A governance proposal by Cronos, a Layer 1 blockchain associated with crypto exchange Crypto.com, which sought to reissue 70 billion CRO tokens ($5.6 billion) previously burned in 2021, was approved on Monday — albeit with heavy influence from Crypto.com.
The proposal’s approval means that the total supply of CRO tokens will return to its original cap of 100 billion, with the newly issued tokens allocated to a “strategic reserve wallet” and placed under a multi-year vesting schedule.
This comes as Crypto.com plans to file an exchange-traded fund application for CRO, aiming to tap into the growing institutional interest in crypto, according to the proposal.
From the voting data provided on Mintscan, it appears that independent validators largely opposed the proposal, but a few large validators closely associated with Crypto.com tipped the scales.
This approval has been met with critical reactions. Detractors cited a sudden surge of 3.35 billion CRO tokens in the final moments of the voting period and labeled it a display of centralization.
Andre Cronje, co-founder of Sonic, commented sharply on the outcome. "Tomorrow Cronos goes from a $2.5 billion market cap to an $8.5 billion market cap with a single vote and all it needed was a single voter," said Cronje. "Decentralization doesn’t matter, until it does," he added.
The voting, which took place from March 2 to March 16, initially saw the yes votes surpass the no votes by a slight margin until the last day, and the proposal also struggled to meet the needed 33% quorum. However, an influx of votes in the last hours of the voting period pushed the participation from below the required 33% quorum to a final turnout of over 70%.
This was mainly due to large validators seemingly tied to Crypto.com, such as Electron, Antares and Minotaur IV. The proposal passed with 62.1% voting yes, 17.6% voting no, 20.1% asking to abstain, and 0.11% vetoing. Electron, Antares and Minotaur IV accounted for more than 72% of votes.
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