White House Knockout: Crypto.com Slams $1M CRO Bonuses Into UFC's Most Historic Fight Night

Crypto.com is co-presenting a UFC fight at the White House on June 14, and they're putting their money where their mouth is—$1 million worth of CRO tokens to be exact. Because apparently, nothing says "making America great again" quite like settling fighter bonuses in crypto at 7 cents a pop. The exchange will distribute the funds to selected fighters on the UFC Freedom 250 card, commemorating America's 250th birthday with the sport's largest-ever fighter bonus pool. At CRO's current price above $0.068, that $1 million represents nearly 14.6 million CRO tokens. For those keeping score at home, that's roughly 14.6 million reasons for fighters to suddenly become very interested in their DeFi wallets.

"This is the most historic sporting event in history," said UFC President Dana White. "Crypto.com is giving fighters the biggest bonus in UFC history, with $1 million on the line. The world will be watching on June 14." Look, Dana's not wrong—if you're going to fight at the actual seat of American political power, you might as well get paid in the currency of political chaos.

The card features lightweight champion Ilia Topuria against interim champion Justin Gaethje in the main event, while former two-division champion Alex Pereira looks to add a third UFC title against Ciryl Gane. That's a stacked