Geneva, Switzerland, September 11, 2025  – TRON DAO, the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), proudly participated as a 3 Block Sponsor of CoinDesk: Policy & Regulation conference, held on September 10 at Convene Hamilton Square in Washington D.C. Formerly known as “State of Crypto,” this one-day, boutique event hosted by CoinDesk was designed to bring general counsels, compliance officers and regulatory executives together with the public officials responsible for crypto legislation and regulatory oversight. 

Throughout the day, key policymakers, regulators and government officials met with influential leaders in asset management and financial services across both cryptocurrency and traditional finance sectors. TRON’s participation was highlighted through a panel focused on the T3 Financial Crimes Unit (T3 FCU) initiative. Moderated by Adrian Wall, Managing Director of the Digital Sovereignty Alliance (DSA), “The T3 Collaboration: Combating Illicit Finance and Establishing Anti-Financial Crime Frameworks” featured distinguished speakers including John O. Hurston, General Counsel, TRON DAO; David Feder, Partner, Fenwick & West LLP; Ari Redbord, Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs; and Erin Fracolli, Global Head of Special Investigations, Binance. Throughout the discussion, panelists addressed multiple aspects of the unit’s successful model for combating cryptocurrency-related financial crime, such as legal and regulatory considerations, operational insights, and critical steps to take in the fight against financial crimes. 

Since launching less than a year ago, T3 FCU has frozen over $250 million USD in illicit assets globally. T3 FCU has worked closely with law enforcement agencies worldwide to identify and disrupt criminal networks. The unit has analyzed millions of transactions across five continents, monitoring over $3 billion USD in total volume. This comprehensive monitoring capability enables T3 FCU to work across borders, identifying and disrupting criminal operations in real-time, making it an invaluable resource for law enforcement agencies worldwide.

Following the panel, an afternoon networking break, one of two sponsored by TRON DAO, took place for attendees to connect and engage in meaningful dialogue on the future of digital asset regulation. Participation at CoinDesk’s Policy & Regulation 2025 event reaffirms TRON DAO’s commitment to ensuring that blockchain technology is leveraged responsibly, with the safeguards needed to promote transparency, security, and financial inclusion.

For more information about TRON’s initiatives and upcoming events, please visit TRON DAO’s official website.

About TRON DAO

TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps.

Founded in September 2017 by H.E. Justin Sun, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. Until recently, TRON hosted the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin, which currently exceeds $78 billion. As of September 2025, the TRON blockchain has recorded over 331 million in total user accounts, more than 11 billion in total transactions, and over $27 billion in total value locked (TVL), based on TRONSCAN. Recognized as the global settlement layer for stablecoin transactions and everyday purchases with proven success, TRON is “Moving Trillions, Empowering Billions.”

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Geneva, Switzerland – August 8, 2025 – CoinDesk Data, the institutional research and analytics arm of CoinDesk, a leading media outlet in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry, has published a comprehensive protocol report on TRON. The report offers a detailed analysis of TRON’s performance in the first half of 2025, highlighting its continued leadership in stablecoin settlements, rapid user growth, and increasing influence on global financial inclusion.

The Protocol Research Report: TRON Network examines how TRON’s innovative bandwidth and energy model enables near feeless transactions, while its Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consensus, secured by 27 Super Representatives, enables high throughput of up to 2,000 transactions per second. The findings reaffirm TRON’s status as the leading settlement layer for stablecoins, facilitating the majority of peer-to-peer on-chain transactions across key regions including Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

Key Insights from CoinDesk: 

• USDT currently represents 61% of the global stablecoin market capitalization, with 50% of all USDT currently on Tron, highlighting the crucial role of the chain within the stablecoin sector.
• A breakdown of USDT transaction sizes on TRON reveals that the majority are lower-value transfers, reflecting strong usage among retail users and remittance-focused entities. Around 60% of all USDT transactions on TRON are under $1,000, indicating strong adoption among everyday users and high-frequency transaction patterns.
• Data from 31 stablecoin payment companies found that TRON was the most-used blockchain for stablecoin transfers in 35 of the 50 countries included in the analysis.

