The scale is difficult to ignore.
In 2025 alone, nearly 7.9 trillion dollars worth of USDT was settled on TRON, based on independent year end research from Messari, RWA.io, and Stablecoin Insider.
This is not locked value or theoretical capacity. It reflects real stablecoin settlement happening on chain.
What the data shows
Around 7.9T in USDT transfers moved across TRON in one year
The network supports close to 78B in USDT supply, about 42 percent of all USDT in circulation
Daily settlement volumes frequently ranged between 20B and 30B
TRON processed 3.2B transactions in 2025, with 1.9B completed without fees
Average daily active addresses stayed near 2.5M
These metrics are confirmed across multiple independent research reports released in 2025 and early 2026.
What is driving the growth
Lower settlement costs as TRON energy pricing was reduced by over 50 percent in August 2025
Retail usage at scale with TRON handling roughly 65 percent of global USDT transfers under 1,000 dollars between July and September 2025
Rising adoption in emerging markets across Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, with Nigeria ranking among the top six countries globally
Nearly 60 percent of new wallets in these regions relied on TRON for remittances and savings
Strong network resilience supported by a Nakamoto Coefficient of 14 and more than 7,400 nodes across over 80 countries
Why this matters
Stablecoins are becoming the default infrastructure for global dollar movement, and TRON has positioned itself as a primary settlement layer supporting that flow.
This activity is not speculative. It reflects real usage such as cross border payments, peer to peer transfers, everyday retail transactions, and early stage tokenized real world asset activity.
As institutional interest in stablecoins and RWAs continues to grow, TRONโs scale, cost efficiency, and proven throughput show an infrastructure already operating under sustained demand.
In 2025, TRON DAO did more than compete with other Layer 1 networks.
