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Fulcrom Finance has been running perpetual futures on Cronos since early 2023. In November 2026, it is the largest one left: Moonlander, its main local rival, has disabled new trades and is shutting down. Fulcrom is still open, still processing trades and still earning fees. Its liquidity, however, tells a different story.
What Fulcrom is
Fulcrom is a decentralized perpetual exchange. Traders open long or short positions with leverage, up to 200x according to its homepage, on assets such as BTC, ETH and CRO. It runs on Cronos EVM, zkSync Era and Cronos zkEVM. According to its documentation, it is part of the Cronos Labs incubation program.
The key piece is the Fulcrom Liquidity Pool (FLP). As its documentation explains, FLP is the counterparty to every trade. When traders win, their profit comes out of FLP. When they lose, their losses go into it. In exchange, FLP holders receive 60% of all fees. FUL stakers receive 20% and the Fulcrom treasury 20%, according to the revenue-share page.
What works
It earns real fees
Over the 30 days to November 14, 2026, Fulcrom generated about $108,000 in fees, second on Cronos only to VVS Finance (about $157,000 across its V2 and V3 pools), according to DefiLlama. Swaps through its pool added up to about $11.7 million over the same period, and daily swap volume was higher in November than in October.
It is still running
On November 14, Fulcrom's homepage showed live trades, $1.12 million of open interest and a lifetime trading volume of $15.64 billion. The trading platform was open, unlike Moonlander's.
Some safeguards
Fulcrom has a circuit breaker that pauses trading on a token if its price drops 20% within five minutes, and caps short positions per token. Its contracts were audited by SlowMist, according to its security page.
What raises questions
The pool has shrunk fast
According to DefiLlama, the value locked in Fulcrom on Cronos was:
- about $11.9 million on August 29, 2026, the day before the Tectonic exploit;
- about $13.3 million on October 6;
- about $9.2 million on October 16;
- about $4.8 million on November 5;
- about $1.3 million on November 14.
We checked the pool directly. On November 14, the FLP Manager contract reported about $1.39 million of assets under management, for about 1.51 million FLP in circulation. We do not know why the pool shrank: withdrawals by liquidity providers, losses to traders or both.
Why it matters: FLP is what pays winning traders. A smaller pool can absorb less, which is why Fulcrom limits open interest per token. For FLP holders, a smaller pool means each large winning trade weighs more on the value of their share. Fulcrom's homepage advertised a 118% APR for FLP on November 14. That figure is the platform's own estimate, not a guaranteed return, and a high yield on a shrinking pool is a signal to look closer, not a reason to deposit.
Its own price oracle
Fulcrom does not price trades directly from an external oracle. According to its oracle page, trade prices and liquidations come from its own internal oracle, checked against Pyth. When the two differ by more than 2.5%, Fulcrom applies a spread. The documentation itself warns that liquidation points can differ from what traders see on Pyth-based charts. This gives the team more control over pricing, and users more to trust.
One address in the live feed
On November 14, every trade shown in the live feed on Fulcrom's homepage came from the same address, ending in 8cd8. This is a snapshot of one moment. It says nothing certain about the volume as a whole, and nothing about who is behind that address.
An anonymous team and old documentation
Fulcrom's team page describes "experienced professionals" but names nobody. Many documentation pages, including the team page, the security page and the tokenomics, were last updated two to three years ago. The fees page still announces a "limited time" discount to celebrate the Cronos zkEVM launch. The project's last Medium post dates from September 22, 2023.
The FUL token
FUL has a total supply of 20 billion, all minted, according to its tokenomics page and the token contract. Its price was about $0.00065 on November 14, according to Fulcrom's homepage. Staking FUL earns a share of fees, but its value depends on the protocol's future, which is uncertain.
Cronos zkEVM
Fulcrom also runs on Cronos zkEVM, which shuts down on June 3, 2027. DefiLlama counted about $36,000 of Fulcrom value there on November 14. If you use that version, read Cronos zkEVM Alpha Shuts Down on June 3, 2027: How to Withdraw.
Our take
Fulcrom is a working product with a long history on Cronos, and it currently produces more fees than any other Cronos protocol except VVS Finance. With Moonlander leaving, it matters more to the ecosystem than before.
But the numbers call for caution. Its liquidity pool has lost about 90% of its value since early October, its pricing relies on its own oracle, its team is anonymous and its documentation is old. Perpetual futures with leverage can wipe out a position quickly. If you consider providing liquidity, remember that FLP is the counterparty to every trader on the platform. And once you stop using a protocol, revoke its approvals with How to Revoke Token and NFT Approvals on Cronos.
Sources: fulcrom.finance and the Fulcrom documentation (incubation, FLP, revenue share, oracle, circuit breaker, security, team, fees, tokenomics), DefiLlama, Fulcrom's Medium feed and our own reading of the FLP, FLP Manager and FUL contracts on Cronos EVM, all on November 14, 2026. This article is for information only. Always do your own research. Nothing on MemesOnCronos is financial advice.
