$CHR is Chromia, a “relational blockchain.” The difference from most L1s is that it opens a dedicated chain for each dapp, instead of having all applications compete for block space on a single chain. The project team, ChromaWay, was founded in 2014 in Stockholm. The founders are Henrik Hjelte, Alex Mizrahi, and Or Perelman. In February 2026, Or Perelman was promoted from COO to CEO, replacing Henrik Hjelte.
The mainnet went live on July 16, 2024—not that early.
On Binance, it launched on May 7, 2020, through the 8th round of community voting, beating SWFTC at the time. Here’s a detail worth noting: it wasn’t through Launchpad or Megadrop—it was via voting. The rules back then were different from today.
It has no risk label. I specifically checked this because I saw a piece of information that is easy to misread: on April 6, 2026, it was included in Binance’s “Small-Cap Liquidity Boost Program.” That is a market maker rebate incentive, not Monitoring or Seed. These two things are easy to confuse, but their meanings are completely different. In reality, its only labels are the industry tracks: Layer1, NFT, RWA, and AI.
Regarding market cap: according to CoinGecko, circulating supply equals total supply—about 975 million coins—with a market cap of roughly $24 million, ranking 822. There’s a data mismatch here: the circulating supply from the Binance API is 999.9 million coins, which is more than the exchange’s own maximum supply figure of 978 million coins—logically that doesn’t add up. I trust CoinGecko’s figures because they are consistent with the official cap of 978 million.
It is currently down 98.3% from its all-time high. The all-time high was $1.49, reached on November 20, 2021.
The staking mechanism works like this: the system provider requires 600,000 tokens per node, and the node provider needs 300,000 tokens. The base annualized yield for delegators is about 3%, and the unbonding period takes 14 days. Note that EVM staking was stopped on April 1, 2026.
There are two signals I think should be recorded. First, its monthly updates have stopped starting June 2026; the last edition was May 31. Second, in February 2026, the official removed “Governance” from the roadmap. Neither of these is an incident by itself, but taken together, at least it suggests the project’s public communication cadence is slowing down.
I couldn’t find the list of investors. The only verifiable item is that in September 2024 the project team set up a $20 million ecosystem fund on its own—that is self-owned capital, not funding.
Today it’s up 43%, and the volume/turnover is the strongest on the board—some hour’s trading volume reached 134x the 24-hour average.
This article compiles public information and personal views and does not constitute any investment advice. The data comes from exchange announcements, CoinGecko, and official project documentation; there may be lags or errors—please verify on your own.