Cronos 2025–2026 The Golden Age of On-Chain

DeFi Infrastructure for Crypto Asset Markets (RWA)

Cronos has built a purpose-built tokenization platform to bring a variety of traditional assets to the blockchain 24/7. The platform fully supports all types of assets from stocks, funds, commodities to complex categories such as insurance, foreign exchange, real estate. Each asset on Cronos is always guaranteed true on-chain ownership, thanks to compliance with strict licensing and regulatory standards in many major financial markets. In addition, assets tokenized on the Cronos chain also have many additional utilities such as:

• Advanced utility features: Tokenization on Cronos not only represents assets, but can also increase the value of use for users. Such as the ability to transfer T+0 instantly, allowing investors to move adjacent assets without having to wait several days to complete like the traditional market. At the same time, users can also earn interest on tokenized stocks by lending or borrowing assets and then farming on the Cronos ecosystem. In addition, the system also ensures the ability to integrate with existing and future DeFi applications, forming a unified and perfect Cronos ecosystem.

• AI Agent Support: Cronos’ infrastructure is designed to be compatible with AI agents from the ground up. This is done through the Cronos AI Agent SDK and the new Proof of Identity standard, which allows AI agents to access, transact, and collaborate with tokenized assets on-chain in a native way.

With the above infrastructure, Cronos hopes to realize the goal of reaching 10 billion USD in tokenized assets from now until 2026. This is considered by Cronos as an important indicator to monitor the development of the secondary infrastructure pillars for RWA in particular and DeFi decentralized finance in general.

Expanding User Reach Through Crypto.com

Cronos leverages its relationship with Crypto.com, a global brand with a network of over 150 million users , to bring its services to the masses. Accordingly, the direct integration with Crypto.com allows a wide range of existing users to access DeFi services on Cronos (such as lending & borrowing, staking) without having to perform complex technicalities.

• The extensive payment network of merchants accepting Crypto.com has now exceeded 10 million eligible merchants and continues to expand. Cronos will integrate on-chain payments for goods and services at these merchants onto Cronos, gradually opening Cronos to millions of users and millions of transactions.

• Top Liquidity: Crypto.com is the world’s largest exchange by spot trading volume with fiat USD. This means that tokenized products on Cronos such as tokenized stocks, bonds or trading will have deep liquidity when traded or collateralized on Crypto.com.

• Preparing for the AI ​​Era: Crypto.com’s next-generation financial project Project Cortex , powered by artificial intelligence (LLM), will be the gateway for humans and AI to easily use the Cronos ecosystem. Through Cortex, users can buy, sell, lend, stake, or even make payments… all on-chain, optimizing UX without having to directly interact with complex interfaces.

With this superior advantage from Crypto.com, it promises to open the door for Cronos to bring millions of new users into the Cronos ecosystem, an advantage that few competitors have.

Stimulating demand for CRO tokens

To strengthen demand and liquidity for Cronos' native $CRO token, the third strategy focuses on public financial markets ETFs, investment funds, and digital treasury companies (DATCo).

Cronos is actively supporting the issuance of $CRO-based ETFs to “supercharge” demand and reach institutional investors. Currently, some prominent partners include 21Shares, Canary Capital, and Trump Media Technology Group (via Digital World Acquisition Corp). These partners plan to bring the $CRO spot ETF to the US and EU markets, creating stable demand through traditional investment channels.

In parallel, Cronos also supports potential digital treasury companies (DATCo) with a $CRO integration strategy, to encourage the purchase and holding of $CRO as part of their asset reserves.

The ambitious goal is to have 20 billion $CRO tokens in circulation through public market channels by 2026. This figure not only reflects Cronos' ambition to increase TVL, but also serves as a measure of success in connecting $CRO to global capital markets.

Canary Capital has filed an S-1 with the SEC for an ETF tracking the price of $CRO in the US, and 21Shares has launched a $CRO ETP for European investors. These moves demonstrate a vision of turning $CRO into a standardized financial asset. In addition, Cronos announced a strategic partnership with Donald Trump (via Trump Media) to support the creation of a $CRO Treasury, despite regulatory warnings from the mainstream market.

The above three pillars (DeFi infrastructure, user access and increasing usage demand) are integrated by Cronos into a unified strategy to boost the application, liquidity and leading position of $CRO on the global blockchain map.

Cronos once emphasized that this strategy is not just a roadmap but a “battle plan”, building technology, reaching users, and creating strong growth momentum.

Progress tracking metrics

Cronos has published metrics to quantify the achievement of its goals and is expected to be completed by 2026. First of all, Cronos has made significant gains : Block time has been reduced by 10x, from 6 seconds to 0.5 seconds . This has resulted in 10x cheaper transaction fees and has led to a 400% increase in daily transactions, along with a 150% increase in daily active users.

Details of key quantitative objectives include:

• 20 billion CRO tokens are accumulated from public market channels (through ETFs, DATCo….).

• $10 billion in real-world assets have been deployed on the ecosystem of tokenized financial assets, commodities, real estate, etc.

• 20 million users in both centralized finance (CeFi) and DeFi use Cronos' services.

Summary

Cronos is shaping an open finance where blockchain is gradually integrated into the traditional financial system. With the advantage of Crypto.com's infrastructure technology, global distribution network and growing interest from institutional investors, Cronos is expected to enter the golden age of on-chain technology. Although there will be potential risks, this strategy clearly reflects Cronos' ambition to realize the commitments of blockchain, tokenize assets and expand the digital asset economy to billions of users.

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