# Cronos (CRO) — crypto price, market cap and strength versus Bitcoin

> Cronos trades at $0.0543 with a market capitalisation of $2.8B (rank 35). Over 90 days it is -0.4% against Bitcoin and sits below its 200-day average. Exchange Tokens as a theme is -3.1% against Bitcoin over 13 weeks. Price readings run through 2026-07-31.

## Agent research brief

- What this coin is: Cronos (CRO), a Exchange Tokens token of $2.8B at market-cap rank 35. On-chain activity is sourced from protocol + chain TVL.
- What the tape says: -0.4% versus Bitcoin over 90 days; below its 200-day average. Exchange Tokens as a theme is -3.1% against Bitcoin over 13 weeks.
- What the evidence supports: 39.1/100 inside Exchange Tokens on 69% evidence (38% of it native activity). Treat this as a tape-led lead. Require native activity confirmation before upgrading research priority.
- What is missing: There is no valuation band for any coin on this site: historical market capitalisation is not held, so no PE-style range can be built. Cronos does publish network fees, total value locked, dex volume.

Theme: Exchange Tokens (/mla/crypto/sector/exchange-tokens). Price 2026-07-31; market-cap snapshot 2026-07-04.

## Price, returns and risk

Cronos is -61% over one year, -20.6% over 90 days and -2.6% over 30 days. Annualised 30-day volatility is 54%. Its deepest fall from a high inside the last 90 days is 31%. It trades below its 200-day average, which is falling.

- Price: $0.0543
- Market cap: $2.8B (rank 35)
- Returns: 7d -4.3%; 30d -2.6%; 90d -21%; 180d -31%; 1y -61%
- RS versus Bitcoin, 90d: -0.4%
- 30-day volatility: 54% annualised; deepest 90-day fall 31%
- 200-day average: $0.0705, trading below it

## Protocol economics

Cronos publishes 3 of the six network-economics series this site tracks: network fees, total value locked, dex volume. Network fees over the last four complete quarters is $175.3K. Network activity is evidence about the protocol, not earnings owed to the token. Readings run to the Q2 2026 quarter.

- Network fees: trailing four quarters $175.3K; change -99%; covered 19/20 quarters
- Total value locked: latest quarter $840.0K; change -23%; covered 20/20 quarters
- DEX volume: trailing four quarters $59.1M; change -16%; covered 19/20 quarters

## Research score

Cronos: 39.1/100 — Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete; 12.5 + 8.8 + 10.0 + 7.8 = 39.1; evidence 69%; native evidence 38%; rank 14 of 20 rated Exchange Tokens coins
Decision use: Treat this as a tape-led lead. Require native activity confirmation before upgrading research priority.
This weakens if: The read weakens if 90-day RS versus BTC falls below zero with two weekly closes below the 200-DMA, or native activity contracts for two complete calendar quarters.

No valuation band exists for any coin on this site: historical market capitalisation is not held, so no company-style valuation range can be built.

## Exchange Tokens scorecard

Cronos is one of 25 Exchange Tokens coins here, 20 of which carry enough evidence to be rated and ranked. Cronos ranks 14 of those 20 on 69% evidence. The table below is the theme's own scorecard, in its own order, with this coin marked.

- 1. OKB (OKB): score 68.2; evidence 55%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 2. WhiteBIT Coin (WBT): score 62.2; evidence 50%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 3. LEO Token (LEO): score 62; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 4. BNB (BNB): score 61.7; evidence 55%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 5. HTX DAO (HTX): score 58.5; evidence 42%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 6. MX (MX): score 58.3; evidence 55%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 7. XT.com (XT): score 51.9; evidence 50%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 8. Bitget Token (BGB): score 50.5; evidence 50%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 9. Gate (GT): score 49.9; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 10. NKYC Token (NKYC): score 45.9; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 11. NEXO (NEXO): score 45.6; evidence 55%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 12. BTSE Token (BTSE): score 43.8; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 13. Bit2Me (B2M): score 41; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 14. Cronos (CRO) [this coin]: score 39.1; evidence 69%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 15. KuCoin (KCS): score 39.1; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 16. bitcastle Token (BCE): score 34.4; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 17. HashKey Platform Token (HSK): score 34.3; evidence 55%; Illiquid · research only
- 18. BitMart (BMX): score 32.3; evidence 55%; Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete
- 19. Global Commercial Business (GCB): score 31.7; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only
- 20. MBG By Multibank Group (MBG): score 30.7; evidence 50%; Illiquid · research only

## Limitations

- Crypto network activity is not company earnings. Protocol revenue does not automatically accrue to token holders.
- Market capitalisation is a dated snapshot, not a point-in-time historical supply series, so yields computed against it inherit that lag.
- No valuation band exists for any coin: historical market capitalisation is not held at all.
- Funding rates, open interest, liquidations, exchange flows, unlock schedules and developer activity are not held and are not inferred.
- The research score is relative to this coin's own theme only. It is not comparable across themes and is not an entry signal.

## FAQs

### What is Cronos (CRO)?

Cronos is a Exchange Tokens cryptocurrency tracked here by price, market capitalisation and strength against Bitcoin, with on-chain activity from protocol + chain TVL. It is one of 25 Exchange Tokens coins on this site. Readings are as of 2026-07-31.

### What is the market cap of Cronos?

Cronos's market capitalisation is $2.8B, ranking it 35 in the top-1,000 crypto universe. That figure is a dated snapshot from 2026-07-04, refreshed separately from the daily price series, so it can lag the price shown above.

### Is Cronos beating Bitcoin?

Cronos is -0.4% against Bitcoin over 90 days, and its own theme, Exchange Tokens, is -3.1% over 13 weeks. It trades below its 200-day average as of 2026-07-31.

### Does Cronos have a P/E ratio?

No. There is no company-style P/E or PEG for a crypto token, and no valuation band is shown on this page because the data to build one honestly does not exist: historical market capitalisation is not held, only a current snapshot. Where a protocol publishes fees or revenue, this page shows the yield against that dated snapshot instead.

### What is Cronos's research score?

39.1/100 within Exchange Tokens, ranked 14 of 20 rated Exchange Tokens coins, on 69% evidence: 12.5 + 8.8 + 10.0 + 7.8 = 39.1. It is labelled “Tape-led · on-chain proof incomplete”. The score ranks research attention inside one theme, never portfolio action.

### How much Cronos history does this page show?

Five years of weekly closes where they exist, plus 20 complete calendar quarters of on-chain activity for the metrics Cronos actually publishes. Here that is network fees, total value locked, dex volume.

### Does Cronos generate network fees?

Cronos's trailing twelve-month network fees is $175.3K, down 98.6% on the year-earlier period. Network activity is not token-holder earnings: whether it accrues to the token depends on the protocol's own burn, buyback and distribution rules.