TRON Weekly Digest: JST Hits 17% Supply Burn, Energy Costs Slash 47%, Stablecoin Volume Dominates

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The TRON ecosystem saw significant developments over the past 24 hours, highlighted by major financial announcements and ecosystem expansions.

JustLendDAO completed its fourth $JST buyback and burn cycle, eliminating 355,021,530.97 JST tokens (3.59% of total supply) on July 17, 2026, valued at $34.59 million. This brings cumulative burns to 1.711 billion JST tokens (17.29% of total supply) worth $94.62 million across four cycles, all powered by protocol revenue (@DeFi_JUST, 2026-07-17T11:27:04Z).

Energy costs on JustLendDAO saw a significant reduction, with the base rate cut from 15% to 8%, bringing 100,000 Energy down to 4.254 TRX (42 sun/day), improving efficiency for smart contract execution (@DeFi_JUST, 2026-07-17T06:54:00Z).

On the payment infrastructure front, new data confirms that nearly 90% of stablecoin payment volume settles on TRON (@justinsuntron, 2026-07-17T08:01:00Z). USDD positioning strengthened with emphasis on its cost efficiency—transfer costs are roughly one-third of USDT on TRON—making it attractive for payments and DeFi applications (@usddio, 2026-07-17T10:34:32Z).

USDD launched Phase 7 of its strategy campaign with @BinanceWallet, featuring an 800,000 USDD reward pool, no cap limits, and 1:1 USDT ↔ USDD swap capability (@usddio, 2026-07-17T14:02:42Z).

Ecosystem partnerships expanded with Anchorage Digital adding native TRX staking and TRC20 asset custody services, while Private Swaps now supports TRON, broadening cross-chain interoperability tools (@trondaoCN, 2026-07-17T10:52:00Z and 2026-07-17T09:33:33Z).

Kimi 3, a notable project, went live on the ecosystem, drawing attention from ecosystem participants (@justinsuntron, 2026-07-17T11:46:45Z).

Tron Inc. (NASDAQ: TRON) continued strengthening its position by acquiring 153,993 TRX tokens at an average price of $0.3247, bringing total TRX treasury holdings to over 705.6 million TRX (@TRON_INC, 2026-07-18T02:27:59Z).

Community engagement expanded with TRON sponsoring a World Cup watch party event, connecting global football fans while promoting TRON prizes (@trondao, 2026-07-17T18:48:44Z).