Convert between GLM and US dollars at the live rate.
$1.32
−92.45% from current
$0.009138
+994.09% from current
Independent editorial ranking. Score is 0–10 across six criteria: Security, Fees, UX, Features, Support, Reputation.
US and EU users who prioritise a spotless security record — no major hack since 2011 — and want a serious pro-grade trading terminal.
Institutions and funds requiring an SEC-registered venue with segregated qualified custody and audited on-chain reserves.
Active spot traders chasing the deepest global liquidity and the widest listing catalogue outside the US perimeter.
Traders who mix spot and on-chain — the Web3 wallet, DEX aggregator and Ethereum L2 X Layer sit inside the same account as CEX pairs.
Long-horizon EU holders who want the oldest continuously-operating exchange (2011) with conservative listings and full MiCA licensing.
Derivatives-first traders who want tighter perp funding and a maker-friendly fee schedule; accept offshore regulatory footprint.
Top coins in the same category, ordered by market cap.
Golem (GLM) is a decentralized compute marketplace that rents idle CPU and GPU power from anyone with a spare machine. The project was founded in Warsaw in 2016 by Julian Zawistowski, Piotr Janiuk, Andrzej Regulski, and Aleksandra Skrzypczak under Golem Factory. That makes it one of the original DePIN networks, predating Akash, Render, and most of the AI compute layer that followed. The pitch has stayed the same: data centers and home users have spare cycles, developers need cheap compute, and a permissionless marketplace can settle the trade in tokens instead of credit cards.
GLM is the utility token used to pay for compute on Golem. The original GNT token migrated to GLM in late 2020 alongside the launch of the new Golem (rewritten from the legacy Brass and Clay clients). Today’s Golem is an ERC-20 on Ethereum with a layer 2 settlement path through Polygon, and the requestor-provider model still drives the core flow. Requestors submit a job and a budget, providers bid for the work, and GLM streams across as the task completes.
GLM trades on Binance, Kraken, Coinbase, KuCoin, OKX, Gate, Bybit, and Bitfinex. The deepest pairs are GLM/USDT and GLM/BTC. The price card on this page pulls from a multi-venue feed and refreshes every 60 seconds. The reference quote is volume-weighted across the most liquid order books so a single thin venue cannot drag the headline number around.
What actually moves GLM price action:
The numbers in the price card above are live. For multi-year scenarios, see our Golem price forecast.
A typical Golem job starts with a requestor who has a containerized workload and a budget. The requestor describes the job, sets a price ceiling, and submits it to the network. Providers running the Golem daemon (yagna) see the open offer and bid on it. Once the requestor accepts a bid, payment streams in GLM as the task makes progress, and the result returns to the requestor when the work completes.
The economics are simple. Providers with cheap power, idle servers, or geographical advantages can bid lower than centralized clouds and still profit. Requestors pay what the market actually clears at instead of a hyperscaler list price.
Golem ran a 2016 ICO that raised about 820,000 ETH in 30 minutes, one of the largest token sales of that era. The original token was GNT. In November 2020, alongside the new Golem rewrite, the team migrated GNT one for one to GLM, an ERC-20 with native Polygon support. GLM has a fixed maximum supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens, all minted at the migration. There is no inflation tail and no ongoing emission schedule.
What GLM tokenomics actually look like:
The fixed-supply model is unusual for a 2024-era DePIN token. Most newer compute marketplaces emit native tokens to bootstrap providers. Golem skipped that route and now relies on actual paid task volume to drive demand for GLM.
Golem gets compared to a long list of newer networks that took inspiration from the original 2016 design. Each comparison sets a different bar and tells a different story about Golem’s strengths and weaknesses.
No single comparison settles it. Golem is strongest when the workload is generalist, the requestor is price-sensitive, and the buyer values a 9-year track record over the latest tokenomics. It is weakest when a workload needs tightly coupled multi-GPU training or a regulated SLA.
Through 2023 and 2024, Golem worked through several waves of demand: scientific compute, AI inference, batch rendering, and generic Python jobs. The provider network is wider than headline GPU names but narrower than AWS in any single region.
Golem is not a replacement for an AWS region. It is a way to run independent, parallelizable, sandbox-safe workloads on commodity hardware at a fraction of hyperscaler list price. Teams that match that profile get good value; teams that need a managed Postgres alongside their compute do not.
Buying GLM is simple. Using it as a requestor or provider takes a few extra steps because the daemon (yagna) has to run on a machine, but most buyers stop at step three and just hold GLM as a DePIN allocation.
Always send a small test transaction first when moving large balances between an exchange and a self-custody wallet. Mixing up the Ethereum and Polygon networks during a withdrawal is the most common way GLM gets stuck in support queues.
GLM carries a different risk shape than a layer-1 store-of-value token. The compute marketplace category is crowded with newer networks, the project no longer has the brand momentum it had in 2017, and adoption growth has been steady rather than explosive even during the AI cycle.
This page is information, not financial advice. Talk to a licensed advisor before allocating real capital.
Analysis last updated:
Golem (GLM) trades at $0.099973 with a 24-hour volume of $4.68M and a market capitalization of $99.97M. The asset is currently ranked #266 among all tracked cryptocurrencies.
In the last 24 hours, the GLM price has fallen +1.22%. On a seven-day window, Golem has climbed +1.22%, showing mixed signals between the short and medium term. Short-term moves are often amplified by liquidity, news flow, and derivatives positioning, so confirm signals across multiple indicators before acting.
Golem's all-time high of $1.32 was set on April 13, 2018. The current price sits +92.45% below that peak. Distance from the all-time high is a common reference point when evaluating long recoveries and macro support or resistance.
Buying Golem (GLM) is a five-step routine once you have picked the right venue and pair. The steps below mirror what most investors do today.
You can also use the Golem converter above to estimate how much GLM you would get for a given dollar amount before placing the order.
Whether Golem is a good investment depends on your goals, time horizon, and tolerance for volatility. Like all cryptocurrencies, GLM carries real market risk: prices can rise or fall sharply in a day, and past performance is not a reliable indicator of future returns.
This page provides data and analysis for educational purposes only. It is not financial advice. Always do your own research, diversify, and never invest more than you can afford to lose.
