{"id":571798,"date":"2022-05-30T17:52:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T16:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=571798"},"modified":"2022-05-30T17:53:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T16:53:26","slug":"trons-tvl-rises-40-usdd-stablecoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/trons-tvl-rises-40-usdd-stablecoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Tron&#8217;s TVL Rises By 40% On The Back USDD Algorithmic Stablecoin Hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quick take:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Total value locked on Tron grew over 40% in the last 30 days.<\/li><li>It&#8217;s now the third-largest DeFi protocol with $5.92 billion in TVL.<\/li><li>Other DeFi chains plummeted in contrast to the Justin Sun-founded blockchain.<\/li><li>Major competitors like Avalance and Solana dipped more than 30% in TVL over the last month.<\/li><li>Only Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain are currently ahead.<\/li><li>The rise in Tron&#8217;s backing could stem from its recently launched USDD algorithmic stablecoin.<\/li><li>USDD adopts a similar mechanism leveraged by Terra&#8217;s UST which recently crashed.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Justin Sun\u2019s Tron blockchain has climbed to the third-largest decentralized finance ecosystem after rising by 45% in total value locked over the past 30 days. Tron (TRX) sits third ahead of Avalanche (AVAX) and Solana (SOL) in the DeFi rankings with $5.94 billion in TVL according to data from <a href=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/chains\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/defillama.com\/chains\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Defi Lama<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Tron has grown massively over the last month, other chains have experienced significant declines in their TVLs as the broader cryptocurrency market suffered heavy losses. Market leaders like Bitcoin and Ethereum have been on a downtrend since November 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tron has gained 45% in TVL in the last month and is currently ranked third behind Ethereum and BNBCHAIN. In contrast, other blockchain TVLs have fallen by 30% to 60%. The reason is mainly related to USDD, an algorithmic stable currency launched by Tron. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/86mcTs30Re\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/86mcTs30Re<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/1531255185418297345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">May 30, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On-chain data revealed that the top 20 chains have dipped at least 30% in their respective TVLs in the last 30 days. A huge difference compared to the notable growth in Tron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8l67wJ3Wcbc\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8l67wJ3Wcbc\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Vitalik Buterin<\/a>\u2019s Ethereum and the so-called \u201cETH killer\u201d network Solana are now the only chains ahead of Tron. However, the newly crowned third-largest blockchain by TVL boasts a smaller ecosystem compared to the top two blockchains.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both ETH and BSC have well over 200 protocols building on their chains while Tron has nine projects in its ecosystem, as of press time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Top-10-DeFi-TVL-Source-Defi-Lama-1024x494.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-571799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Top-10-DeFi-TVL-Source-Defi-Lama-1024x494.png 1024w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Top-10-DeFi-TVL-Source-Defi-Lama-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Top-10-DeFi-TVL-Source-Defi-Lama-770x372.png 770w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Top-10-DeFi-TVL-Source-Defi-Lama-269x130.png 269w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Top-10-DeFi-TVL-Source-Defi-Lama-746x360.png 746w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Top-10-DeFi-TVL-Source-Defi-Lama.png 1287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Top 10 DeFi TVL (Source Defi Lama)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Tron\u2019s USDD Algorithmic Stablecoin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Crypto proponents surmised that interest in Justin Sun\u2019s USDD stablecoin could be behind the surge in TVL growth. The token was <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/trons-justin-sun-follows-terra-usdd-stablecoin-backed-by-trx\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/trons-justin-sun-follows-terra-usdd-stablecoin-backed-by-trx\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> back in April 2022 on the back of hype surrounding Terra\u2019s UST stablecoin. As EWN reported, USDD adopted a design with UST.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The coin supposedly maintains its peg through an arbitrage algorithm that allows investors to exchange 1 USDD for a dollar worth of TRX in the event of a depeg. Similar to UST\u2019s high yield promises on Anchor, USDD also boasts north of 20% returns on staked tokens through protocols like JustLend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the stablecoin\u2019s market share remains a far cry away from Terra\u2019s UST, USDD is growing in market cap and seemingly driving activity across the TRX ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcc5<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USDD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#USDD<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TRON?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#TRON<\/a>\u00a0 will be issued and enter circulation on May 5, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TRONDAOReserve?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#TRONDAOReserve<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tIkFfLn9yF\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/tIkFfLn9yF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; TRON DAO Reserve (@trondaoreserve) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trondaoreserve\/status\/1517137955676061696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick take: Total value locked on Tron grew over 40% in the last 30 days. It&#8217;s now the third-largest DeFi protocol with $5.92 billion in TVL. Other DeFi chains plummeted in contrast to the Justin Sun-founded blockchain. Major competitors like Avalance and Solana dipped more than 30% in TVL over the last month. Only Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain are currently ahead. The rise in Tron&#8217;s backing could stem from its recently launched USDD algorithmic stablecoin. USDD adopts a similar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":571800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,4657],"tags":[7092,1057,108511,1255],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":571803,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571798\/revisions\/571803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}