TRON Weekly Data Report — August 24–30, 2026
Daily active accounts averaged 4.64M over 30 days with the network passing 400M cumulative accounts; daily transactions 11.82M; USDT supply jumped to $94.2B (+$1.1B in 30 days, most of any chain); TRX at $0.344; DeFi TVL +2.4% to $4.72B; energy rental prices eased another 2.2% to 1.78 TRX per 65k.
Figures are Tronreview’s aggregation of TRONSCAN, DefiLlama, Messari, CoinGecko and energy marketplace data as of 2026-08-31 12:00 UTC. Weekly values may differ from quarterly averages due to windowing. Seed build: metrics are Tronreview’s best-available estimates pending live pipeline integration.
Full metrics table — Aug 24–30, 2026 vs Aug 17–23, 2026
| Metric | This week | Last week | 4-week avg | WoW | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Active Addresses | 4.64 M | 4.45 M | 4.35 M | +4.3% | 30-day daily average per TRONSCAN; several August sessions exceeded 5M. Weekly unique addresses ~5.4M. |
| Daily Transactions | 11.82 M | 11.7 M | 11.76 M | +1% | Weekly total ≈ 82.7M. Network adds ~170,000 new addresses per day. |
| USDT Supply (TRC-20) | 94.2 $B | 93.1 $B | 92.7 $B | +1.2% | TRONSCAN; 51.4% of all circulating USDT now on TRON. +$1.1B over 30 days — most of any chain (Token Terminal). |
| Total Stablecoin Supply | 95.1 $B | 94.1 $B | 93.65 $B | +1.1% | USDT share ≈ 99% of TRON stablecoin supply; USDD and USDC remain marginal. |
| Weekly USDT Transfer Volume | 165.4 $B | 162 $B | 162.25 $B | +2.1% | Cumulative lifetime transfer volume crossed $29T during the week. |
| DeFi TVL (DefiLlama) | 4.72 $B | 4.61 $B | 4.62 $B | +2.4% | Fourth consecutive weekly gain. JustLend DAO ecosystem holds ≈66% of TRON DeFi TVL. |
| Daily DEX Volume | 53.6 $M | 49.5 $M | 49.45 $M | +8.3% | Second strong week in a row — the post-mid-August bounce is starting to look structural. |
| TRX Price | 0.344 $ | 0.338 $ | 0.335 $ | +1.8% | Week range $0.337–0.347. Market cap ~$32.6B. Year’s longest uptrend attempt since May. |
| TRX Market Cap | 32.6 $B | 31.9 $B | 31.83 $B | +2.2% | Tron Inc.’s treasury (711.2M TRX) and steady burn (~3.2M TRX/day) both support the supply picture. |
| Weekly Network Fees | 56.2 $M | 54.6 $M | 55.05 $M | +2.9% | Annualised ≈ $2.9B. Fee growth tracks settlement volume; ~3.2M TRX burned daily. |
| Energy Rental Price (1h, per 65k) | 1.78 TRX | 1.82 TRX | 1.84 TRX | -2.2% | Spot range 22–38 SUN/energy; volume-weighted ≈ 27 SUN. Burn-equivalent unchanged at ~6.5 TRX/transfer. New in-protocol acquisition channels added supply (JustLend Buy Energy, ≈63% saving vs burn). |
| Weekly Energy Consumption | 65.3 B units | 63.9 B units | 64.08 B units | +2.2% | New-recipient transfers (131k energy) keep scaling with ~170k new addresses/day. |
| TRX Staked (energy+bandwidth) | 38.9 % supply | 38.8 % supply | 38.73 % supply | +0.3% | Staked TRX ≈ 36.6B. Modest inflows continue. |
Four-week trends
Weekly values for the last four weeks. Note the energy market divergence: usage metrics are at the top of their recent range while rental prices are at the bottom.
Daily active addresses (M)
Daily transactions (M)
USDT supply ($B)
Energy rental price — 1h, 65k (TRX)
Analysis
What happened this week
A milestone week backed by real usage: the account base crossed 400M while daily active accounts held at their highest 30-day average of the year (4.64M), USDT supply made its biggest 30-day push of any chain (+$1.1B, per Token Terminal), and every usage metric rose — while energy got cheaper again.
Fastest movers
Daily DEX volume (+8.3% WoW, $53.6M) led growth for a second straight week, adding evidence that the mid-August bounce is structural rather than a one-week event. Daily active addresses (+4.3% WoW) and TRX market cap (+2.2%) followed. USDT supply’s single-day +$3B jump on Aug 24 was the sharpest supply move of the quarter.
Decliners
Energy rental price fell again (-2.2% WoW to 1.78 TRX per 65k for 1-hour rentals, ~27 SUN volume-weighted). The driver this week is supply, not demand: in-protocol acquisition channels expanded — most notably JustLend DAO’s Buy Energy (~63% saving vs burn) — adding distribution capacity on top of existing marketplaces. Demand rose (+2.2%), so the rent-vs-burn discount widened to ~73%.
Anomalies & flags
Two items flagged. First: the Aug 24 USDT supply print (+$3B in one day) came immediately after Tether’s $1B treasury mint on Aug 21 — pre-issuance flowing into corridors unusually fast; we expect a partial round-trip. Second: daily active accounts averaged 4.64M over 30 days with several sessions above 5M — a step-change from the ~3.7M regime of early August. We will verify persistence over the next two weeks before treating 4.5M+ as the new baseline.
Context: vs the past 4 weeks
Versus the 4-week average: USDT supply (+1.6%), DEX volume (+8.4%) and TRX price (+2.7%) are running above baseline; energy price (-3.3% vs 4w avg) below it. The four-week shape is consistent: usage up, costs down, TRX grinding higher — a settlement-network profile, with the milestone (400M accounts, $94.2B USDT) as the week’s exclamation point.
Conclusion
What happened this week, in one paragraph: TRON crossed 400 million accounts and $94.2B of USDT — now 51.4% of global circulating supply — while daily transactions (11.82M) and active accounts (4.64M 30-day average) held at record territory, DEX volume extended its rebound (+8.3%), DeFi TVL notched a fourth weekly gain ($4.72B), TRX firmed to $0.344, and energy rental prices eased to 1.78 TRX as in-protocol acquisition channels widened supply. The divergence between usage (up) and resource costs (down) widened further — the clearest settlement-network signal we track.
Sources & verification
- TRONSCAN — tronscan.org
- DefiLlama — TRON — defillama.com
- Messari — State of TRON Q2 2026 — messari.io
- CoinGecko — TRX — www.coingecko.com
- Energy marketplaces (order-book aggregation) — tronscan.energy