The TRON network accounted for 45% of all illicit volume in 2023, according to data released by analysts at blockchain forensics firm TRM Labs. TRM Labs released a report titled “The Illicit Crypto Economy” on Wednesday shedding light on the key trends in 2023 related to illicit activities and funds in the crypto space. TRON...Read More
There has been a remarkable surge in USDT transactions within the TRON ecosystem via TronDAO, showing a substantial increase since early February, now averaging over two million transactions daily. According to the latest data compiled by IntotheBlock, the surge brings the transaction volume close to the peak observed in January 2023. USDT Transaction Volume Soars...Read More
Circle, the company behind the second-largest stablecoin in the world, has announced the end of its support for the TRON network. Although the minting of new USDC on TRON will be stopped effective immediately, support for the stablecoin on this network will continue until February 2025. 1/ We are discontinuing USDC on the TRON blockchain...Read More
Tron Founder Justin Sun revealed the protocol’s ambitious Bitcoin Layer 2 roadmap that will facilitate the injection of funds into the BTC network while boosting scalability, speed, and security. TRON is also looking to integrate tokens on the network with the Bitcoin blockchain, which will ensure seamless interactions and interoperability between TRON and Bitcoin. A...Read More
Stablecoin total value locked (TVL) on the Tron blockchain experienced a slight decline in the early part of the second half of 2023 but ultimately surged to reach record highs of approximately $48 billion. This is according to a recent report by Reflexivity, which revealed that around 94% of this total value belonged to USDT....Read More
According to research by Sixdegree, stablecoins have not seen a significant increase in value during the recent bull market. Their current total value is $129.5 billion, slightly lower than the $139 billion recorded in December 2022. Ethereum vs. Tron in 2023 This trend can be attributed to the contrasting developments on two major blockchain platforms:...Read More
Stablecoin issuer – Tether – has placed six wallets on a blacklist, comprising five on the Ethereum network and one on Tron. The latest move reflects Tether’s increased proactive approach to blocking addresses. According to ChainArgos, a blockchain intelligence firm, there are a few questionable transactions associated with the Ethereum addresses, potentially related to the...Read More
Stablecoin issuer Circle has dismissed false claims of facilitating illicit financing activities. In a letter addressed to US Senators Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren, the company also said it does not provide banking services to Justin Sun, the Tron Foundation, or HTX (formerly known as Huobi Global). In February 2023, Circle terminated all accounts belonging...Read More
The Hamas terrorist organization has found a new cryptocurrency network to finance its attacks against Israel. The Iran-backed militant group has moved its activities from Bitcoin to Tron, a faster and cheaper blockchain. According to a Reuters report, interviews with financial crime experts and blockchain specialists revealed that more groups designated as terror organizations by...Read More
Elliptic, a leading blockchain analytics firm, has uncovered a network of 100 individual suppliers facilitating the illicit fentanyl trade by smuggling the precursor chemicals needed to synthesize fentanyl. The criminals have also been using cryptocurrency, specifically Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tron, and Monero, to make payments, facilitating the transfer of funds from buyers to suppliers, with the...Read More
According to a recent report by blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs, terrorist groups globally, including those linked to ISIS, frequently utilize cryptocurrency for fundraising purposes. In certain instances, these terrorist organizations have been able to attract supporters and bolster their operations. TRM Labs revealed observing “mounting on-chain evidence” over the past 12 months that pro-ISIS...Read More
Tether announced it will coordinate with a third-party exchange to conduct a chain swap as it wants to convert 750 million USDT from Tron to Ethereum ERC20. The total supply of USDT will not change during this process, as per the firm. A chain swap process entails moving cryptocurrencies from one blockchain to another, which...Read More
The Tron blockchain witnessed an increase in usage in the first quarter of 2023, according to a new report from market intelligence firm Messari. The market cap of its native token, TRX, was up by almost 20% QoQ. Despite the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announcing several lawsuits against Tron ecosystem tokens, the network...Read More
Telegram has added a new feature enabling users to send each other the world’s largest stablecoin, tether (USDT). USDT runs on several blockchains, but for now, Telegram has added support for the stablecoin only on Tron. According to an update on March 22nd, USDT-TRON – TRC20 – has been added to the popular messaging app’s...Read More
According to figures provided by Messari, the decentralized digital platform – Tron – made a revenue of $47.9 million in the last quarter of 2022, a 25% increase compared to Q3. The entity also recorded a surge of average active daily addresses and average daily transactions. Better Results Despite the FTX Collapse In its most...Read More
