1.17B reserve coins unlock monthly. Burns barely dent it.
CRO runs Cronos: 49.55B coins circulate, about half the supply. A 70B reserve unlocks monthly until March 2030.
Sell pressure. Three reserve tranches added 3.50B CRO in 90 days, and staking minted 190.9M more at a shrinking rate. Three more tranches come by Dec 16 2026.
Buy pressure. A vote burned 228.0M CRO on Oct 3 2026. A revenue buyback was approved but has not started.
Net. Net, supply grew about 6.99% in 90 days, and about 7.38% next.
Stakers are paid in new CRO every block. Since May 20 2026 the rate shrinks by 6.8% a month, so it fell from 0.88% to 0.72% a year in this window. Supply measured at both ends rose by 190.87M CRO — the same figure the reward rate predicts. The next 90 days should bring about 155.8M.
The 70B CRO Strategic Reserve, re-created by a March 2025 vote, unlocks 1.17B CRO every month until March 2030. Three tranches unlocked in this window (Jul 17, Aug 17 and Sep 16 2026), and each was moved out of the reserve within two weeks. Three more unlock on Oct 17, Nov 16 and Dec 16 2026 — another 3.50B. 49.0B CRO is still locked.
Unlocked reserve coins go to a team wallet that now holds 12.62B CRO (up 4.17B in 90 days; it sent 500M on Sep 13 2026). An older team wallet holds 5.83B and did not move; the community pool holds 10.4M after the burn and a staking-bonus pot 45.9M. All are already counted as circulating, so spending them adds no new supply. Trump Media reported 756.1M CRO on Jun 30 2026, mostly under a sale limit; its CRO treasury deal with Crypto.com was called off in August 2026.
No bankruptcy estate or court-ordered release holds CRO. The only long lock is the Strategic Reserve, counted in the vesting row above.
A vote that passed on Oct 3 2026 sends all revenue from two Cronos products into buying CRO and burning it every month. The buying contract is still being built and no revenue figure is published yet, so nothing has been bought. Bought coins will go to the burn address, which we read on-chain.
15% of new CRO goes to a community pool, and holders vote now and then to burn it. A vote passed on Oct 3 2026 and sent 228.0M CRO to the burn address — the fifth burn, 428.0M in all. Burns are rare (the last one was in March 2025), so none is counted for the next 90 days; about 23M CRO will collect in the pool.
Neither the team nor any project treasury bought CRO in this window. The planned company that would have bought CRO for its treasury was dropped in August 2026.
Since May 2026 stakers can lock CRO for 1, 2 or 4 years for a bonus, and about 14.47B CRO is staked. Staked and locked CRO still counts as circulating, so more locking takes nothing out of the float.
Two sides: how much people want CRO right now, and how much buying could come later.
This part is based on social media. It shows how hot CRO is right now. A better rank means more people are talking about it.
Today, people are talking about CRO for two reasons:
This month's unlock from the CRO reserve was about 1.17 billion coins, near 2.33% of the coins in use and about $67 million at $0.057. It happens every month, and CRO has slid from about $0.061 on Oct 11 2026 to $0.057. People ask who buys all these new coins each month, and if the price can rise while unlocks go on.
On Oct 15 2026, Crypto.com launched Predict Pro for US users, with order books, five order types and combos of 2 to 20 predictions on events like elections, sports and Fed decisions. CRO is the token of the Crypto.com world. People ask if more Crypto.com products will mean more demand for CRO, or if the two stay separate.
Checked Oct 17 2026
By the law of supply and demand, Cronos's long-run signal is negative (Oct 18 2026, score 3.5/10). New supply: +7.38% in the next 90 days. Demand: moderate (3/5). Cronos's price drivers: 0 ▲ price up, 1 ▼ price down.
Cronos is not dead: it still holds a $2.94B market cap and moderate demand (3/5) on Oct 13 2026. The mood is weak, though. The Trump-linked CRO ETFs were pulled, and only Canary and 21Shares still wait. Our supply-and-demand read for Cronos stays negative.
Mostly heavy new supply: Cronos adds about 7.38% more CRO in 90 days and 29.21% in a year (Oct 13 2026). On top, Trump Media holds 756M CRO and may sell up to 68M, and a House probe into Crypto.com has answers due Oct 13 2026. Our supply-and-demand read for Cronos stays negative.
At $1, Cronos would be worth about $49.6B in total — about 17 times its $2.92B market cap today (Oct 18 2026, about 5.89 cents a coin). Cronos's supply also grows +29.21% in the next year, so every extra coin needs buyers too. Our supply-and-demand read for Cronos stays negative.
Cronos's signal is negative for now. Cronos's signal would turn if new supply keeps arriving (+7.38% in 90 days), or demand falls from moderate, or CRO ETFs keeps pointing down. The next date on Cronos's calendar: Due Oct 13 2026 — Probe answers due.
Cronos sits at 3.5/10 today (Oct 18 2026): supply 0.5/5, demand 3/5. One more year adds +29.21% to Cronos's supply. Long-run signal: negative.
By the law of supply and demand, the better time to buy Cronos is when its new supply is low, demand is high and its price drivers point up. Cronos today: +7.38% new supply in 90 days (flooding), demand moderate (3/5), drivers 0 ▲ / 1 ▼.
Right now 3 things drive Cronos's price (0 ▲, 1 ▼). • Trump Media's CRO: Holds 756M CRO; may sell up to 68M since Aug 26 2026. • Crypto.com itself: House probe answers due Oct 13 2026; chain rolled back Aug 30. ▼ CRO ETFs: Trump-linked CRO ETFs pulled; Canary and 21Shares still wait.
Side by side on Oct 18 2026: Cronos at 3.5/10 with a negative signal, Bitcoin at 8.5/10 with a positive signal. By supply and demand, Cronos is the weaker of the two.
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We look at two things, half each: supply and demand. Fewer new coins mean less selling pressure. A meme coin scores 1.5 at most on supply: its team got its coins for free, so no new supply does not make it safe. We also show each coin's age, with a warning when it is younger than 1 year. Demand looks at how much people want the coin now and how much buying could come later. Price Drivers (Beta) are the 2 or 3 things that can move one coin's price that supply and demand miss; they have no score. CRO supply grows +7.38% in the next 90 days, so it shows in red: more CRO reaches the market than is removed. Zero or falling supply is always green, any growth is red.
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