Key Takeaways:

• UFC and Crypto.com will hold Freedom 250 at the White House on June 14, marking the U.S. 250th birthday.
• Crypto.com’s $1 million CRO bonus pool is the largest fighter prize in UFC history, tied to its 10th anniversary.
• Ilia Topuria defends the UFC lightweight title against Justin Gaethje; the event streams exclusively on Paramount+.

UFC Freedom 250 White House Event

This week, Crypto.com disclosed it will fund a $1 million bonus pool for selected fighters on the card, paid out in CRO, the native token of the Cronos blockchain ecosystem. At current exchange rates recorded on April 11, one million U.S. dollars equaled approximately 14.6 million CRO.

The bonus pool is separate from UFC’s standard Fight of the Night…