Tron’s Founder – Justin Sun – said one of his primary targets is to see TRX becoming an official payment method in five different countries by the end of 2023. He believes one of the nations to embrace the asset could be his homeland China. The ‘Ambitious Goal’ In a recent Twitter thread, Sun raised...Read More
Seychelles-headquartered crypto exchange – Huobi Global – has been in trouble for quite some time now, which has translated into losing significant market share. The company has been mired in controversy for allegedly shutting down internal com and feedback channels and canceling various employee benefits, among other things. Its market share is also under threat...Read More
Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi announced the launch of the world’s first national token, DMC (Dominica Coin) and Dominica DID, under the authorization of the government of the Commonwealth of Dominica. For the project, Huobi tapped Tron Network and DMC Labs. According to the official press release, both Dominica DID and DMC were originally issued on the...Read More
Tether has become the latest industry company to get involved with the ongoing saga revolving around FTX by freezing over 46 million USDT. The company said it had to comply with law enforcement agencies. All eyes in the crypto industry have been set on FTX for the past several days, ever since Binance decided to...Read More
Just a week after Huobi Global revealed a change in the shareholder structure, Tron founder Justin Sun’s role as a shadow owner of the crypto exchange surfaced. He has, however, refuted claims about a buyout. In fact, Sun’s role has been limited to that of a global advisor. The development follows reports of Huobi founder...Read More
In order to continue strengthening its algorithmic stablecoin USDD, the TRON DAO Reserve has tapped another institution to mint and burn it as a collaborator – Wintermute. The latter has extensive experience with the digital asset universe and operates as an established global algorithmic trading firm. USDD’s Recent Issues Algorithmic stablecoins garnered people’s attention a...Read More
TRON DAO Reserve is prepared to withdraw another 3 billion TRX tokens from a centralized exchange and a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol as part of efforts to prevent a similar occurrence of Terra’s UST collapse. The foundation made the announcement in a tweet on Thursday (June 16, 2022). However, the DAO did not name...Read More
Another algorithmic stablecoin appears to be in danger of losing its peg following the UST-Terra debacle. Investors are also currently in fear of having to face the same fate as Terra’s UST historical fall. USDD is a stablecoin that runs on TRON’s blockchain and has a similar algorithm to UST but is tethered to TRX....Read More
New week, new listings. Users can now trade our new XBT- and USDT-margined Project Galaxy (GAL) and Tron (TRX) listings, and XBT-margined ApeCoin (APE) perpetual contracts – all with up to 33x leverage. GALUSD, GALUSDT, TRXUSD, TRXUSDT, and APEUSD went live on 19 May 2022 at 04:00 UTC. Read on to learn more about our...Read More
Tron founder Justin Sun has announced plans to launch a decentralized algorithmic stablecoin called USDD on the TRON blockchain network. In an open letter on Thursday (April 21, 2022), Sun revealed that USDD will be “a fully decentralized stablecoin underpinned by mathematics and algorithms.” According to the Tron founder, USDD will not rely on any...Read More
The Verge reporter Christopher Harland-Dunaway threw more than one bomb in his latest piece on Justin Sun. The allegations are more than serious, and the claims are anything but amusing. The Exposé According to reporter Christopher Harland-Dunaway, the Tron Founder “is often trying to evade the financial regulations” of both China and the US. The...Read More
VanEck continues with its cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded notes in Europe by launching such products tracking the performance of Solana, Tron, and Polkadot on the Xetra Deutsche Borse. Tron’s ETN has gone a step further as it will also go live on Euronext in Paris and Amsterdam, updated the project’s founder. VanEck, the global investment manager, outlined...Read More
Leading cryptocurrency e-commerce platform Shopping.io has continued to onboard several big names in the financial services industry as it makes another landmark move today. This time, it has collaborated with Justin Sun’s blockchain project – TRON. Shopping.io Integrates TRON Shopping.io revealed Wednesday that it had completed a partnership deal with TRON, a popular blockchain project...Read More
With the increasing interest in blockchain gaming, the popular blockchain platform, TRON, has recently announced the launch of a new $300 million fund dedicated to supporting GameFi projects. TRON Launches $300M Fund to Support Game Developers In a press release shared with CryptoPotato, TRON noted that the fund dubbed TRON Arcade was launched in collaboration...Read More
Justin Sun’s TRON has partnered with BSCPad to develop and release the first IDO launchpad build on its blockchain. Dubbed TRONPAD, it will take place exclusively on BSCPad and aims to mimic the latter’s recent success. TRONPAD Coming From TRON and BSCPad Advertised as the “fastest-growing launchpad in the DeFi space,” BSCPad saw the light...Read More
