Independent research · 2026-08-24/30 issue live
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Fourteen stories that mattered in TRON this week: the network crossed 400 million accounts, USDT on TRON hit $94.2B (51.4% of all circulating USDT) with a $3B single-day jump, Tether minted another $1B, Tron Inc. grew its treasury and filed to run a Super Representative node, and JustLend DAO shipped an in-protocol Buy Energy feature.
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.
Five questions, five answers: 400M accounts and record activity; USDT at $94.2B carrying 51.4% of global supply; DeFi extending its rebound with in-protocol energy acquisition; the energy market getting cheaper again; and a concrete $100B watchlist for next week.
Rental prices eased to a volume-weighted 1.78 TRX per 65k-energy (1-hour), spot range 22–38 SUN/energy; burn-equivalent stays ≈6.5 TRX per transfer, so the rent-vs-burn discount widened to ~73%. New in-protocol acquisition (JustLend DAO Buy Energy, ~63% saving vs burn) widened the supply funnel while demand rose 2.2%.
August 2026: monthly energy consumption ~272B units (+10% MoM), volume-weighted rental price averaged 1.85 TRX per 65k (−11% vs July), rent-vs-burn discount widened to ~72%, and the supply funnel expanded beyond marketplaces into DeFi front-ends.
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