Major pump: Crypto.com Chain (CRO) soared 168% in a day

A cryptocurrency had bulls for breakfast this Tuesday, with steroids as a topping. Crypto.com Chain, a blockchain project which reportedly enables instant crypto transactions, saw its native token CRO jump as much as 168 percent today. The crazy upsurge pushed the project’s market valuation from a modest $72-75 million range to above $200 million. As of 1300 GMT, CRO was trading at $0.052, down 13.416 percent from its intraday high.

The CRO volume posted circa $682 million worth of trades, quoted the most against bitcoin, South Korean Won, and ether, per the 24-hour adjusted timeframe. New York-based crypto exchange Bittrex contributed the maximum to the said daily volume. The exchange, albeit not entirely regulated, claims that it complies with the existing US laws. It also has a strong presence in Malta, a loosely regulated region for crypto companies. There is a possibility that Bittrex’s US customers didn’t contribute much to the CRO’s doubtful rally.

The other exchange that hosted almost 47% of the overall CRO trades today was GOPAX. The South Korean trading platform is among the few that passed a self-regulatory test, conducted per the Korean Financial Services Commission’s (FSC) guidelines last year. There is an unlikeliness of volume manipulation.

Crypto.com recently went on to an exchange listing spree. Following Bittrex, the project announced today that Indodax would start offering CRO-enabled trading pairs on its platform from March 14. In the same announcement, Crypto.com Chain said that it was partnering with an Indonesia-based dropship e-commerce company Yoshugi Media Group. The partnership eyes local adoption for CRO as the token replaces costly payment options with its blockchain-enabled settlement service.

Big Fat Pump: Crypto.com Chain (CRO) Jumps 168% in a Day, CCN, Mar 12