{"id":125380,"date":"2025-03-19T10:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125380"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:17:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T10:17:23","slug":"community-slams-crypto-com-ceo-over-70b-cro-re-issuance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=125380","title":{"rendered":"Community slams Crypto.com CEO over 70B CRO re-issuance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsMajor cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com came under fire following an allegedly manipulated vote leading to a massive token burn reversal on Crypto.com\u2019s Cronos blockchain.
\nCrypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek took to X on March 19 to highlight the firm\u2019s financial and regulatory stability amid the ongoing controversy over the 70 billion Cronos (CRO) token re-issuance.
\nEssentially canceling the 70 billion CRO token burn announced in 2021, the vote on bringing back the tokens has triggered outrage from the community, with many commentators criticizing the CEO for not addressing the issue in his new thread on X.
\n\u201cSo you made $1 billion profit but needed to mine 70 billion CRO instead of using those funds to buy some off the market and help your core community remain positive,\u201d one commentator wrote.
\nSource: Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek\u201cThe largest token burn in history\u201d
\nIn February 2021, a now-deleted Crypto.com post disclosed in February 2021 in a now-deleted post on the Crypto.com blog that the 70 billion CRO token burn was called the \u201clargest token burn in history\u201d with a goal to \u201cfully decentralize the network\u201d at the CRO mainnet launch.
\n\u201cAligned with our belief, and with the CRO chain mainnet launch just around the corner, we are fully decentralizing the chain network,\u201d the blog post said, announcing an immediate burn of 59.6 billion tokens.
\nA screenshot from a now-deleted Crypto.com blog post on the 70 billion CRO token burn. Source: Archive.todayFollowing the immediate 59.6 billion CRO burn, 0.4 billion of the remaining tokens were directed to monthly burns, while another 5.9 billion CRO was sent to block rewards, and 0.9 billion CRO was allocated to Particle B for chain ecosystem development.
\nWhy reverse the burn?
\nIn four years following the burn, a Cronos blog post on March 2 announced a vote on the creation of a Cronos Strategic Reserve by reversing the 2021 token burn.
\n\u201cIn 2021, 70 billion CRO were burnt in one of the most significant burn transactions in history. Under today\u2019s proposal, an equal number of tokens will be re-issued on Cronos POS into a Cronos Strategic Reserve escrow wallet, bringing the total supply back to the initial supply of 100 billion CRO,\u201d the announcement said.
\nAn excerpt from Cronos\u2019 vote proposal on reversing the 2021 CRO token burn. Source: CronosLaunched on March 3, the vote received lots of negative feedback from the community on social media, with many posters urging that the CRO re-issuance was the \u201copposite of what this community wants.\u201d
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\n\u201cI hope that people vote against this, this is a terrible idea,\u201d one commenter said.
\nLast-minute voters approved re-issuance
\nDespite notable community backlash, the vote results came in favor of a Cronos Strategic Reserve, spurring controversy and speculation over alleged vote manipulation.
\n\u201cTotally manipulation to come in at the last minute and vote yes, the CDC [crypto dot com] is as centralized as a blockchain can be, and shouldn\u2019t be since there\u2019s no real governance when 70% of the voting power is in the CDC,\u201d one GitHub commentator wrote.
\nCRO governance voting results show 70% support from the community. Source: MintscanAccording to Laura Shin\u2019s Unchained sources, Crypto.com allegedly controls 70-80% of the total voting power, essentially removing the need for any governance vote at all.
\nFollowing the massive backlash, Crypto.com announced an ask-me-anything event coming on March 25, with the CRO token burn apparently becoming the main issue on the agenda.
\n\u201cLooking forward to catching up with our community on Tuesday,\u201d Crypto.com CEO said in a March 19 post on X, adding the hashtag \u201cMakeCROGreatAgain.\u201d
\nCointelegraph approached Crypto.com for a comment regarding the burn reversal but did not receive a response at the time of publication.
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