Gala (GALA) is a cryptocurrency token created for the Gala Games ecosystem, which was founded by Zynga co-founder Eric Schiermeyer and others in 2019. The platform focuses on combining gaming with blockchain technology to empower players with more control and ownership in games. GALA serves various roles within the ecosystem, such as purchasing NFTs, rewarding node operators, and acting as a gas token. The token's emission is split between node operators and the Gala Games conservatorship, with a halving schedule impacting its daily emission.