundation