# Trump Media Closes Deal Acquiring 684M CRO Tokens

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Sep 5, 2025*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/read/trump-media-closes-deal-acquiring-684m-cro-tokens*

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Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) announced Friday it had acquired 684.4 million Cronos (CRO) tokens from Crypto.com, paying roughly $0.15 per token in a 50/50 mix of stock and cash. The deal values the token purchase at around $178 million and represents 2% of the total CRO supply in circulation.

### What’s the Scoop?
- **Strategic acquisition:** The CRO purchase is part of a broader partnership between Trump Media and Crypto.com that includes integrating CRO into the Truth Social and Truth+ platforms for a future rewards system.
- **Bigger CRO ambitions:** Trump Media is also backing a new entity, Trump Media Group CRO Strategy Inc., which has entered into a deal with Yorkville Acquisition Corp to become a dedicated CRO-focused digital asset treasury firm. 
- **Conditional valuation:** While companies described the broader partnership as worth up to $6.4 billion, most of that value hinges on future credit line drawdowns. 
- **Trump-linked crypto surge:** The move follows a busy week of Trump-affiliated crypto headlines, including the public launch of World Liberty Financial tokens and the Nasdaq debut of American Bitcoin.
[Trump Media Goes All-In on Crypto.com Partnership on BanklessTrump Media is putting the CRO token at the center of its Truth Social ecosystem and will create a treasury company for the token.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-536.png)BanklessBankless Aug 26, 2025 • 1 min read![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/thumbnail/NL_trump_082625.jpg)](https://www.bankless.com/read/trump-media-goes-all-in-on-crypto-com-partnership)
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