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Geneva, Switzerland, October 12, 2026 — TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), today highlighted key findings from its State of TRON Q3 2026 ecosystem report. The report examines network activity, stablecoin settlement, liquidity, tokenomics, developer activity, decentralization, and protocol governance during the third quarter of 2026.

TRON surpassed $30 trillion in cumulative transaction volume in Q3 2026, marking another milestone for a network used as infrastructure for stablecoin settlement and digital-asset transfers. At the same time, stablecoin supply and total value locked continued to expand, while the network’s active-address base grew and transaction activity remained broadly steady.

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In Q3, TRON surpassed $30 trillion in cumulative transaction volume. Stablecoin settlement reached $2.21 trillion in the Q3 reporting period, with average daily volume rising 3.9% from Q2 to $24.05 billion.
Canary Capital launched the Canary Staked TRX ETF (TRXS) on September 9, 2026. TRXS gives investors exposure to the spot price of TRX—the native utility and governance token of the TRON blockchain network—alongside passive net staking rewards reflected directly in the fund’s daily net asset value. TRON DAO’s team rang the Cboe Closing Bell in Chicago on September 29 to celebrate its launch.

TRON expanded its ecosystem collaborations in Q3 2026, adding institutional custody and staking, new trading venues, and digital dollar products through Anchorage Digital, Bitnomial, Backpack, Ethena, and Ducat. Payment, wallet, cross-chain, and developer integrations also broadened access and strengthened the infrastructure for payment, treasury, and DeFi applications. 
Stablecoin supply and Total Value Locked continued to expand. USDT and USDD supply reached $93.88 billion, up 5.5% from Q2, while TVL including staking hit $28.21 billion and TVL excluding staking (DeFi TVL) hit $13.05 billion
The active-address base widened while transaction frequency held steady. Average rolling monthly active addresses increased 9.8% to 18 million. 
Network fee generation moderated. Fees totaled $701.4 million during Q3, averaging $7.62 million per day, down 4.0% from Q2. The average daily transaction fee fell from $0.668 to $0.643. 

TRON’s ecosystem continued to broaden in Q3, with new integrations spanning institutional services, trading, stablecoins, payments, wallets, and developer infrastructure. Anchorage Digital added TRX staking and TRC-20 custody, while Bitnomial and Backpack expanded access to TRX markets. Ethena brought USDe and sUSDe to TRON, and Ducat connected its Bitcoin-backed financial infrastructure to the network’s stablecoin ecosystem.

The quarter also brought new capabilities for users and developers. MoonPay introduced gasless transactions through Trust Wallet, removing the need to hold TRX for network fees, while Bitcoin.com Wallet added native support for TRX and USDT-TRC20. MetaMask connectivity expanded across B.AI, SUN.io, JustLend DAO, and BitTorrent, while Fireblocks Flow added support for payments from TRON wallets. Eco and STON.fi expanded cross-chain stablecoin connectivity, and KiiChain linked TRON assets with its 24/7 foreign-exchange and payment infrastructure. For developers, Privy expanded wallet, transaction, and policy-management capabilities, while OpenZeppelin brought its smart contract libraries and security tooling to the network. Together, these integrations strengthened the infrastructure available for payments, treasury management, and DeFi applications on TRON.

TRON’s third-quarter developments underscore continued growth in stablecoin settlement, liquidity, network activity, and ecosystem infrastructure, reflecting sustained demand for its financial infrastructure. With these trends strengthening, TRON enters Q4 with an increasingly established role in global stablecoin settlement and digital asset activity.

Read the full report from TRON here.

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, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. Today, TRON hosts the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin, which currently exceeds $94 billion. As of October 2026, the TRON blockchain has recorded over 408 million in total user accounts, more than 15 billion in total transactions, and over $28 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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Fifteen crypto holders have lost a combined $9.4 million in the past four weeks to a single address poisoning scammer operating on the Tron blockchain, according to on-chain investigator SpecterAnalyst.

How address poisoning targets usersThe attacker drained funds from fifteen victims, with the two largest individuals each suffering $2.5 million in losses. The stolen assets were quickly converted to USDD, the Tron-based stablecoin, and transferred into a single consolidation wallet.

Analyst Stacy Muur explained that address poisoning works by having the scammer send minuscule amounts of cryptocurrency—known as dust transactions—from addresses made to resemble legitimate ones the victim has recently interacted with. These fake addresses are crafted to imitate the genuine recipient’s address by matching the first and last few characters.

Since most crypto wallets display only the start and end of each address due to their length, users often recognize only these segments. This pattern makes it easy for a scammer’s dummy address to slip into a user’s transaction history, where it can be mistakenly copied and used later for a large transfer, unknowingly sending funds to the attacker instead of the intended party.

When blockchain addresses display just a few starting and ending characters in a user’s history, individuals may not notice a malicious address in the middle and can mistakenly send funds to a scam operator, especially when reusing addresses from previous transactions.

A striking example occurred on August 22, when Bofur Capital, an investment firm, lost around $2 million. The attacker had earlier sent a dust transaction of just 0.0002 USDC to Bofur from a fraudulent address, then waited until Bofur withdrew funds from Compound. By pasting the wrong address from their transaction list, Bofur inadvertently transferred the funds to the thief, who quickly swapped the USDC for DAI to avoid a freeze.

Current wallet protections and limitationsSome wallet providers have responded by introducing new safety features. MetaMask, owned by Consensys, and Trust Wallet have launched protections to help users avoid address poisoning, but their solutions focus mainly on EVM-compatible blockchains such as Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, and Polygon. Tron users remain largely unprotected.

MetaMask now issues a warning when users attempt to send assets to an address where only the visible first and last segments match a previously saved address, but the internal characters differ.

Trust Wallet introduced Address Poisoning Protection in March. This function checks addresses against a curated database of flagged poison addresses and presents a side-by-side view if a match is found. Trust Wallet has reported intercepting over 225 million poisoning attempts and confirmed over $500 million in losses to this particular scam method. The company estimates this represents 34,000 attacks per hour.

Cryptopolitan has noted that low gas fees on Ethereum enable scammers to conduct high volumes of dusting attacks, which can artificially increase the platform’s daily transaction counts.

After a $50 million address poisoning heist in December, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao urged all crypto wallets to check and block suspected poison addresses.

Keeping funds secure amid evolving threatsWith varied adoption of anti-poisoning technologies among wallets and inconsistent coverage across blockchains, experts emphasize personal vigilance. Users are advised to verify every character in destination addresses and store trusted contacts using wallet address book features, instead of copying from transaction history.

When sending large sums, it is also prudent to first transfer a small test amount for confirmation. In a market where a single Fed decision or sudden altcoin listing can change everything within seconds, investors moving rapidly between separate apps for news, portfolio management, and price charts may expose themselves to added risk and cost. Many traders are now turning to privacy-first platforms like CryptoAppsy, which offer a unified dashboard featuring real-time charting, coin-specific news, portfolio tracking, smart price alerts, and key macroeconomic indicators—all without requiring the creation of an account.

Until security features become standard on every blockchain and wallet, user awareness and best practices remain the front line of defense against address poisoning and similar attacks.