
August 14th, 2025
Tron has reclaimed a new ATH, serving as a yardstick for other altcoins to chart related growth course.
Tron’s native cryptocurrency TRX has surged 16% in the past 24 hours, reaching an all-time high of $0.2381, driven by a 112% increase in daily trading volumes.
Financial institutions prefer Ethereum as the leading blockchain for tokenizing US dollar-backed real-world assets. Ethereum overtook Tron after $2 billion USDT minting last week.
Tether issued an additional $3 billion in USDT tokens in November, with $2 billion minted on Ethereum and $1 billion on the Tron network.
Tron founder Justin Sun purchased Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian, a banana taped to a wall, for $5.2 million at a Sotheby’s auction, with an additional $1 million in fees.
Coinbase CEO got an informal community note after Justin Sun debunked claims of no listing charges
Tron is leading the altcoin transaction volume dominance level per data from CryptoQuant.
The TRON DAO will discontinue its support for WinkLink Oracle and focus on the Chainlink network for further DeFi development.
Data from Dune highlights that since early August, SunPump has been instrumental in launching over 90,800 meme coins on the Tron network, significantly contributing to Tron’s revenue and market presence.
The Tron network has grown to over 153 million holders mostly holding its stablecoins and speculating on its meme coins led by Sundog (SUNDOG).
Despite suffering a network outage on August 19 due to unprecedented traffic, SunPump has expanded its business with the launch of NFT Pump in partnership with APENFT.
Vitalik Buterin also talked about the Celo blockchain for transitioning from a standalone Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible Layer 1 blockchain to an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain.
Bitcoin’s network hashrate reached an all-time high, signaling strong long-term growth potential despite recent market stagnation and liquidation of long positions.
Tron founder Justin Sun has been actively promoting SunPump, but the platform is struggling to maintain momentum.
SunPump.meme, introduced in August 2024, allows users to create their own meme token with minimal capital investment. The concept is similar to Solana’s Pump.Fun, where users can issue new tokens for a small fee.