Independent reports from leading blockchain analytics firms Arkham, CoinDesk Data, and Messari have revealed the TRON network's continued dominance in the global stablecoin ecosystem throughout Q4 2025. The analyses highlight TRON's position as a premier blockchain for on-chain payments, processing massive transaction volumes and showing sustained growth across key metrics.
Arkham's report identifies TRON as the second-largest network globally for stablecoin settlement. The network hosts over $80 billion in USDT supply and processes more than $20 billion in daily transaction volume across 2 million transactions, making it Tether's most active settlement layer. Since 2021, TRON has recorded compound annual growth rates between 54% and 60%. Year-over-year growth metrics show daily transaction volume up 45.9%, transactions increased 11.2%, and active addresses grew 9.8%, with the network now averaging over 1 million active addresses daily. Geographically, TRON's activity is heavily concentrated in Asia, accounting for nearly $341 billion in annualized volume, with strong adoption in emerging markets like Turkey, Indonesia, and India.
CoinDesk's quarterly report details TRON's role as high-volume infrastructure for peer-to-peer payments, DeFi, and cross-chain interoperability. The network reached a quarterly average of 2.8 million daily active users, up from 2.6 million in Q3 2025. TRON maintains a leading 78% share of peer-to-peer transactions and a 56% share of global retail-sized USDT transfers under $1,000. Notably, TRON's Intent-based transaction volume surged to $449 million in Q4 2025, representing an 899% quarter-on-quarter increase, positioning TRON as the third-largest ecosystem for intent-based activity after Ethereum and Solana. In DeFi, TRON's lending sector remains dominant, led by JustLend with $3.9 billion in Total Value Locked (TVL). JustLend DAO launched a deflationary initiative in October 2025, allocating net protocol revenue to recurring JST token buybacks and burns, completing $17 million in buybacks as of early Q1 2026.
Messari's ecosystem analysis points to growth driven by strategic integrations, including Revolut for protocol staking and stablecoin remittances, TRX launching on Base for cross-chain accessibility, Kalshi enabling direct TRX and USDT deposits, The Graph providing developers access to data, and USDT on TRON being cleared by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) for regulated use. The report also highlights SunX (formerly SunPerp), which completed its first full quarter with over $25 billion in total cumulative trading volume, expanding TRON's DeFi capabilities with zero-gas-fee trading. Technically, TRON implemented TIP-6780 to increase alignment with Ethereum's EIP-6780 and deployed the Java-Tron 4.8.1 upgrade on the Nile testnet to enhance performance, security, and EVM compatibility.
Collectively, these findings reaffirm TRON's evolution into a core component of global blockchain infrastructure. The TRON DAO reports that, as of January 2026, the blockchain has over 361 million total user accounts, more than 12 billion total transactions, and over $25 billion in TVL, solidifying its role as a practical alternative to traditional payment systems.
