Tron Votes to Slash Network Fees 60% to Defend Stablecoin Dominance

The Super Representative community of Tron has voted to slash network transaction fees by 60%, reducing energy unit prices from 210 sun to 100 sun in the largest fee cut since the blockchain’s ￰0￱ proposal took effect on August 29, as Tron defends its position as the dominant USDT rail, hosting a stablecoin supply of $80.97 billion compared to Ethereum’s $73.8 billion.) this Friday! Here’s my view on… — ￰1￱ Sun (Astronaut Version) (@justinsuntron) August 29, 2025 The network processes over $24.6 billion in daily USDT transfers, nearly seven times the volume of Ethereum, while maintaining a 98.56% dominance in its stablecoin ecosystem. Tron’s fee structure aims to expand its user base by 45% to 38.9 million eligible accounts capable of completing typical USDT ￰2￱ network processed 273 million transactions in May across 28.7 million active addresses, with 75% utilizing gasless transaction models, which fuel adoption in remittance-heavy ￰3￱ Fee War Intensifies Blockchain Competition Tron’s aggressive fee reduction aims to counter rising transaction costs that threatened its dominance in stablecoin ￰4￱ network’s analysis reveals that a 60% cut could add 12 million potential transfer users while maintaining transaction volumes that drive revenue, despite lower individual ￰5￱ proposal passed after three weeks of community discussion, with Super Representatives acknowledging short-term revenue ￰6￱ dynamic fee reviews will consider TRX price fluctuations, network activity levels, and growth rates to balance profitability with competitive ￰7￱ transfer fees on Tron dropped from 2.47 TRX to 0.72 TRX in July, marking a 70% decline that reinforced the network’s role as a low-cost payment ￰8￱ exchanges, including Binance, promote TRC-20 as the default option, branding it “low fee, high speed” compared to Ethereum’s higher ￰9￱ fee reduction shifts TRX supply dynamics toward inflation at current transaction levels.

Tron’s analysis indicates that a 50% fee cut would generate 18.7 million new TRX tokens during the measured period, reversing the previous deflationary trend of 76.1 million tokens burned.) July 29, 2025 The company’s traditional toy business failed to generate positive cash flow in 2024, prompting a pivot toward crypto treasury strategies. Additionally, there are ongoing governance concerns surrounding Tron Inc.’s board composition, which is chaired by Justin Sun’s father, with advisors from the Tron DAO and Tronscan development ￰10￱ has been discovered that a recent $100 million reverse merger funding came from a Hong Kong trust where company directors also serve, raising concerns about how the governance actually works.