What Moonbeam is
Moonbeam (GLMR) is a proof-of-stake Layer-1 blockchain, currently ranked 597th by market capitalization among the assets we track. Moonbeam is a Layer-1 smart-contract platform secured by proof-of-stake: validators lock GLMR as collateral, and the protocol slashes anyone who misbehaves. The token is simultaneously gas, collateral, and a claim on staking yield.
Moonbeam (GLMR) is a smart contract platform that seeks to facilitate the development of decentralized applications (dApps) on the Polkadot network. It aims to enable seamless communication between blockchains and enhance interoperability.
How consensus and the token economy connect
Staking ties the token's value to network security: more GLMR bonded means a costlier attack, and stakers are paid for taking that role. Unstaking queues and slashing parameters shape how liquid that capital really is.
Background & fundamentals
In sector terms it is most often filed under Protocol, Layer 1 (L1), and Smart Contracts.
Where Moonbeam sits in the market
With GLMR near $0.00998000, Moonbeam carries a market capitalization of $10.12M. Around $10.88M changes hands across exchanges in a typical 24-hour window. That is a turnover of about 107.53% of the float — unusually high, the kind of churn that accompanies major news or speculative spikes.
Moonbeam carries no fixed maximum supply; issuance follows a programmatic schedule rather than a hard cap. GLMR remains -99% beneath its all-time high of $0.7255, the kind of gap that historically takes a full cycle or a fresh catalyst to close.
What the price history shows
Recent moves read 24-hour -11.86%, 7-day +18.30%. Across roughly the last 365 days of daily candles, GLMR endured a peak-to-trough drawdown of about 88% before stabilizing.
Volatility profile
Recent action puts Moonbeam in the Extreme-volatility band — it is in a high-volatility regime — these are the conditions where outsized gains and losses both become more likely.
How to evaluate Moonbeam
A grounded read on GLMR comes down to three questions:
- Real usage — active addresses, fees paid, and total value locked — does on-chain demand justify the valuation?
- Staking economics — the share of GLMR staked, the yield, and unlock/queue dynamics that govern liquid supply.
- Ecosystem depth — how many applications and how much liquidity have chosen Moonbeam over competing Layer-1s.
This page pulls live market data, on-chain stats where available, exchange-by-exchange volume, and our forecast model into one view so you can work through those questions in a single place. None of it is investment advice — it is a structured starting point for your own research.
