A crypto network just voted to abandon its standalone blockchain and unlock 27% of its token supply

GnosisDAO has approved a plan to retire Gnosis Chain’s standalone Layer 1, a shift that will unlock roughly 350,000 staked GNO.Under GIP-153, Gnosis Chain will become a zero-knowledge-proven Ethereum Economic Zone rollup that settles directly to Ethereum every block. The network will eventually retire its independent validator set and inherit security from Ethereum validators instead.That change would unlock about 350,000 GNO currently committed to staking, equivalent to roughly 27% of the token’s circulating supply. The tokens are already counted as circulating supply, but ending staking would make them liquid again and remove their current role in securing Gnosis Chain.GNO rallied 10% to as high as about $136 around the governance decision, its highest level since May, CryptoSlate data showed. The move came despite the prospect of a sizable increase in liquid GNO and reflected investor attention on Gnosis’ deeper integration with Ethereum.The approval is a direction-level mandate rather than a final launch decision. GnosisDAO did not approve funding or a completed technical design, and the first EEZ version is targeted for around December 2026 or January 2027, depending on requir...