The research findings reaffirm TRON’s successful evolution into a core component of global financial infrastructure, combining technical sophistication with real-world utility to serve millions of users worldwide. With its demonstrated capacity to process high transaction volumes while remaining accessible and cost-effective, TRON continues to lead in expanding access to digital financial services and positioning blockchain as a practical alternative to traditional payment systems.

Read the full report from Coindesk here. 

About TRON DAO

TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps.

Founded in September 2017 by H.E. Justin Sun, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. TRON hosts the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin, exceeding $82 billion. As of August 2025, the TRON blockchain has recorded over 323 million in total user accounts, more than 11 billion in total transactions, and over $26 billion in total value locked (TVL), based on TRONSCAN.

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At first glance, throwing Web3 and AI into a headline might seem like a bad example of buzzword soup, the practice of media companies trying to game the algorithms (and your attention) by using a bunch of the most-searched words of the day. But CoinDesk has been following the slow integration of applications that track vast amounts of data on a public blockchain and the artificial intelligence capable of making sense of that data for a decade.

In the first-ever CoinDesk Top Women in Web3 & AI list, we consulted with a panel of women judges respected in their fields to create what we believe is a powerful list that captures the zeitgeist of the moment.

Parallel Revolutions

What we’re witnessing are two parallel technological revolutions—blockchain’s promise of decentralization and AI’s leap toward transforming how we work, create, and build the world. While these fields may seem distinct, they share something crucial: they’re both reshaping the fundamental infrastructure of our digital future.

The timing of this convergence isn’t coincidental. As AI demands ever-greater computational power and data access, and as blockchain networks seek new use cases beyond cryptocurrency, the two fields are naturally intersecting in areas like data verification, distributed computing, and digital identity.

Major AI companies are exploring blockchain-based solutions for data provenance. Crypto projects are integrating AI for everything from fraud detection to agentic trading. An entirely new field of Web3, called decentralized artificial intelligence (deAI) is leveraging the vast amount of power used to audit blockchains to train AI models capable of competing with centralized solutions.

The Authors of Tomorrow

The technology industry’s gender gap is well-documented, particularly in emerging fields like blockchain and AI. While the reasons are complex, from educational pipeline issues to workplace culture, the result is that women remain significantly underrepresented in both fields.

Then, there’s the list. These 50 remarkable women are not footnotes in the story of emerging technology — they are its authors. They are building protocols and platforms, leading billion-dollar startups, and shaping global governance frameworks. They’re doing this while navigating systems never designed with them in mind, bringing empathy, creativity, and uncompromising rigor to the most critical issues of our time.

AI and blockchain are two sides of the same coin — one built on probabilistic reasoning and the other on cryptographic certainty. AI interprets and predicts the world; blockchain verifies and preserves it. One thrives on inference, the other on immutability. Together, they offer a blueprint for a future that is both adaptive and accountable, generative and just.

This list was brought to life through a collaboration between CoinDesk and Proof of Talk, hosted by XVentures. As part of its annual summit — held this year in Paris at the Louvre Palace — Proof of Talk convenes a range of actors across the blockchain and AI ecosystems: founders, investors, policymakers, and academics helping shape the trajectory of both fields for years to come.

With AI development accelerating globally and blockchain applications like stablecoins gaining institutional adoption, European engagement in both technical development and policy formation has become increasingly important for the region’s broader technological competitiveness. Web3 & AI are truly global, and every region is contributing and competing.

Selection Methodology

To help ensure the list selection process was as unbiased as possible we sought out multiple, diverse perspectives.

An initial public outreach on numerous social media platforms and to our deeply sourced expert analysts, resulted in more than 300 nominations from every geographic region. After removing the name and contact information from each nomination, CoinDesk’s editorial board narrowed the candidates to 100 semifinalists. A panel of five judges then reviewed the resulting list of semifinalists, looking for the rare combination of innovation, relevancy and influence. Each judge closely reviewed 20 candidates, providing crucial feedback for the final selection process.

