Key Highlights:
- Trump Media Group CRO Strategy announces CRO asset treasury.
- Crypto.com, is the major partner in this initiative.
- The treasury has $1 billion worth or CRO.
Trump Media Group CRO Strategy has revealed its plan to build a $6.42 billion U.S. Dollar Treasury to acquire CRO, the native token of the Cronos ecosystem. With this plan, it includes forming Trump Media Group CRO Strategy , Inc., through a merger with Yorkville Acquisition Corp. ($YORK). This new entity will be trading under the ticker $MCGA, which is an acronym for “Make CRO Great Again.” This announcement was made public by Crypto.com and Trump Media today, August 26, 2025.
Largest Holder of CRO Tokens and Market Impact
Once the project is complete, Trump Media Group CRO Strategy will become the world’s largest holder of CRO, by owning approximately 6.3 billion tokens valued at roughly $1 billion. This will represent somewhere around 19% of the total market capitalization as per the announcement.
Also, in addition to this announcement, Trump Technology Media Group ($DJT) has acquired $105 million worth of CRO tokens, while Crypto.com has invested around $50 million in Trump Media shares, which will bring the total CRO under the Trump Media umbrella to somewhere around 7 billion tokens.
Strategic Partners
With this partnership, the CRO token will become the official platform token for Truth Social, Donald Trump’s social media platform. This move is just beyond simple integration, it will position CRO as the backbone of Truth Social’s digital economy. It is being said that the users will be able to earn CRO through rewards, and spend it on app subscriptions, and even use it for several services. This will be creating a closed-loop ecosystem which will be powered by the CRO token.
Also, the integration is designed in such a way that it will increase user engagement and retain members as this will provide members real, transferable value tied to their activity. To support all of this, Crypto.com will provide the wallet infrastructure and make sure that the rewards can be easily converted into CRO and can be safely stored.
This wallet system, additionally, will allow users to manage their balances, transact directly within the platform and expand the utility of the token.
As the announcement was made, the price of the CRO token surged. At press time, the price of the token stands at $0.2101 with a surge of 30.3% in the last 24 hours as per CoinGecko.
Strong Cash Position and Massive Credit Backing
The initiative will start over $200 million in cash which is set to buy more CRO tokens. Along with this, Crypto.com and Trump Media Group will be adding $100 million each and Yorkville is adding $20 million, which brings the grand total to $420 million right away.
Apart from this, Yorkville is also providing a $5 billion credit line. With this funding, the initiative can buy more tokens that are far beyond its starting funds.
Unmatched Scale and Long-Term Commitment
Unmatched money is being poured into this initiative. If this had to be compared, then for Ethereum to have the same kind of influence, the ETH whales would have to collect hundreds of billions worth of ETH. This huge support also indicates that the initiative believes in CRO’s growth and long-term use.
Staking and Revenue Generation
The company is also planning to stake its CRO holdings. This will expand its CRO balance and generate a good amount of revenue through staking rewards. This will create income streams that will drive growth and increase the shareholder values.
Lockup Commitments and Investor Opportunities
All three of these companies have been locked-in for a four-year lockup period. For the first 12 months, no shares can be sold. After these 12 months, only a few parts will be unlocked every 6-12 months. Around 13% of shares will trade publicly, mostly held by original $YORK investors.
$CRO to Hit $1 Mark?
An X (formerly known as Twitter) user Hugobossai, had posted on August 24, 2025, and highlighted that $CRO’s weekly pattern looked exactly like its 2021 run to $1. Now, with today’s news there is a strong possibility that CRO might bring in strong institutional backing and could be a catalyst that could push the price to the $1 mark.
It looks like the history might just be repeating itself but we will have to wait and see if CRO really makes the same move again.
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