Kronos (CRO), a leading blockchain ecosystem operated by Ethereum and Cosmos, recently announced a partnership with Exaion, a subsidiary of EDF, Europe’s largest power group. According to Cronos, through this collaboration, Exaion will join the Cronos EVM network as a validator node, further strengthening its commitment to participate in leading blockchain protocols.
Exaion joins Cronos as a validator
Exaion’s integration into the Cronos network is an important step toward improving the stability and security of the blockchain. Exaion will play a key role in decentralized transaction verification by becoming one of 32 validators for the open-source Cronos EVM protocol. Validators are responsible for creating or verifying new blocks approximately every 5-6 seconds and contribute to both governance and network updates.
This partnership is consistent with Cronos’ strategy to collaborate with open source contributors and validators with recognized technical expertise. Other notable contributors to the Cronos ecosystem include Crypto.com, Blockdaemon, and Allnodes.
Strategic Development and Community Impact
“The Cronos ecosystem brings cryptocurrency-based developers and communities together with mainstream users and established enterprises. Our partnership with Exaion is a strategic development that enhances the Cronos brand,” said Ken Timsit, Managing Director of Cronos Labs. Emphasized its importance. “It brings new talent and expertise to the ecosystem and strengthens Cronos’ participation in the French blockchain community.”
Fatih Balyeli, CEO of Exaion, also expressed his enthusiasm: “We are impressed by the technical depth of Cronos developers and the passion of the Cronos user community for use cases such as decentralized finance, NFTs, and Web3 gaming. Cronos is a valuable company. Avalanche, Bitcoin, Ethereum, EWF, Starknet, “It joins Tezos, Polkadot, Moonbeam, and Polygon in the curated list of blockchain protocols we support as validators.”
Introduction to Kronos
Cronos is a leading blockchain ecosystem, partnering with Crypto.com and over 500 application developers and contributors, representing a user base of over 100 million users globally. Cronos’ mission is to drive self-custodial adoption in Web3, with a focus on decentralized finance and gaming.
The Cronos universe includes three chains: Cronos EVM, an Ethereum-compatible blockchain built on the Cosmos SDK; Cronos POS, the Cosmos chain for payments and NFTs; There is Cronos zkEVM, a high-performance layer 2 network secured by Ethereum. Cronos is one of the top 15 blockchain ecosystems, managing over $6 billion in user assets and processing over 150 million transactions since its inception.
About Exsion
Founded in 2020 by Fatih Balyeli and Laurent Bernou-Mazars, Exaion is a subsidiary of the EDF Group. The company supports the industry’s digital transformation through responsible and sustainable approaches, including upgrading aging supercomputers, decarbonizing electricity, and recovering waste heat. Exaion’s mission focuses on accelerating data processing, security, and user access control. Its Montreal-based subsidiary, Exaion Inc., serves North American stakeholders. More details can be found on the official website.
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