The judges were: Julia Bonafede, Co-Founder of investment management firm, Rosetta Analytics; Olivia Bolec, Google’s Enterprise Global Account Director; Sarah Idahosa, Founder of Women in Defi; Saruul Krause-Jentsch, Head of Podcast at Spotify for Central Europe; and Amélie M., Founder and President of the French branch of the Association of Women in Crypto.

In the end, it was the CoinDesk editorial board, myself included, who closely reviewed the resulting feedback, making the difficult decision of the 50 leaders to be recognized.

Rather than focusing exclusively on technical innovation, the list recognizes that the development of emerging technologies involves multiple types of expertise—from product development and business strategy to regulatory compliance and ethical frameworks. As both Web3 and AI move from experimental phases toward broader adoption, these diverse perspectives become increasingly important.

See the full list here.

It was a pretty positive week for crypto as prices rose, big deals were signed, and stablecoins continued to penetrate deep into the financial system. Even ETH, a perennial downer of late, rose sharply, reaching nearly $2300 at press time.

The CoinDesk 20, a barometer for the whole market, has risen 15%-plus since Monday.

Bitcoin was near ATH levels this week on the back of more positive “trade” news. Bearish positions were liquidated and ETF flows were up, Omkar Godbole reported.

ETH’s resurgence may have had something to do with its Pectra upgrade, which went off without a hitch (as Ethereum upgrades tend to). Pectra will make staking easier (and bigger) and boost efficiency. Margaux Nijkerk, our Ethereum reporter, had the news.

Coinbase signed the biggest acquisition in crypto history, a $2.9 billion deal for Deribit, a crypto options pioneer. Wall Street analysts said Coinbase is now a genuine player in derivatives, rivaling Binance.

Still, the deal couldn’t boost Coinbase’s stock price, which took a hit on tariff-affected Q1 earnings. Helene Braun wrote about that.

About those stablecoins… Meta (formerly Facebook) looks set to join the integration party; as does Stripe. But Senate Democrats are stalling the stablecoin bill, citing concerns about numerous questionable Trump crypto ventures. That delay could in turn affect the timetable for a more comprehensive “market structure” bill.

New Hampshire (“Live Free or Die”) signed the U.S.’s first state crypto reserve law. Many more are set to follow, Jesse Hamilton reported.

Meanwhile, Strike, which started as a bitcoin wallet, announced plans to get into bitcoin-based lending. Many expect the bitcoin credit market to expand from here.

This happened the same week, another bitcoin lender — disgraced Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky — was sentenced to 12 years in prison for securities fraud related to the last cycle. Hopefully, bitcoin lending will work out better this time around.

CoinDesk announced today that Consensus, one of the leading events in the crypto conference calendar, will take place in Miami, Florida, in 2026.

Consensus 2026 will be May 5-7 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

Consensus is the longest-running large-scale event in crypto, known for bringing together all sides of the industry.

The first Consensus was held in 2015, in New York City. The event went virtual during the pandemic lockdown before moving to Austin, Texas in 2022, 2023 and 2024. This February, CoinDesk held its first Consensus in Hong Kong, attracting more than 10,000 attendees.

Consensus 2025, the North American flagship event, is in Toronto May 14-16, featuring headline speakers such as Eric Trump, Charles Hoskinson and Sergey Nazarov. Up to 15,000 attendees are expected, according to the organizers.

“We are excited to announce that the Consensus conference will be coming to Miami in 2026,” said Michael Lau, Consensus Chairman.

“As a leading tech and crypto hub, Miami provides an exceptional setting for innovation and collaboration. Its vibrant culture, strategic location, and international connectivity make it an ideal destination for participants from around the world.

“The largest industry-wide conference across the Americas, Consensus in Miami will serve as a pivotal meeting point for innovators and leaders, facilitating the most consequential conversations and business opportunities in this thriving metropolis.”

