USDT Dominates as TRON Crypto Hits $83Bn in Stablecoins: What Next for TRX Price?

Ben Graham · 7 horas atrás

TRON crypto reportedly became the largest home for stablecoins, with more than $83Bn now sitting on the network. That money does real work, too, with over $20Bn in stablecoins moving across TRON every day.

This comes as stablecoins become crypto’s go-to tools for payments, trading, and moving dollars without banks. Tether’s USDT accounts for over 98% of the stablecoin volume on the TRON network.

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TRON is now the world’s 2nd largest stablecoin network, with $80B+ of stablecoin supply, $20B in daily stablecoin volume, and over 2 million stablecoin transactions each day.

In collaboration with the TRON DAO team, we produced a… pic.twitter.com/uY7begJFG9

— Arkham (@arkham) January 9, 2026

The native token powering the Tron network, TRX, is down 0.5% over the past 24 hours, seemingly unmoved by the news that Tron is the unofficial home to stablecoins.

TRX USD is currently trading at $0.294 and is one of the few digital assets in the green on a 1-year timeframe, up +23.5% from this time last year.

Why is so Much Stablecoin Money Moving on TRON Crypto?

On TRON, most of that stablecoin money is in Tether’s USDT, the largest stablecoin in the world with a market cap of $186.2Bn, making it the third-largest digital asset behind Bitcoin and Ethereum.

The reason users keep picking TRON is simple. Fees sit at near zero, and transfers clear insanely fast. Whether you send $10 of $10,000 in USDT on TRON, you keep almost all of it. On other chains, such as Ethereum, fees still eat into small to medium payments.

This cost gap matters for real people. Workers sending money home. Traders are shifting funds between exchanges. Businesses are paying contractors overseas. For them, cheap rails beat flashy features, and TRON is proven to be the fastest and cheapest option for sending stablecoins.

However, Ethereum is still the top stablecoin network, with over $160Bn worth of USD-pegged assets on-chain, but slow processing times and higher fees mean many everyday users still fall back to TRON when sending stablecoins.

(SOURCE: DefiLlama)

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TRON Network Sets the Pace for Stablecoin Payments

TRON passed Ethereum as the top USDT chain back in 2021, and that lead has only widened since then. Today, more than half of all USDT activity flows through TRON, with daily transactions exceeding 7 million.

Put that in context. The entire stablecoin market now sits above $150Bn. TRON alone holds over half of the world’s most-used stablecoin. That scale signals trust in the network as payment plumbing, not just a trading venue.

This also explains why stablecoins keep showing up in everyday use cases. Humanitarian aid, cross-border trade, and payroll now rely on tokens that move like crypto but without the volatility. We’ve seen similar momentum in stablecoins for payments across global programs.

Tether’s USDT is by far the biggest and most prominent stablecoin on the market, and with the Tron network offering near-zero transaction fees, it has created the perfect partnership for everyday users and institutions alike to use it for small and large stablecoin payments.

So What Does This Mean for the TRX Price?

Right now $TRX price is moving sideways but tron network hits a new ATH

30 days average of active sending address is 3.1M

It shows more people are using the network not only just trading the token .

And current price of TRX is $0.29 it hasn’t caught up with the stronger… pic.twitter.com/Tyuy8RPHJl

— evans (@evans1vn) January 26, 2026

Stablecoins are quietly becoming crypto’s most useful product. TRON’s $83Bn milestone shows where the pipes are forming. Payments move first, and the rest of crypto follows.

For beginners, TRON’s stablecoin dominance makes it useful even if you never buy TRX. Many exchanges default to USDT on TRON because withdrawals cost less than a cup of coffee. That can matter more than price charts.

With the CLARITY Act stablecoin bill in the US set to be put in place in the coming months, Tron and USDT sit in the driving seat as the two entities set to benefit most from clearer guidelines and widespread adoption.

TRX USD has had a solid 12 months and is one of the few major cap tokens in the green, still up over +20% year-on-year. While many tokens are currently -80% and more down from their respective all-time highs, Tron crypto is down just -31% from its December 2024 high of $0.4313.

If bullish stablecoin metrics continue to flood the headlines for the Tron network, it will only act as a catalyst for the next leg up and put TRX in a solid position to continue its bullish momentum from 2025 into 2026.

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