TRON Milestone Week: 704M TRX Treasury, $400M USDD TVL, and Post-Quantum Testnet Launch

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Over the past 24 hours, the TRON ecosystem has seen significant momentum across multiple fronts, with major announcements in capital deployment, stablecoin adoption, DeFi growth, and infrastructure innovation.

On July 8, Tron Inc. (NASDAQ: TRON) announced the acquisition of 150,022 TRX tokens at an average price of $0.3333, bringing its total TRX treasury holdings to over 704.1 million TRX. The company stated this acquisition is aimed at enhancing long-term shareholder value (@TRON_INC, 2026-07-08T02:16:08Z).

The TRON DeFi Carnival campaign continues to drive ecosystem engagement. DeFi_JUST reported that USDD Total Value Locked (TVL) on JustLend has surpassed $400 million, with $100 million in net TVL added within the first 48 hours of the campaign (@usddio, 2026-07-07T10:14:43Z). The initiative features USDD, TRX, JST, and SUN tokens with $4.5 million in total rewards (@DeFi_JUST, 2026-07-08T03:50:37Z).

In terms of adoption metrics, TRON DAO noted that the network is approaching 400 million accounts, a milestone that would place TRON among the world's largest populations if measured by country (@trondao, 2026-07-07T22:05:09Z). JustLendDAO reported it now has 485,000+ users with $200 million in grants power, demonstrating growing participation in TRON DeFi (@DeFi_JUST, 2026-07-08T06:54:00Z).

Infrastructure upgrades continue on TRON Nile testnet, where post-quantum signatures are now available, giving developers tools to test next-generation security capabilities (@justinsuntron, 2026-07-07T09:05:00Z). Additionally, a new feature called #GasFree allows users to pay transaction gas directly in USDT on TRON, removing friction from asset transfers (@DeFi_JUST, 2026-07-08T07:56:00Z).

Cross-border payment initiatives are advancing with partnerships like @coin_senda integrating TRON for fast, low-fee remittances (@trondao, 2026-07-07T19:15:23Z). TRON DAO emphasized that stablecoin trust depends on infrastructure reliability and global scale, positioning TRON as a proven vehicle for stablecoin payments (@trondao, 2026-07-07T20:35:29Z).

The TRON ecosystem also completed the BitTorrent Bridge Sunset Program. Justin Sun announced that the BitTorrent team has completed the sunset and will now focus on decentralized AI and maintaining the BitTorrent decentralized protocol, with all user funds confirmed safe and accessible through partner centralized exchanges (@justinsuntron, 2026-07-07T19:31:01Z).

On the token front, JST recorded strong momentum with a 24-hour price increase of 1.46%, 24-hour trading volume of $26.64 million (+9.97%), and a market cap of $794.76 million (@DeFi_JUST, 2026-07-07T10:00:00Z). USDD expanded beyond TRON, with sUSDD TVL surpassing $30 million on Pendle and a new bonus campaign launching on Ethereum and BNB Chain (@usddio, 2026-07-08T05:04:18Z).

An AMA session featuring Binance Wallet, TRON DAO, and USDD is scheduled for July 9 at 1 PM UTC to discuss boosted yields, USDD 2.0, and TRON DeFi Carnival strategies (@OfficialSUNio, 2026-07-08T08:53:27Z).