TRON DAO presented key insights from the network status report for the third quarter of 2026. The report covers network activity, stablecoin settlements, liquidity, tokenomics, developer activity, decentralization, and protocol governance.
TRON exceeded $30 trillion in cumulative transaction volume. Stablecoin settlements reached $2.21 trillion, with an average daily volume increase of 3.9% compared to the second quarter, totaling $24.05 billion. The supply of USDT and USDD reached $93.88 billion (+5.5%). TVL including staking is $28.21 billion, DeFi TVL is $13.05 billion. The average number of active addresses per month increased by 9.8% to 18 million. Network fees amounted to $701.4 million, averaging $7.62 million per day (−4.0%). The average daily fee decreased from $0.668 to $0.643.
Canary Capital launched the ETF Canary Staked TRX (TRXS) on September 9, 2026: it provides access to the spot price of TRX and passive staking rewards reflected in the fund's daily net asset value. The TRON DAO team marked the launch with a bell ringing at Cboe in Chicago on September 29.
The ecosystem expanded: Anchorage Digital added TRX staking and TRC-20 custody, Bitnomial and Backpack expanded access to TRX markets, Ethena brought USDe and sUSDe, Ducat linked Bitcoin-backed infrastructure with the stablecoin ecosystem. MoonPay introduced gasless transactions via Trust Wallet, Bitcoin com Wallet added support for TRX and USDT-TRC20, MetaMask connectivity expanded to B AI, SUN io, JustLend DAO, and BitTorrent, Fireblocks Flow expanded to payments from TRON wallets. Eco and STON fi expanded cross-chain connectivity, KiiChain linked TRON assets to its payment infrastructure. Privy expanded wallet and transaction management, OpenZeppelin brought smart contract libraries and security tools.
The TRON blockchain was founded in September 2017, with MainNet launched in May 2018. TRON holds the largest supply of USDT—over $94 billion. According to TRONSCAN as of October 2026: over 408 million accounts, more than 15 billion transactions, over $28 billion TVL. The project's slogan is "Moving Trillions, Empowering Billions."
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