Gains Network is an “innovative DeFi ecosystem of products on Polygon and Arbitrum.” The project is developing its first product, gTrade, a decentralized leveraged trading platform.
Let’s dive in!
What is gTrade?
Gains Network claims its “uniquely designed synthetic architecture makes gTrade more capital efficient than any existing platform, allows for low trading fees, and a wide range of leverages and pairs.”
Trades are opened using DAI collateral. Read more about how it works here.
gTrade offers:
- Full custody of your funds.
- No deposit or signup.
- Access to crypto, forex, stocks, indices and commodities.
- High leverage (up to 150x on crypto, 1000x on forex, 50x on stocks, 35x on indices, 250x on commodities).
- 100% on-chain execution of trades.
To trade on gTrade, users need to connect to the Polygon or Arbitrum network. For a breakdown of fees, click here.
What is Gains Network’s goal?
Gains Network’s long-term vision is to:
- Become the most adopted decentralized leveraged trading platform.
- Create “great DeFi products” that bring revenue.
- Launch new products, including a casino and metaverse.
View their roadmap here.
GNS
The protocol revolves around GNS, its ERC20 (a standard for creating and issuing smart contracts on Ethereum) token and ERC721 NFTs.
GNS is Gains Network’s deflationary utility token.
It acts as a liquidity mechanism and will be one of the main ways to govern the GNS protocol.
The token had an initial supply of 38,500,000 GNS and a supply cap (used as a failsafe but should never be reached) of 100,000,000. 20% of GNS tokens have been burned.
Holders can stake their GNS tokens for DAI rewards and earn passive rewards through Gains’ staking pools.
NFTs
Gains Network also has a set of 5 different types of NFTs (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond).
NFT holders unlock exclusive benefits including rewards and staking reward boosts. There are 1500 NFTs in total.
