Master the economics behind crypto tokens. Learn to evaluate supply, distribution, utility, governance, and project fundamentals like a pro.
Lessons
8 Chapters
Duration
~2 Hours
Level
Intermediate
Imagine your favourite game where you collect stickers — each sticker is worth something because there are rules about how many exist, what they can do, and how you trade them. In crypto, tokenomics is the "rulebook" and "economics" for a token — it explains how many tokens there are, how they're shared out, what they can do, and how they're used.
The word combines "token" (the digital asset) + "economics" (how it works in the system). It covers supply, how tokens are given to people, how they're used, and how they might disappear (burn) or keep being created (mint).
Why does it matter? Because two tokens might look similar in price or hype, but if one has bad tokenomics (lots of tokens, weak rules) and the other has strong tokenomics (limited supply, clear rules, utility), their long-term outcomes can differ a lot. As one beginner guide says: "Projects with poor tokenomics bite the dust sooner or later."
In short: tokenomics is like the blueprint of a token's economy. If you treat the token like a tree, tokenomics is how many seeds, how fast they sprout, where they're planted, and how strong the roots are.