Crypto.com Reveals $1 Million in CRO Fighter Bonuses for White House UFC Fight

Crypto.com volition co-present a UFC combat sports lawsuit connected the White House grounds June 14, commemorating America's 250th day with the sport's largest-ever combatant bonus pool, according to a weekend announcement from UFC and the crypto exchange.

The speech volition administer $1 cardinal to selected fighters connected the UFC Freedom 250 card, paid retired successful CRO tokens. With CRO precocious trading supra $0.068, the excavation presently represents astir 14.6 cardinal CRO tokens.

“This is the astir historical sporting lawsuit successful history, and it’s a nighttime wherever each azygous combat has the imaginable to beryllium Fight of the Night,” said UFC President and CEO Dana White, successful a statement. “Crypto.com is giving fighters the biggest bonus successful UFC history, with $1 cardinal connected the line. The satellite volition beryllium watching connected June 14.”

The combat paper features lightweight champion Ilia Topuria against interim champion Justin Gaethje successful the main event, portion erstwhile two-division champion Alex Pereira seeks an unprecedented 3rd UFC rubric against Ciryl Gane. The lawsuit volition watercourse connected Paramount+ successful the United States, and coincides with the crypto exchange’s 10th anniversary.

“I tin deliberation of nary amended mode to observe the 10th day of Crypto.com than by making past astatine the White House,” said Kris Marszalek, co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com. “We are humbled to articulation our long-standing partners astatine the UFC and service arsenic co-presenting spouse of Freedom 250—an lawsuit that transcends sport.”

The concern betwixt Crypto.com and UFC dates to 2021, erstwhile the speech became the sport's archetypal Official Fight Kit Partner. The companies person besides collaborated connected authoritative UFC integer collectables, aka NFTs, via the Crypto.com platform. UFC besides has a blockchain tech spouse successful VeChain, and a licensed FIGHT token connected Solana and BNB Chain.

UFC has besides tapped prediction marketplace elephantine Polymarket for an exclusive partnership, and implicit the weekend, 1 trader connected the level scored large connected a “scoring error,” turning a $500 stake into a $252,000 win aft noticing that an incorrect combat result was announced connected the broadcast.

Crypto.com is already intimately aligned with 1 of President Trump’s concern endeavors, linking up with Trump Media & Technology Group for a series of crypto ETF offerings, arsenic good arsenic CRO integrations crossed the firm’s Truth Social and Truth+ platforms. The companies besides teamed for a CRO treasury company, amassing ample quantities of the coin, and a prediction marketplace push.