Genesis Shards is a cross-chain NFT and DeFi marketplace built to convert time-locked pre-IDO fungible tokens into tradable NFTs, enabling liquidity before token-generation events. Genesis Shards's Twitter Score is 20 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #49,213 among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Genesis Shards was founded by Garlam Won and Nilotpal Mukherjee. The project raised $2.7 million and, in April 2021, completed Polkastarter's first IDO run simultaneously on Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain, raising $125,000 at a token price of $0.12. Genesis Shards is affiliated with Polkadot and operates across multiple blockchains.
Genesis Shards's native utility token, $GS, is compatible with both the ERC-20 and BEP-20 standards and serves functions across access, governance, and the project's Gen NFTX product. The broader product suite includes Gen Access cards and Gen Tickets, all developed within the Genesis Shards ecosystem. The genesis supply of $GS was set at 208,969,354 tokens.
Genesis Shards has attracted backing from a wide range of investors, including 3Commas, Axia8 Ventures, OKEx Block Dream Fund, LD Capital, Momentum 6, Moonrock Capital, AU21 Capital, Morningstar Ventures, Shima Capital, and Master Ventures, among others. Genesis Shards has been mentioned by 97 accounts a total of 215 times, with 4,254 posts published on the account.
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The accounts that follow Genesis Shards include 77 founders, 28 angel investors, 66 influencers and 21 VCs, among them Matthew Graham, Ignas, Ran Neuner, Jason Kam, SpiderCrypto and Gabby Dizon.