XDAI
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About XDAI
Analysis of 27 Jul 2026xDAI is the native gas token of Gnosis Chain, a DAI-pegged stablecoin used to pay transaction fees at $0.0000003 per swap. Launched in October 2018 as the world's first stable-currency blockchain, xDAI is minted when DAI (or USDS) is bridged from Ethereum via the xDAI Bridge utilizing a 4-of-7 validator multisig.
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The network runs on 145,000+ validators with 8.54% staking APY, 100% uptime, and 5-second block time. The planned USDS bridge migration (originally scheduled June 8, 2025) was postponed after auditor team Omega identified a front-running risk in the migration design, and remains pending as of June 2026.
Gnosis Chain has integrated sDAI (Savings DAI) where DAI deposits in the bridge earn DSR (DAI Savings Rate) yield. A major development in March 2026 was the Ethereum Economic Zone (EEZ) framework, unveiled at EthCC by Gnosis co-founder Friederike Ernst and Zisk founder Jordi Baylina, co-funded by the Ethereum Foundation.
The EEZ explores converting Gnosis Chain into a natively integrated Ethereum L2 with synchronous composability, targeting testnet by mid-2026 and pilot programs in Q3 2026. Founding EEZ members include Aave, Titan, Beaver Build, Centrifuge, and xStocks.
Safe processed $600B in transaction volume during 2025 (43% of its lifetime total), deploying 18.3M new smart accounts, and targets break-even profitability in 2026 after reporting $10M+ annualized revenue in 2025. Gnosis Pay has launched Apple Pay support for all available countries, with geographic expansion to USA, Mexico, Colombia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, and India planned.
GnosisDAO burned 3.15M GNO in January 2026 via GIP-116, bringing total to ~4M burned toward the 3M total supply target (70% reduction from original 10M via GIP-35). Gnosis 3.0 continues deploying, integrating Safe (smart accounts), Gnosis Pay (Visa card), CoW Swap (trading), and Circles (community currencies) into a unified onchain neobank ecosystem.