Ethereum, by comparison, recorded roughly $1 billion in revenue over the same period, even as ETH’s market cap was around $540 billion — more than 16x the TRX market cap, which sits just north of $32 billion. The gap between market value and on-chain revenue is stark.
That expanding pool of tokenized dollar balances tends to favor blockchains with cheap, fast transfers. For Tron, heavy stablecoin issuance has translated into steady transaction volumes and a different kind of economic engine than networks that rely more on DeFi or speculative trading.
Stablecoins let value move across borders with near-instant settlement and low fees. They trade round the clock and do not require a bank account, which helps explain why on-chain volumes can diverge from pure token market caps.
Reports have disclosed that this utility-based demand is a major reason Tron outpaced others in revenue, even if its native token remains far smaller by market value.
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