r/TronRelic

Total accounts on TRON stand within reach of 400 million, @justinsuntron remarked, inviting speculation about who the 400 millionth user might be (Aug 19, 04:22 UTC). Network usage across payment, DeFi, and application layers continues driving the approaching milestone.

Network Upgrades

A mainnet proposal to activate network parameters 95 and 96 is planned for August 25, enabling Prague and Osaka features introduced in GreatVoyage-v4.8.2 (Pyrrho), @trondao announced (Aug 19, 10:08 UTC). The upgrade targets improved compatibility, security, and more consistent execution across the network, the account added later (Aug 19, 17:45 UTC).

Infrastructure and Payments

TRON is now supported through Paxos Crypto Brokerage, @trondao stated, describing the move as another step toward broader institutional access to the ecosystem (Aug 19, 20:55 UTC). Stablecoin card top-up volume crossed $1 billion in July, with TRON accounting for more than $311 million of that activity, the account noted, calling it another sign of stablecoins becoming increasingly embedded in everyday payments (Aug 19, 18:42 UTC).

Cross-chain access to USDT on TRON is available through a single command via Eco, @trondao reported (Aug 19, 16:40 UTC). Analysis from @obchakevich_ indicated that TRON held a 52 percent share of USDT transfers below $1,000 during Q2 among USDT native issuance networks, and that TRON market share in payment card settlements rose to 34 percent, @trondaoCN relayed (Aug 19, 08:13 UTC).

DeFi Activity

The U Market on JustLend DAO reached nearly 5 million U in liquidity with an 80 percent Collateral Factor, @DeFi_JUST announced, noting that U can now be supplied, used as collateral, and put to work (Aug 19, 04:00 UTC). JustLend DAO adoption figures show grants power exceeding $237 million and more than 485,000 users, the account added (Aug 19, 06:53 UTC).

SUN.io scheduled a discussion for August 20 exploring whether free access to powerful models will matter more for AI adoption than another major jump in benchmark performance, @OfficialSUNio announced, framing the event around SUN.io making DeepSeek-V4-Flash free (Aug 19, 11:09 UTC).

Treasury

Tron Inc. acquired 149,467 TRX tokens at an average price of $0.3345, increasing total treasury holdings to more than 710.5 million TRX, @TRON_INC disclosed (Aug 19, 02:50 UTC).

Exchange Operations

@justinsuntron and @sunyuchentron each stated that Huobi withdrawal fees were reduced to zero, with both referring to Huobi as "the world's most receptive exchange" (Aug 19, 13:03 UTC and Aug 19, 13:10 UTC). @justinsuntron announced a support group for Huobi users affected by recent issues, stating that Huobi would make every effort to protect user assets (Aug 19, 15:04 UTC).

TRON's infrastructure reached a major technical milestone as @trondao advanced quantum-resistant security testing on the Nile Testnet (Aug 7, 23:30 UTC). The implementation covers transaction signing, block production, P2P node handshakes, smart contract verification, and network infrastructure using NIST-standardized cryptographic algorithms. This proactive work on post-quantum cryptography reflects the network's commitment to long-term security resilience before quantum computing becomes operationally relevant.

The network also crossed 15 billion total transactions, according to @justinsuntron (Aug 7, 03:04 UTC), underscoring sustained transactional throughput. TRON is approaching 400 million total accounts, per @trondao (Aug 7, 21:16 UTC), with over 97.8 million unique stablecoin holders already on the network (Aug 7, 19:58 UTC).

User adoption of gasless USDT transfers accelerated, with more than 400,000 users now employing the GasFree feature to pay fees directly in USDT without requiring TRX, @DeFi_JUST noted (Aug 7, 10:18 UTC). This simplification removes friction from everyday stablecoin movement.

Cost efficiency improved materially when JustLendDAO cut its energy base rate from 15% to 8%, reducing the cost of 100,000 energy units to 4.374 TRX, @DeFi_JUST announced (Aug 7, 06:52 UTC). Lower energy pricing directly reduces smart contract execution costs across the ecosystem.

Corporate treasury expansion continued as TRON Inc. acquired 152,042 TRX at an average price of $0.3289, bringing its holdings to over 708.7 million TRX (Aug 7, 02:27 UTC). Meanwhile, the Binance Wallet TRON Carnival Season 2 campaign launched with a $2.35 million reward pool, per the Chinese-language community announcement (Aug 7, 09:21 UTC).