Cross (CROSS Protocol) (CROSS) is the native token of CROSS, an EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain built for gaming applications with a live mainnet. The token trades on BNB Smart Chain (BEP-20).
CROSS Protocol is developed by NEXUS Co., Ltd. and stewarded by the Opengame Foundation, and it functions as the network's fuel for transactions, smart contracts, and dApps. The gaming title Ragnarok: Monster World migrated onto CROSS from the Ronin blockchain as an early adopter of the chain.
CROSS differentiates itself through three stated design principles - "Zero Minting," "Zero Reserve," and "Zero Free-Rider" - intended to align token economics with long-term ecosystem participants rather than short-term extraction.
Both its private and public token sales were priced equally at $0.10 per token with no tiered VC discounts, a departure from typical private-round pricing structures. On-chain activity shows roughly $3.2 million in trading volume over a recent seven-day period across more than 37,000 buy and sell transactions, with over 81,000 token holders as of 2026-09-03.
CROSS is a utility token that also carries governance rights within its ecosystem. Holders use CROSS to pay transaction fees, stake toward network validators, participate in protocol governance, and fuel smart contracts and decentralized applications built on the chain.
CROSS launched through a private sale that raised $10 million by selling 100,000,000 tokens (10% of total supply) at $0.10 each. Pricing was equal for all private participants, with no tiered discounts.
A public sale followed at the same $0.10 price, running for one week starting May 15, 2025, and required connecting a Binance Wallet and completing KYC. The BNB Smart Chain token listing coincided with the migration of the game Ragnarok: Monster World onto CROSS from the Ronin blockchain.
Cross (CROSS Protocol) (CROSS) is deployed on BNB Smart Chain as a BEP-20 token. Project materials describe CROSS as its own EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain with a live mainnet and its own validator set, for which the BNB Chain instance functions as the tradable native token.
CROSS token holders can stake toward network validators, tying validator participation to token holdings.
Henry Chang is the founder of CROSS Protocol, previously CEO of Wemade and its Wemix Network, and widely credited as founder of Wemix. He also serves as CEO of NEXUS Co., Ltd., the development company behind CROSS, and was appointed an internal director of NEXUS in February 2025.
The broader team is described as veteran game makers and blockchain engineers drawn from studios including Nexon, LINE Games, and Wemade. A NEXUS-affiliated individual reportedly committed $2 million to the private token sale at the same price as other investors.
NEXUS Co., Ltd. (formerly Action Square), a KOSDAQ-listed South Korean company, develops CROSS Protocol.
Network-level stewardship sits with the Opengame Foundation (OGF), a Switzerland-based non-profit responsible for maintaining protocol integrity, funding research and developer grants, and promoting gamer ownership and blockchain adoption among developers.
CROSS token holders participate in protocol governance alongside validator staking, giving the token a direct role in network decision-making.
Individual games within the ecosystem can additionally run on-chain governance for guilds or factions, a game-level layer distinct from protocol governance. Overarching stewardship of the network rests with the Opengame Foundation, a non-profit tasked with protocol integrity and ecosystem funding.
CertiK's Skynet audit score for CROSS stands at 92.45 (AA rating) across 27 audits as of 2026-08-31. The most recent audit, dated August 31, 2026, used manual review and static analysis and found no critical or major issues, one resolved medium-severity design issue, three resolved minor issues, and one acknowledged informational issue.
CertiK has not verified team or third-party KYC, and no active bug bounty or formal verification is in place. Holder concentration is high, with the top 10 wallets holding 98% of supply, and DEX liquidity relative to market cap ranks thinner than most lowcap peers.