Geneva, Switzerland, January 26, 2026 — Arkham, a leading blockchain analytics platform; CoinDesk Data, the institutional research division of CoinDesk; and Messari, the leading provider of digital asset market intelligence, have released independent reports analyzing the TRON network’s performance throughout Q4 2025. The analyses highlight TRON’s continued dominance in the global stablecoin ecosystem, robust user activity and expanding institutional collaborations, reinforcing its position as the premier blockchain infrastructure for on-chain payments and stablecoin activity.
Key Insights from Arkham:
Arkham’s TRON Stablecoin Ecosystem Report identifies TRON as one of the largest blockchain infrastructures by stablecoin supply, ranking it as the second-largest network powering stablecoin settlement globally.
- Stablecoin Dominance: TRON hosts over $80 billion in USDT stablecoin supply and processes more than $20 billion in daily transaction volume across 2 million transactions, making it Tether’s most active settlement layer.
- Sustained Growth Metrics: Since 2021, TRON has recorded compound annual growth rates between 54% and 60%. Year-over-year, daily transaction volume rose 45.9%, transactions increased 11.2%, and active addresses grew 9.8%, with the network now averaging over 1 million active addresses per day.
- Geographic Strength: TRON’s network activity is heavily concentrated in Asia, accounting for nearly $341 billion in annualized transaction volume. Strong adoption in emerging markets such as Turkey, Indonesia, and India highlights TRON’s appeal in regions where low-cost, efficient infrastructure is essential.
Read the full report from Arkham here.
Key Insights from CoinDesk:
CoinDesk’s TRON Network Quarterly Report: Q4 2025 provides a detailed technical and strategic assessment of TRON’s core network metrics, highlighting its role as a high-volume blockchain infrastructure supporting peer-to-peer payments, decentralized finance, and cross-chain interoperability.
- User Activity & Network Dominance: TRON reached a quarterly average of 2.8 million daily active users, up from 2.6 million in Q3 2025. The network maintained a leading 78% share of peer-to-peer transactions and a 56% share of global retail-sized USDT transfers under $1,000.
- Intent Volume Surge: TRON’s Intent-based transaction volume surged to $449 million in Q4 2025, representing an 899% quarter-on-quarter increase and positioning TRON as the third-largest ecosystem for intent-based activity after Ethereum and Solana.
- Growth in DeFi Performance: TRON’s lending sector remains dominant led by JustLend with $3.9 billion in TVL. In October 2025, JustLend DAO launched a deflationary initiative allocating net protocol revenue to recurring JST token buybacks and burns, completing $17 million in buybacks as of early Q1 2026.
Read the full report from CoinDesk here.
Key Insights from Messari:
Messari’s State of TRON Q4 2025 report offers a comprehensive community and ecosystem analysis covering network activity, blockchain performance, ecosystem development and technical upgrades.
- Ecosystem Growth & Collaboration: TRON’s ecosystem momentum was driven by strategic integrations, including Revolut for protocol staking and stablecoin remittances; TRX launching on Base for cross-chain accessibility; Kalshi enabling direct TRX and USDT deposits and withdrawals for event-based trading; The Graph providing developers access to pre-indexed blockchain data; and USDT on TRON being cleared by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) for regulated use.
- SunX’s Achievement: SunX (formerly SunPerp) completed its first full quarter with over $25 billion in total cumulative trading volume since launch, leveraging a hybrid model to deliver zero-gas-fee trading and high-speed execution, expanding TRON’s DeFi capabilities.
- Technical Upgrades: TRON implemented TIP-6780 to increase alignment with Ethereum’s EIP-6780 and maintained behavioral consistency with the EVM, and deployed Java-Tron 4.8.1 upgrade on the Nile testnet to enhance performance, security, and EVM compatibility across the network.
Read the full report from Messari here.
Collectively, these core research findings from Arkham, CoinDesk and Messari reaffirm TRON’s successful evolution into a core component of global blockchain infrastructure, combining technical sophistication with real-world utility to serve millions of users worldwide. With demonstrated capacity to process high transaction volumes while remaining accessible and cost-effective, TRON continues to expand access to blockchain-based payment and settlement infrastructure, positioning the network as a practical alternative to traditional payment systems.
About TRON DAO
TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps.
Founded in September 2017 by H.E. Justin Sun, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. Until recently, TRON hosted the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin, which currently exceeds $83 billion. As of January 2026, the TRON blockchain has recorded over 361 million in total user accounts, more than 12 billion in total transactions, and over $25 billion in total value locked (TVL), based on TRONSCAN. Recognized as the global settlement layer for stablecoin transactions and everyday purchases with proven success, TRON is “Moving Trillions, Empowering Billions.”
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