Tron news

The Moscow Exchange announced plans to launch cash-settled futures for Solana (SOL), Ripple (XRP) and TRON (TRX) after adding indices for the three altcoins, expanding its crypto-derivatives range that already includes Bitcoin and Ethereum. The contracts will settle in rubles with no physical delivery and are intended for qualified investors; MOEX also plans perpetual futures for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Russia’s evolving crypto regulations and sanctions over its Ukraine conflict may affect market participation.

MetaMask has added native Tron support to its mobile app and browser extension, enabling users to hold, swap, stake and send Tron‑based assets directly from the wallet. The integration, built with Tron DAO, lets users interact with TRX, USDT on Tron, and access DeFi and payment use cases on the Layer‑1 blockchain, and supports cross‑chain swapping with EVM, Solana and Bitcoin. MetaMask views the rollout as part of its broader multichain strategy, following recent launches of Solana and Bitcoin support, and positions itself as a multichain access point rather than an Ethereum‑only product.

Tether froze $182 million in USDT across five Tron wallets on Jan. 11, in line with its voluntary freezing policy to comply with U.S. Treasury sanctions. The addresses held roughly $12-$50 million each and the action was coordinated, occurring on the same day. Frozen USDT remains visible on‑chain but cannot be transferred or redeemed while blacklisted.

Tether froze more than $182 million in USDT across five Tron addresses on Jan. 11, targeting wallet balances of roughly $12 million to $50 million. The action aligns with a voluntary wallet‑freezing policy launched in December 2023 to comply with the U.S. Treasury’s OFAC sanctions, and the company said it may freeze addresses “when ordered to do so or on a voluntary basis if this appears reasonable and necessary.” Since December 2023, Tether has blocked over $3 billion in USDT for law‑enforcement agencies worldwide, freezing 2,380 wallets holding about $1.14 billion as of July 2025. Its enforcement activity is roughly 30 times greater than Circle’s USDC freezes, and USDT remains the dominant stablecoin, accounting for 64 % of the $292 billion market and 84 % of all illicit crypto transaction volume reported in 2025.

Tron’s network grew to a record 355.4 million accounts, up 26.3% year‑to‑date, with about 240 000 new accounts added daily, while active addresses stayed steady and perpetual trading hit $1.1 billion on Dec 23. Despite the adoption boom, the TRX token slumped 16% in Q4, its worst decline since 2017, trading at roughly $0.27. Analysts cite a fundamentals‑price divergence, possible 30‑40% rally, but centralization worries and a weak market keep the price lagging.

T3 Financial Crime Unit, a crypto task force backed by Tron, Tether, and TRM Labs, has frozen $300 million in tainted assets in its first year, earning praise from law‑enforcement worldwide. Formed in late 2024, the unit tracks suspicious transactions and coordinates seizures, tackling “pig‑butchering” scams and organized‑crime networks across five continents, including a major bust in Brazil’s Operation Lusocoin. By January 2025 it had frozen $100 million, reaching $250 million by August and launching the T3+ Global Collaborator Program, which pairs exchanges such as Binance with law‑enforcement to free $6 million linked to a pig‑butchering scam.

Tron network’s daily active addresses hit a record 5.7 million, up from 5.4 million, while daily transactions reached 12.6 million, the highest since June 12, 2023, according to TRONSCAN and Nansen data. Active addresses rose 69% week‑on‑week to almost 11.1 million, the largest weekly jump among major blockchains. The growth is driven by retail use, especially stable‑coin transfers of Tether (USDT), which dominate Tron’s activity. USDT on Tron is popular in regions with limited fiat access, offering fast, low‑cost USD‑pegged transfers. Globally, Tether remains the largest stablecoin, holding about 58% market share.

Tron founder Justin Sun has launched SunPerp, a decentralized perpetual contracts exchange, during a Singapore crypto event. The platform aims to lower fees, use dark pools to hide order books, and later interoperate with Ethereum, Solana, BNB Smart Chain, and Arbitrum. SunPerp, named after the mythological Sun Wukong, is already in public beta and lets Tron users trade non‑expiration crypto derivatives for the first time, positioning itself against rivals Hyperliquid and Aster amid rising demand for decentralized trading.

TRON founder Justin Sun revealed that SunPerp’s public beta, launched in late September, drew over 7,000 users and produced roughly US$20 million in trading volume, with TVL around $24 million. The DEX is fully non‑custodial and offers sub‑second execution with automated deleveraging. Sun said the protocol will expand beyond TRON, integrating with Polygon, Aptos and Sui to tap additional liquidity pools. Early beta participants receive retroactive rewards, and the platform competes with larger derivatives DEXs by targeting TRON’s native USDT ecosystem.

Tron Inc. shares fell 85% since a June peak, part of a broader slump among crypto‑treasury firms such as MicroStrategy and Bitmine. The Nasdaq‑listed toy company dropped from $12.80 in mid‑June to its current low, with a 55% decline in September alone. Analysts attribute the drop to a cooling of hype and increased regulatory scrutiny. The downturn is linked to events involving Tron founder Justin Sun, who sued Bloomberg over disclosure of his crypto holdings and moved millions of World Liberty Financial tokens, leading to a token freeze. These developments have added to negative sentiment around crypto‑linked public companies.