TRON Protocol Revenue Hits All-Time High of $1.2 Billion in Q3 as Messari, Presto, and RWA.io Analyze Ecosystem Growth
Geneva, Switzerland – October 22, 2025 – Leading blockchain firms Messari, Presto Research, and RWA.io have released comprehensive research reports highlighting TRON’s sustained network growth and its expanding influence across global markets. Collectively, the reports underscore TRON’s dominance in stablecoin infrastructure, its strengthening role as a global settlement layer for digital dollars, and ongoing advancements in blockchain security through initiatives like the T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU), which has frozen over $250 million in illicit assets since its inception. These findings reinforce TRON’s continued evolution as a foundational platform for digital finance and tokenized economies worldwide.
Messari
Messari State of TRON Q3 2025 revealed robust growth across revenue, user activity, and ecosystem performance, reflecting a healthy and expanding network.
Key Insights from Messari:
- Network Revenue Growth: TRON’s Revenue reached an all-time high of $1.2 billion in Q3 2025, marking a 30.5% QoQ increase.
- DeFi Growth: JustLend, the largest protocol by TVL, saw its TVL increase 46.1% QoQ from $3.4 billion to $5.0 billion.
- Rising Activity in Perp DEXs: SunPerp, a perpetual futures exchange launched at the end of Q3, achieved over $1.6 billion in total trading volume, employing a hybrid model that combines offchain execution for speed with onchain settlement for security, enabling zero gas fee trading and millisecond-order matching.
Read the full report from Messari.
Presto Research
TRON: Redefining The Global Settlement Layer provided an in-depth look at the network’s expanding dominance in stablecoin infrastructure and retail adoption in emerging markets.
Key Insights from Presto Research:
- Stablecoin Dominance: Daily USDT volume exceeded $24 billion, driving 9.19 million daily transactions across 334+ million accounts. Monthly stablecoin transfers exceed $600 billion, positioning TRON as the primary global settlement layer for dollar-denominated flows.
- Adoption in Emerging Markets: Over 75% of global USDT transfers occur on TRON, serving 2.92 million daily active users, 68% of whom transact via mobile wallets. TRON has become the de facto digital dollar rail across Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
- Leading Stablecoin Chain Globally: TRON ranks as the leading stablecoin chain in 35 of 50 countries analyzed, including top positions in India (#1), Pakistan (#3), Vietnam (#4), Brazil (#5), Nigeria (#6), and Indonesia (#7).
Read the full report from Presto Research.
RWA.io
RWA Security Report 2025: An Analysis of Tokenized Asset Threats examines security challenges in tokenized real-world assets (RWA) and showcases notable enforcement milestones achieved by the T3 FCU.
Key Insights from RWA.io:
- T3 FCU Milestone: The T3 Financial Crime Unit — a joint initiative between TRON, Tether and TRM Labs announced a milestone of freezing $250 million in illicit activities globally since its launch less than a year ago.
- T3 FCU’s largest coordinated freeze (at that time): In November 2024, T3 FCU supported Spain’s Guardia Civil in dismantling an international money laundering ring, resulting in $26.4 million in frozen crypto assets and 23 arrests across Spain, France, and Slovenia.
- Collaborative Enforcement: The investigation leveraged TRM Labs’ blockchain intelligence to map the criminal organization’s on-chain activities, enabling Spanish authorities to execute coordinated raids across 91 locations while T3 simultaneously froze USDT assets in real-time.
Read the full report from RWA.io.
Together, these reports highlight TRON’s accelerating growth, dominant role in global stablecoin settlement, and commitment to enhancing blockchain security and compliance frameworks. With ongoing technical innovation and ecosystem expansion, TRON continues to solidify its position as a cornerstone of digital finance infrastructure worldwide.
About TRON DAO
TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps.
Founded in September 2017 by H.E. Justin Sun, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. Until recently, TRON hosted the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin, which currently exceeds $76 billion. As of October 2025, the TRON blockchain has recorded over 340 million in total user accounts, more than 11 billion in total transactions, and over $27 billion in total value locked (TVL), based on TRONSCAN. Recognized as the global settlement layer for stablecoin transactions and everyday purchases with proven success, TRON is “Moving Trillions, Empowering Billions.”
Media Contact
Yeweon Park
press@tron.network
Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.
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