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    • Cronos (CRO)

    10/14/2025 16:00 UTC

    $0.162

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    Unlock Schedule

    Cronos (CRO) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule

    The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Cronos (CRO) token release schedule, showing when and how tokens enter circulation across investor, team, treasury, and community allocations. Understanding these tokenomics dynamics is critical for evaluating potential supply pressure, inflation impact, and market liquidity over time — key factors that can influence CRO price performance.

    Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.

    Tokenomics & Utility

    Cronos tokenomics have evolved with the network.

    Supply evolution

    • In February 2021, Crypto.com announced the destruction of 70 billion CRO, widely described at the time as one of the largest burns in crypto, leaving a smaller supply and reserving a portion for block rewards and ecosystem development. (nasdaq.com)
    • In March 2025, the Cronos community voted on, and approved, a proposal to recreate 70 billion CRO into a Strategic Reserve escrow on Cronos POS. The plan restores the total supply to the original 100 billion CRO but places the reissued amount under strict controls: a new five‑year lockup (on top of the original five years) with linear monthly vesting via native Cosmos SDK mechanisms. Emission parameters on Cronos POS were adjusted so validator rewards remain consistent despite the restored supply. (blog.cronos-pos.org)

    These decisions are central to Cronos tokenomics and remain an active part of community discussions about long‑term growth, liquidity, and institutional access. (chaincatcher.com)

    CRO token utility

    • Network fees: CRO pays gas on Cronos EVM; zkCRO pays gas on Cronos zkEVM; and native CRO pays fees on Cronos POS. (docs.cronos.org)
    • Staking: Users delegate CRO to validators on Cronos POS to support security and earn staking rewards (with a 28‑day unbonding period). Liquid staking options like Veno issue LCRO so users can keep earning while using DeFi. (help.crypto.com)
    • Platform benefits: Within the Crypto.com ecosystem, CRO can unlock fee discounts and other perks, and it is integrated across the DeFi Wallet and Wallet Extension for on‑chain use. (docs.cronos.org)

    Because demand rises with network activity, many users follow CRO price to gauge growth in Cronos DeFi, NFTs, gaming, and payments. (docs.cronos.org)

    Assumptions

    • Supply is inflationary/unbounded on Cronos POS; total_supply set to null.

      Cronos POS uses the Cosmos SDK mint module to create CRO at each block; inflation is dynamically adjusted within min/max bounds and can change via governance.

    • Strategic Reserve vesting modeled as a single 60-month linear schedule.

      Official Cronos post specifies 5-year linear monthly vesting starting at the V5 upgrade; exact monthly tranche size implied (~1.1667B CRO).

    • PoS Validator Rewards modeled as 5B CRO over ~10 years (linear monthly).

      Crypto.com help documentation states 5B CRO allocated for staking rewards with an estimated 500M CRO per year; actual per-block emissions vary with parameters but total allocation remains 5B.

    • Particle B allocation treated as immediately available at mainnet (cliff).

      No official vesting cadence published for the 900M CRO Particle B allocation; grants typically disbursed on demand.

    • Genesis & Early Distribution amount set to 24.1B CRO.

      Derived from public statements that circulating supply rose to >80% after the 70B burn and residual categories (5.9B for rewards/ecosystem); exact figure not formally enumerated in surviving primary docs.

    Allocations

    Cronos Strategic Reserve (Reissued) 70.00%
    90%
    How certain we are about this information
    70,000,000,000 tokens
    Linear vesting: Mar 18, 2025 - Mar 18, 2030 (monthly)
    Community-approved reissuance of 70B CRO into an escrowed Strategic Reserve on Cronos POS; vesting is linear monthly for 5 years via Cosmos SDK vesting accounts, commencing at the V5 upgrade height. Approx. 1.1667B CRO vests per ~30.4-day epoch.
    PoS Validator Rewards 5.00%
    80%
    How certain we are about this information
    5,000,000,000 tokens
    Linear vesting: Mar 25, 2021 - Mar 25, 2031 (monthly)
    Allocation of 5B CRO to be distributed as staking rewards over ~10 years from mainnet launch; rewards accrue per block under the Cosmos SDK mint module. Modeled as linear monthly for charting; actual per-block emissions vary with inflation parameters and bonded ratio.
    Particle B Ecosystem Development 0.90%
    60%
    How certain we are about this information
    900,000,000 tokens
    Cliff: Mar 25, 2021 — NaN% of allocation
    900M CRO allocated to Particle B for ecosystem development following the 2021 burn announcement. No official vesting cadence disclosed; treated as available at mainnet for grants to be disbursed over time.
    Genesis & Early Distribution (Pre-2021 circulating) 24.10%
    60%
    How certain we are about this information
    24,100,000,000 tokens
    Cliff: Feb 22, 2021 — NaN% of allocation
    Post-burn residual circulating supply recognized at time of 70B burn announcement; circulating share increased to >80% of the reduced supply. Modeled as a historical cliff for chart initialization.

    Description

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    Cronos is an EVM-compatible blockchain network that interoperates with Ethereum and Cosmos ecosystems. It supports DeFi, NFTs, and metaverse applications and provides low-cost, high-throughput, and fast-finality transactions.

    Sector: Layer 1
    Blockchain: Other L1
    2019
    POS
    ZK
    Last Updated: 10/9/2025 00:55 UTC
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