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Geneva, Switzerland – October 17, 2025 – CoinDesk Data, the institutional research division of CoinDesk, a leading global media company in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, together with leading blockchain analysis and risk assessment firms Nansen and Particula, have each released independent reports for the third quarter of 2025 analyzing on-chain activity on the TRON network. Overall, the results highlight TRON’s continued dominance in global stablecoin settlements, retail payments infrastructure, and its rapid evolution into a mature, institutional-level blockchain powering the next generation of decentralized finance.
CoinDesk Report Highlights
CoinDesk Q3 2025 Quarterly Report: TRON Network highlights TRON’s continued leadership in stablecoin settlement, supported by strategic network upgrades and strong ecosystem growth.
Key insights from CoinDesk:
- USDT and network dominance: TRON recorded an average of 2.6 million daily active users, second only to Solana. The network is the market leader for private USDT transfers under $1,000 and has a global share of 65%.
- Increasing P2P Transactions: Approximately 74% of TRON’s daily active users transact wallet-to-wallet (as of September 30, 2025), the highest proportion among other chains such as Base, Optimism, Ethereum, Solana, BNB and Arbitrum, strengthening its role as a retail-focused payment network.
- Ecosystem growth: TRON’s Total Value Locked (TVL) rose from $4.9 billion to $6 billion, driven by JustLend adding $1 as collateral and expanding its USDD v2.0 supply mining program.
Nansen Report Insights
Nansen’s TRON Quarterly Report – Q3 2025 highlights TRON’s evolution into a mature, institutional financial infrastructure operating at scale in global stablecoin and DeFi ecosystems.
Key insights from Nansen:
- US Government Recognition: The US Department of Commerce has selected TRON as one of the main networks for publishing official economic data. This is the first time a federal agency has published economic data on a public blockchain. In recognition of TRON’s proven ability to provide scale, speed, efficiency and global accessibility, processing over $22 billion in daily settlements and more than 8.8 million daily transactions.
- Record user growth: TRON’s community governance approved a 60% reduction in energy fees in August 2025. Within days, TRON surpassed 2.5 million daily active users, overtaking both BNB Chain and Solana in activity metrics.
- Expansion of the ecosystem and infrastructure: TRON’s ecosystem has been expanded with extensive integrations and cross-chain collaborations, including native MetaMask support, PayPal USD and $TRUMP token deployment via LayerZero, and interoperability with over 25 blockchains via deBridge, Everclear, and THORSwap. Other advancements include The Graph for real-time data streaming, NEAR Intents for seamless cross-chain swaps, and Plume’s SkyLink, which provides access to tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds and real-world yields. Finally, collaborations with Kraken and Backed to integrate xStocks for tokenized stocks on TRON.
Particula Report Findings
Particula’s joint research paper with TRON DAO – Beyond Reserves: Linking Blockchain Performance to Stablecoin Peg Stability examines how blockchain operational efficiency directly impacts stablecoin price stability. The study identifies TRON’s technical robustness and liquidity depth as key factors for efficient arbitrage and peg maintenance.
Key insights from Particula:
- Superior Network Reliability: TRON demonstrated a 99% transaction success rate, outperforming competitors such as Ethereum (97%), BSC (94%), Polygon (92-93%), and Solana (86%).
- Fee stability during volatility: During major disruptions in the stablecoin market, TRON’s resource-based model maintained average fees of $0.63 per transaction, while Ethereum fees increased to $15-$30, highlighting TRON’s cost resilience.
- Operational maturity: TRON’s 3 second block time and throughput exceeding 100 TPS by July 2025 prove its scalability and ability to maintain stablecoin peg stability even under high network load.
Conclusion and Future Outlook
Taken together, CoinDesk, Nansen and Particula’s findings reinforce TRON’s position as the leading blockchain infrastructure for global stablecoin settlements and retail payments. The combination of high reliability, cost efficiency and institutional trust underlines its growing importance as a foundation for digital finance.
Through continuous technical upgrades, ecosystem expansion, and adoption across both retail and institutional sectors, TRON solidifies its role as a critical infrastructure for the global digital economy and promotes globally accessible, efficient, and scalable blockchain-based financial services.
About TRON DAO
TRON DAO is a community-managed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the Internet through blockchain technology and dApps.
Founded in September 2017 by SE Justin Sun, the TRON blockchain has seen significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. Until recently, TRON hosted the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoins, currently exceeding $77 billion. According to TRONSCAN, as of October 2025, the TRON blockchain recorded a total of over 338 million user accounts, more than 11 billion transactions, and a total value locked (TVL) of over $26 billion. Recognized as the global settlement layer for stablecoin transactions and everyday purchases with proven success, TRON is “Moving Billions, Empowering Billions.”
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