ARB vs GNS
Arbitrum and Gains Network scored on the same 25 variables, ranked against the same 251 tokens, with every gap between them shown.
Scoring pass 18 Sept 2026. Market snapshot 7 Oct 2026.
What separates them
ARB scores 134 of 250 and ranks 42nd of 251. GNS scores 116 and ranks 81st. ARB leads by 18 points, which is a real gap, though small enough that one variable moving would close much of it. ARB takes 17 of the 25 variables, GNS takes 7, and one is level.
The framework rates ARB CAUTIOUS HOLD and GNS WATCH. Two tokens close enough to compare do not have to land in the same band, and where they do not, the divergence table below is where the split comes from.
5 variables separate them by 3 points or more. ARB is clear on Market Share (8 against 2) and Active Users (7 against 3). GNS is clear on Vesting Schedule (8 against 3), Buyback and Burn (8 against 3) and P/S Multiple (8 against 4).
ARB still has 32.1% of its eventual supply to enter circulation against 0% for GNS. On the same market capitalisation, a buyer of ARB is taking the 1.47x dilution path and a buyer of GNS the 1x one.
ARB is valued at $1.25B against $9.5M for GNS, a 131.7x difference. The larger of the two also scores higher, so the market and the framework agree on the ordering here.
All 25 variables, head to head
Both tokens were scored by the same framework in the same pass, so the numbers are directly comparable. What a comparison adds over two separate pages is the gap: a 6 against a 6 is a non-event, a 9 against a 3 is the reason to hold one and not the other.
Cash flow
| Protocol Revenue | 3 | 4 | GNS +1 | |
| Revenue Trend | 5 | 3 | ARB +2 | |
| P/S Multiple | 4 | 8 | GNS +4 | |
| Real Staking Yield | 2 | 4 | GNS +2 |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 4 | 7 | GNS +3 | |
| Vesting Schedule | 3 | 8 | GNS +5 | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 5 | 3 | ARB +2 | |
| Buyback and Burn | 3 | 8 | GNS +5 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 6 | 5 | ARB +1 | |
| Insider Selling | 4 | 7 | GNS +3 | |
| Holder Concentration | 5 | 4 | ARB +1 |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 6 | 4 | ARB +2 | |
| Active Users | 7 | 3 | ARB +4 | |
| Developer Activity | 8 | 6 | ARB +2 | |
| Network Growth | 7 | 5 | ARB +2 |
Position
| Market Share | 8 | 2 | ARB +6 | |
| Competitive Moat | 5 | 5 | level | |
| Institutional Adoption | 6 | 3 | ARB +3 | |
| Exchange Depth | 7 | 3 | ARB +4 | |
| Social Mindshare | 6 | 3 | ARB +3 |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 7 | 3 | ARB +4 | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 6 | 5 | ARB +1 | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 4 | 2 | ARB +2 | |
| Team Execution | 7 | 6 | ARB +1 | |
| Treasury Runway | 6 | 5 | ARB +1 |
Bars read outward from the centre: ARB to the left, GNS to the right. The side that leads a variable is filled. Each score is 1 to 10 against the same definition applied to all 251 rated tokens.
Market and supply
| ARB | GNS | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.1840 | $0.3987 |
| Market cap | $1.25B | $9.5M |
| Circulating | 67.9% | 100% |
| Dilution to full supply | 1.47x | 1x |
| Off all-time high | -92.3% | -96.8% |
| To recover the high | 13x | 31.2x |
| Total value locked | $2.20B | $50.0M |
| Network | Arbitrum | Arbitrum |
Price, market cap and all-time high from the CoinGecko snapshot fetched 7 Oct 2026. Supply shares are derived from circulating and eventual supply counts, which do not move with price. The 25 scores come from the research pass dated 18 Sept 2026.
Catalyst and risk on each side
ARB · CAUTIOUS HOLD
BOLD dispute resolution upgrade; Stylus enabling Rust/C++ smart contracts expanding developer base
42% circulating with significant investor releases remaining; sequencer revenue not well-accrued to ARB token holders
GNS · WATCH
GTrade v10, RWA/forex expansion (270+ markets), DEGEN markets, staking v2
Hyperliquid 73% share vs GNS declining, Bitget delisted, $113K daily volume = liquidity risk
Common questions
- Is ARB or GNS the better investment?
- On this framework ARB scores higher: 134 against 116 of 250, and it is rated CAUTIOUS HOLD against WATCH. That is a ranking of fundamentals as recorded at the last scoring pass, not a price forecast, and ARB still wins 17 of the 25 individual variables against GNS.
- What is the biggest difference between ARB and GNS?
- Market Share. ARB scores 8 of 10 there and GNS scores 2, a gap of 6 points on a single variable.
- Which is bigger, ARB or GNS?
- ARB is valued at $1.25B and GNS at $9.5M on the latest market snapshot.
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Research and analysis, not investment advice. A higher score is one framework applied consistently to 251 tokens, not a prediction that one asset will outperform the other.