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On November 14, 2026, the official Cronos zkEVM bridge showed a countdown: 200 days. On June 3, 2027 at 3:00 AM UTC, Cronos zkEVM Alpha will be switched off permanently, as Cronos announced in June. For the step-by-step withdrawal process, read our guide Cronos zkEVM Alpha Shuts Down on June 3, 2027: How to Withdraw. This article looks at something else: what is still on the network, and who still needs to act.
From $38 million to half a million
According to DefiLlama, the value locked on Cronos zkEVM peaked at about $38 million in November 2024. It then declined steadily:
- about $11.8 million in November 2025;
- about $5.6 million on June 2, 2026, the day before the shutdown was announced;
- about $1.1 million on July 1, 2026;
- about $521,000 on November 14, 2026.
Most of the money left within a month of the announcement. What remains is a long tail of smaller balances.
The chain itself is almost idle. Cronos zkEVM produces a block only when there is activity. Reading the network directly, we counted exactly 2,000 blocks between November 10 at 21:15 UTC and November 14 at 15:37 UTC, a little over three and a half days, and the blocks we sampled each held a single transaction.
What the official bridge says
The Cronos zkEVM bridge now displays: "Cronos zkEVM Bridge is closing. Please withdraw your funds as soon as possible." Deposits are disabled, and only withdrawals work. The page warns that access to funds "may be limited" after June 3, 2027. Cronos' announcement adds that withdrawals need zkCRO to pay gas, so keep some until the end.
Who is still there
DefiLlama's protocol data on November 14 shows these apps with value on Cronos zkEVM:
Veno Finance: about $3.2 million
Veno powers zkCRO, vETH and vUSD, the yield-bearing tokens used across zkEVM. DefiLlama still counts about $3.2 million of Veno value on the network, down from about $3.8 million on June 2. DefiLlama counts this figure separately from the chain total above, so the two numbers cannot simply be added. Holders of zkCRO, vETH or vUSD should follow the withdrawal steps of the bridge.
Amply Finance: lending, still open
Amply is a lending market native to zkEVM. On November 14, its homepage showed $252,412 supplied and $82,104 borrowed, and still promoted new features and rewards. We saw no shutdown notice on the page. DefiLlama shows Amply's value locked down from about $544,000 on June 2 to about $209,000.
Lending on a network that is closing carries a particular risk: borrowers must repay before suppliers can withdraw everything. If you supplied assets to Amply, check how much you can withdraw today, and watch the project's official channels.
H2 Finance: the zkEVM DEX
H2 Finance describes itself as "the first decentralized exchange (DEX) on the new Cronos zkEVM chain". Its V2 and V3 pools held about $183,000 on November 14, against about $3.4 million on June 2, according to DefiLlama. Its homepage still shows a roadmap and features marked "Soon!", and we found no shutdown notice there. Liquidity in individual pools is now small: under $100,000 for the largest pair listed.
Others
- Fulcrom (perpetuals): about $36,000 left, from about $434,000 on June 2.
- Ebisu's Bay (DEX): about $20,000 left, from about $121,000.
- Moonlander (perpetuals): about $5,900 left. Its website now says it is being sunset, on zkEVM and on Cronos EVM.
- Symbiosis (cross-chain bridge): about $69,000 counted on zkEVM.
What to do now
- Close positions first: remove liquidity on H2, withdraw from Amply, close perps, unstake tokens.
- Then bridge out through the official bridge only, and withdraw zkCRO last, since you need it for gas.
- Do not wait for a project announcement. Cronos asked each app to publish its own wind-down instructions. Several apps still show none on their homepage. That is not a reason to stay.
- Ignore "migration helpers" in direct messages. Use only links from cronos.com and the apps' official sites, and revoke old approvals with How to Revoke Token and NFT Approvals on Cronos.
Sources: the official Cronos zkEVM bridge, the Cronos blog post "Sunsetting the Cronos zkEVM Alpha in 2027" (June 3, 2026), DefiLlama (chain and protocol data), amply.finance, h2.finance, moonlander.trade and our own reading of the Cronos zkEVM network, all on November 14, 2026. This article is for information only. Always do your own research. Nothing on MemesOnCronos is financial advice.
