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|---|---|
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Category: CRYPTO NEWS
The post Tron Surpasses Ethereum In USDT Supply For The First Time As It Reaches $73.8B appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. For the first time ever, the total supply of USDT on TRON (TRC-20) surged past that on Ethereum (ERC-20). With $73.8 billion USDT minted on the Tron TRC-20 standard, compared to $71.9 billion on Ethereum’s ERC-20 standard, the long-awaited flip has finally occurred: a revolutionary transfer of stablecoin infrastructure. TRON $73.8B USDT Supply Overtakes Ethereum’s USDT Supply “For the first time ever, the total supply of USDT on TRON (TRC-20) surged past that on Ethereum (ERC-20), reaching $73.8B versus $71.9B.” – By @JA_Maartun pic.twitter.com/wuhj8HFPEb — CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) May 12, 2025 Scalability and Efficiency Are Behind the Tron Tron’s dominance didn’t happen overnight. The network has witnessed constant and huge USDT issuance since mid-2023, which is more than $1 billion per month. The attraction is in the fundamentals. low cost of transactions, throughput capacity, and virtually perfect uptime. With the demand for exchanges and trading platforms, as well as cross-border settlement services, Tron already has more than $14 billion of new USDT minted in just H1 2025. For high-volume transactors, Tron is simply a cheaper tool. Ethereum Stalls Amid Fee Pressure and Layer-2 Migration The supply of USDT that is native to Ethereum has stagnated, although Ethereum is the spine of decentralized finance (DeFi). After an exponential rise at the end of 2024 (largely due to a renewal of DeFi activity), the USDT supply on Ethereum has been on a declining trend. Most of this move is caused by increased gas costs, forcing traders and liquidity providers to the cheaper Layer-2 rollups such as Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base. Although Ethereum is still the king of DeFi, its original mainnet is no longer the front-runner for efficient stablecoin migrations, particularly in large-scale enterprise use cases. The Bigger Picture: Stablecoin Utility Over Ecosystem Loyalty This move isn’t just a victory for Tron, it’s…
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