What is Tokenomics?

Tokenomics, a portmanteau of "token" and "economics," refers to the underlying attributes of a cryptocurrency token that incentivize users to adopt the token's project ecosystem. Among cryptocurrency investors, the term is commonly referred to in terms of how the token is utilized within the project ecosystem, or how the token will follow a monetary policy as the project develops. Therefore, the term tokenomics encapsulates a variety of processes and concepts, some of which are hard-coded into a blockchain's protocol, and others which are more speculative in nature.