Wrapped Tron (wTRX) Project Update

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Biggest Stories of 2025

• HTX Year-End Carnival with the TRON Ecosystem. HTX launched a year-end carnival running from December 22, 2025, to January 18, 2026, featuring a 200,000 USDT prize pool sponsored by TRON DAO, SunPump, JUST, BitTorrent, and others, with daily 5,000 USDT airdrops and special bonuses on Christmas and New Year's Day 67. (December 25, 2025)
• Native WBTC Now Available on TRON. Native Wrapped Bitcoin went live on TRON, expanding the network's asset base and cross-chain reach 3. (October 21, 2025)
• TRON Rallies Amid Market Dip. TRX surged across all time frames, up 3.4% daily and 146% since July 2024, fueled by stablecoin activity as TRON overtook Ethereum in USDT holdings ($80.8 billion versus $73.8 billion) and network fees hit a record $308 million 8. (July 30, 2025)
• TRON's Record-Breaking H1 2025 Performance. Cointelegraph and CryptoQuant research highlighted a 40% increase in stablecoin supply, over 51% of USDT circulating on TRON, and multi-year highs in network activity, alongside upgrades like GreatVoyage-v4.8.0 and USDD 2.0 4. (July 24, 2025)
• SRM Entertainment Rebrands to Tron Inc. SRM Entertainment announced a corporate name change to Tron Inc., reflecting its transformation into a TRX treasury strategy company, and began trading under the ticker "TRON" on the Nasdaq Capital Market on July 17, 2025 9. (July 16, 2025)
• TRON Integrations: June 2025. AEON integrated TRON to enable in-store payments using TRX, USDT, and USDD across roughly 10,000 retail locations in Southeast Asia; TRON began minting the USD1 stablecoin backed by US government treasuries; and Privy added TRON support for embedded wallets and Web3 onboarding 10. (July 8, 2025)
• TRON DAO at EthCC as WAGMI Sponsor. TRON DAO participated as a WAGMI Sponsor at EthCC in Cannes from June 30 to July 3, 2025, co-hosting Builder Nights Cannes with MetaMask and a Happy Hour with Arkham and Portofino, following its surpassing of $80 billion in USDT circulating supply 1112. (July 4, 2025)
• SRM Entertainment Completes TRON Treasury Staking. SRM Entertainment completed staking 365,096,845 TRX through the JustLend protocol, targeting up to 10% annual staking yield by combining standard staking rewards and energy renting, and appointed Weike Sun as Chairman with Justin Sun joining its strategic advisory board 13. (July 1, 2025)
• Tron Outpaces Ethereum in Global USDT Transactions. Tron surpassed Ethereum by over 5x in global USDT transactions on June 29, 2025, with USDT on Tron exceeding $80 billion by June, driven by low fees and instant settlements 5. (July 1, 2025)
• Tron Reverse Merger with SRM Entertainment Announced. Tron founder Justin Sun acknowledged a Financial Times report that Tron would go public via a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed SRM Entertainment, orchestrated by Dominari Securities, with the new venture buying and holding TRX and injecting up to $210 million of token assets 14. (June 16, 2025)
• TRON DAO at Yale Blockchain Conference 2025. TRON DAO sponsored the Happy Hour Reception at the Yale Blockchain Conference on April 4, 2025, gathering innovators from NYU, Harvard, MIT, and Columbia to discuss DeFi, scalability, and cross-chain innovation 15. (April 9, 2025)
• Tron DeFi: SunSwap Leads 2024 Activity. SunSwap led Tron's DeFi activity in 2024 with 8.3 million transactions, with WTRX accounting for over 80% of SunSwap transactions and its swap volume rising from 4.2 billion to 20 billion units; Tron also surpassed Bitcoin as the most-used payment blockchain, capturing 31.5% of all transactions 16. (January 19, 2025)
• TRX Market Position Entering 2025. Tron held the 10th spot in market cap despite market volatility, and the network saw a $6 billion reduction in illicit cryptocurrency transfers in 2024, though it still accounted for 58% of such transactions 17. (January 21, 2025)