State of TRON — May 2026
Monthly recap of TRON network activity, USDT, TRX price and supply, freezes and DeFi — computed from on-chain data.
- TRON processed 376.4M transactions in May 2026 (+20.0% vs April 2026), including 71.2M USDT transfers.
- TRX rose 6.5% over the month, from $0.3266 to $0.3477.
- 91.5M TRX were burned and 121.39M issued, so supply grew by 29.89M TRX.
- Stablecoin issuers froze 278 TRON addresses (April 2026: 281).
Network activity
Transactions
376.4M
▲ +20.03% MoM
USDT transfers
71.2M
▼ -0.98% MoM
Active accounts / day
4.69M
▲ +33.53% MoM
DeFi TVL, month end
$4.86B
▼ -3.49% MoM
Busiest day
13.18M
transactions on May 12
TRX price
Month close
$0.3477
▲ +6.47% over month
Open
$0.3266
High (daily close)
$0.3751
Low (daily close)
$0.3266
TRX supply
Burned
91.5M TRX
Issued
121.39M TRX
Net change
+29.89M TRX
inflationary month
Staked, month end
46.45B TRX
Stablecoins
Addresses frozen
278
▼ -1.07% MoM
Held by them now
$142.59M
Largest dApps by TVL at month end
- JustLend V1$3.39B-4.2%
- JustCryptos$2.29B-6.0%
- USDD$1.29B+3.1%
- SUNSwap V3$107.45M-37.2%
- stUSDT$63.33M+3.8%
- SUNSwap V1$62.78M-0.3%
- SunX Bridge$22M+18.1%
- CatFee Staking Vault$17.65M-1.1%
- Allbridge Core$6.81M+15.1%
- NEAR Intents$2.41M-40.3%
Sources: TRONSCAN (network stats, supply), DefiLlama (TVL, TRX price history), TRONSCAN blacklist (freezes). UTC months. Methodology