{"id":798,"date":"2022-01-02T15:17:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=798"},"modified":"2022-01-02T15:17:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T15:17:32","slug":"how-cronos-gained-1-billion-tvl-in-a-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoheretostay.com\/?p=798","title":{"rendered":"How Cronos gained $1 billion+ TVL in a month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\r\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"totafreearti-20\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\r\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\r\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\r\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"crypto\";\r\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\r\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\r\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\r\namzn_assoc_rows =\"1\";\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cronos is a new chain whose TVL reached $1.5 billion on December 13th, just one month since its Nov. 8 mainnet beta launch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cronos isn\u2019t any new crypto project\u2014it\u2019s Crypto.com\u2019s solution to provide decentralized applications to its 10 million users and beyond, substantially growing the DeFi and DApp ecosystem.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Built on the Cosmos SDK, developers will be able to migrate their DApps and smart contracts from Ethereum and EVM-compatible chains to the Cronos faster and cheaper than before.<\/p>\n<h2>Cronos Data<\/h2>\n<p>Starting from $4.8M, Cronos\u2019 TVL saw a 3125% growth to its peak of $1.5 billion within 35 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Footprint Analytics: Cronos TVL<\/p>\n<p>The price of Crypto.com\u2019s token CRO had an insane surge in November to about $0.95, mainly because of aggressive advertising, before dropping to $0.52 on December 18th.<\/p>\n<p>Footprint Analytics: CRO Price<\/p>\n<p>The main category for projects on Cronos is DEX and yield, but the incentive plans, such as the CRO EVM Fund, aim to attract a greater diversity of projects.<\/p>\n<p>Footprint Analytics: TVL categories<\/p>\n<p>The TVL is dominated by VVS Finance, a DEX, and CronaSwap, also a DEX. According to Footprint Flash, the TVL of VVS Finance hit an all-time high on Dec. 13 with a TVL of $1.12 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Footprint Analytics: Proportion of DEX TVLFootprint Analytics: VVS Finance TVL<\/p>\n<h2>What drove Cronos\u2019 growth?<\/h2>\n<p>Cronos received $100 million from blockchain accelerator Particle B\u2019s Ecosystem Grant Program, establishing the CRO EVM Fund to help developers and partners.<\/p>\n<p>Cronos also announced a $500,000 prize pool for the Cronos Hackathon, which aims to encourage developers to submit early-stage projects and ideas to the Cronos ecosystem in the areas of DeFi, NFT, GameFi, Web3, and metaverse.<\/p>\n<h2>Ambitious brand promotion<\/h2>\n<p>Crypto.com has spared no expense in promotion, embarking on an aggressive brand advertising strategy. In June, Formula 1 announced Crypto.com as a long-term partner. In October, \u200b\u200bCrypto.com rolled out a global brand campaign supported by several recent sponsorship announcements. In November, the Staples Center became known as Crypto.com Arena.<\/p>\n<h2>Developer-friendly ecosystem<\/h2>\n<p><strong>EVM compatibility<\/strong>: Built on Ethermint, Cronos supports the rapid launch of DApps and smart contracts from EVM-compatible chains.<strong>Scalability<\/strong>: Cronos can process more transactions than Ethereum, making it faster, cheaper and user-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>Cronos also has a span team of thousands of staff and a well-established ecosystem.<\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Crypto.com has created a one-stop platform for crypto. It has everything a crypto newbie or native would want in a platform. Trading in spot and derivatives, centralized and decentralized finance, NFTs, point-of-sale solutions, and staking incentives are all available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Cronos is also on an uptrend, locking in $1.29 billion in TVL within a month, according to data from Footprint Analytics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Cronos isn\u2019t succeeding on name recognition alone, but also offers an ecosystem and incentives that are highly effective in luring developers.<\/p>\n<p>Data Source: Cronos Dashboard<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>This report was brought to you by Footprint Analytics.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>What is Footprint<\/h2>\n<p>Footprint Analytics is an all-in-one analysis platform to visualize blockchain data and discover insights. It cleans and integrates on-chain data so users of any experience level can quickly start researching tokens, projects and protocols. 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