{"id":71039,"date":"2026-04-12T23:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/crypto-com-puts-up-1-million-cro-bonus-pool-for-fighters-crypto-news-bitcoin-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T23:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T23:26:38","slug":"crypto-com-puts-up-1-million-cro-bonus-pool-for-fighters-crypto-news-bitcoin-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/crypto-com-puts-up-1-million-cro-bonus-pool-for-fighters-crypto-news-bitcoin-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto.com Puts up $1 Million CRO Bonus Pool for Fighters \u2013 Crypto News Bitcoin News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>UFC and <span>Crypto<\/span>.com will hold Freedom 250 at the White House on June 14, marking the U.S. 250th birthday.<\/li>\n<li> <span>Crypto<\/span>.com\u2019s $1 million CRO bonus pool is the largest fighter prize in UFC history, tied to its 10th anniversary.<\/li>\n<li>Ilia Topuria defends the UFC lightweight title against Justin Gaethje; the event streams exclusively on Paramount+.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>UFC Freedom 250 White House Event<\/h2>\n<p>This week, <span>Crypto<\/span>.com <a href=\"https:\/\/crypto.com\/us\/company-news\/ufc-and-cryptocom-team-up-for-historic-white-house-event-ufc-freedom-250-co-presented-by-cryptocom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">disclosed<\/a> it will fund a $1 million bonus pool for selected fighters on the card, paid out in CRO, the native token of the Cronos <span>blockchain<\/span> ecosystem. At current exchange rates recorded on April 11, one million U.S. dollars equaled approximately 14.6 million CRO.<\/p>\n<p>The bonus pool is separate from UFC\u2019s standard Fight of the Night and Performance of the Night awards, which UFC President and CEO Dana White distributes after each event. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/mma-entertainment-giant-ufc-to-pay-fighters-bitcoin-bonuses\/\">UFC<\/a> has not yet released the criteria fighters must meet to qualify for the CRO payout.<\/p>\n<p>White called it the largest bonus in UFC history. \u201cThe world will be watching on June 14,\u201d he said in a statement released with the announcement.<\/p>\n<p> <span>Crypto<\/span>.com Co-Founder and CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-coms-kris-marszalek-unveils-ai-com-ahead-of-super-bowl-ad\/\">Kris Marszalek<\/a> tied the promotion directly to the company\u2019s milestone. \u201cI can think of no better way to celebrate the 10th anniversary of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crypto<\/a>.com than by making history at the White House,\u201d Marszalek said.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership between UFC and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crypto<\/a>.com dates to 2021, when the platform became the organization\u2019s first-ever Official Fight Kit Partner. The release noted that the Freedom 250 bonus pool represents a new layer on that five-year relationship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/cronos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CRO<\/a> functions as the utility token inside the Cronos ecosystem, a decentralized, open-source <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-a-blockchain\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blockchain<\/a> protocol. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/a-quick-introduction-to-crypto\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crypto<\/a>.com has used CRO as part of its rewards and incentive programs for its user base since the token\u2019s introduction.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe src=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/cronos\/embed\" width=\"100%\" style=\"max-height:500px;height:500px;border:none;overflow:hidden;border-radius:4px\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"cronos market data\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The main event at UFC Freedom 250 will pit UFC lightweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ilia_Topuria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ilia Topuria<\/a> against interim lightweight champion Justin Gaethje. Topuria holds the No. 2 pound-for-pound ranking in the organization.<\/p>\n<p>The co-main event features former middleweight and light heavyweight champion <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alex_Pereira\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Pereira<\/a> challenging Ciryl Gane, a former interim heavyweight champion, for the UFC heavyweight title. A Pereira win would give him championships in three separate weight classes, a feat no UFC fighter has accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>The release shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Bitcoin.com News<\/a> notes that the UFC Freedom 250 event will be distributed exclusively by Paramount+ in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>UFC, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NYSE-TKO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TKO<\/a>), stages more than 40 live events per year and distributes programming to more than 950 million households across 210 countries and territories.<\/p>\n<p>The digital asset exchange believes the $1 million CRO pool adds a financial dimension to what UFC is billing as its most high-profile event, with fighter payouts dependent on performance inside the cage rather than simply appearing on the card.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/ufc-freedom-250-at-the-white-house-crypto-com-puts-up-1-million-cro-bonus-pool-for-fighters\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways: UFC and Crypto.com will hold Freedom 250 at the White House on June 14, marking the U.S. 250th birthday. Crypto.com\u2019s $1 million CRO bonus pool is the largest fighter prize in UFC history, tied to its 10th anniversary. Ilia Topuria defends the UFC lightweight title against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":71040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}