Chromia Price

Chromia (CHR) is a cryptocurrency launched in 2019. The platform operates as an open-source public blockchain and an EVM-compatible Layer-2 enhancement for Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain, straddling categories such as smart contract platforms, gaming, NFTs, decentralized finance, and real-world asset tokenization.

The network’s core differentiator is its relational blockchain model—a design that pairs a custom programming language, Rell, with an archipelago of application-specific sidechains. Rell reads like SQL. Developers issue relational queries directly against on-chain state, collapsing the distance between a database and a ledger. Each dApp spins up its own sidechain, rooted in the main chain, isolating resource consumption and enabling granular fee configuration.

Chromia operates on its own blockchain. Sidechains tether to the Layer-1 main chain without forcing applications into a single shared execution environment. This topology lets developers choose radically different economic models. Some charge users per transaction in CHR, others stake enough tokens to absorb computational costs and offer entirely feeless interactions.

CHR tokens circulate as ERC-20 assets on Ethereum and BEP-20 assets on Binance Smart Chain, linking the Chromia mainnet to broader liquidity pools. On the Chromia network, smart contracts execute via Rell, a language whose relational algebra compiles directly into blockchain state transitions, eliminating the need for separate off-chain indexing. A forthcoming NFT standard, Chromia Originals, extends the capabilities of existing ERC-721 and BEP-721 tokens through an enhancement layer co-developed with the game My Neighbor Alice.

Swedish firm Chromaway AB conceived the project, building atop its earlier enterprise solution Postchain. Or Perelman, Henrik Hjelte, and Alex Mizrahi—the core team—deployed the CHR token in May 2019. Mizrahi’s earlier footprint includes academic analyses of Proof of Stake consensus long before its widespread adoption and foundational work on Colored Coins, the protocol that germinated the concept of tokenized assets on Bitcoin.

The long-range ambition is to give decentralized applications the data-handling fluency of a relational database without sacrificing settlement integrity. By letting developers reason in a familiar SQL-like logic, Chromia courts engineers steeped in traditional stacks while retaining a trustless execution layer. The project effectively aims to dissolve the friction between web2 backends and web3 settlement.

CHR functions as the native transactional and staking unit. Application operators stake CHR to reserve dedicated throughput on their sidechain, which can underwrite zero-fee usage for entire user bases. When an application does not subsidize expenses, CHR serves as a conventional gas token, burning per smart contract invocation and state mutation.

A team that stakes enough CHR transforms the token into infrastructure capacity, effectively removing per-action charges for its community. On sidechains without that subsidy, a trader holds CHR to finalize swaps, settle options, or update positions. Network resources get allocated based on staked balances, making the token a direct lever for provisioning computational bandwidth.

Chromia has a maximum supply of 978,064,789 tokens. Currently, 961,131,915.38 CHR are in circulation. With a market capitalization of $21,614,278, Chromia ranks #830 among all cryptocurrencies.