Tickets for Consensus Miami will go on sale during Consensus 2025 in Toronto.

This was a relatively quiet week in code, following the drama caused by last week’s tariffs. Bitcoin remained stable at around $84,000. Coindesk 20, which tracks around 80% of the market, has risen by around 4% over the past seven days. In other words, there was nothing historical.

Still, a lot happened. On Tuesday, many of Crypto went offline due to technical issues on AWS, indicating that a decentralized economy is not always that decentralized. Shaurya Malwa reported the news early. Omkal Godball reported that Bitcoin and other major cryptography slipped into bad news for Nvidia.

Mantra, a project focusing on real-world assets, has lost 90% of its value. The explanations were varied (the company says it was due to a “forced liquidation” exchange).

Meanwhile, Eigenlayer, a leader in redevelopment, has deployed a “new” feature to address security concerns (reported by Sam Kessler). A massive exchange, OKX has announced plans to set up a $500 million settlement with the SEC in California for a claim that previously operated without a gold sender license. Cheyenne Ligon had that story.

In that good news, Kraken fired “hundreds” of staff ahead of the expected IPO. Coinbase was caught up in a “frontrunning controversy” linked to a token with a mysterious name in its base L2. Privacy advocates responded with caution to rumors that Binance was trying to abolish Zcash after the value of privacy coins had declined for a long time.

In DC News, Jesse Hamilton reported on a new wave of crypto lobbyists overflowing the capital. Some people asked if there are currently too many trading groups and if they are all effective.

Friends with Benefit, Creative Technologist’s Buzzy Social Club, has launched a new program to build Web3 products for music, film, publishing and other fun activities. (I wrote that.)

Of course, there was a lot going on in the economy and the market (a disgust at Trump’s Powell chair feeding his anxiety). But with cryptography, as usual, it was pretty much business. The property won, the property lost, and the fate was postponed.

HONG KONG – CoinDesk Indices launched two index products tracking the price gyrations of memecoins and the top hundred tokens by market capitalization, meeting demand from institutional and professional investors who seek upside in different crypto sectors, the firm announced at Consensus Hong Kong.

The CoinDesk Memecoin Index will track the largest fifty memecoins by market capitalization — a list that includes dogecoin (DOGE), shiba inu (SHIB), floki (FLOKI), among others — while the CoinDesk 100 serves as a single benchmark for the top hundred tokens by market cap.

“CoinDesk Memecoin Index responds to traders’ need for liquidity and volatility while the CoinDesk 100 provides one-stop access to the most liquid tokens,” said Chris Tyrer, VP, head of institutional at Bullish.

“We are thrilled to continue providing our clients access to the broader digital asset landscape, complementing these indices with our robust regulatory framework,” he added.

The memecoin index is equal-weighted and will be rebalanced monthly, ensuring the representation of emerging and established tokens. Similarly, the CoinDesk 100 Index is market cap-weighted and provides a single reference point for structured products, ETFs, and risk management strategies.

Crypto exchange Bullish has listed perpetual futures on both indices, allowing traders to gain exposure to these benchmarks with deep liquidity and around-the-clock trading.

This launch builds on the success of the CoinDesk 20 and CoinDesk 80 perpetuals, which have collectively driven over $13.5 billion in volume, with the CoinDesk 80 index perpetual future trading millions daily since January 2025.

HONG KONG – Investors in Europe can now get direct exposure to the CoinDesk 20, an index representing the largest crypto assets, thanks to a new exchange-traded product (ETP) from WisdomTree launched at Consensus Hong Kong.

“The launch of the first CoinDesk 20 ETP with WisdomTree is a defining moment for digital asset investing in Europe,” Alan Campbell, President of CoinDesk Indices, said in a release. “The CoinDesk 20 provides institutional investors with a streamlined way to access the largest digital assets beyond Bitcoin.”

WisdomTree’s Physical CoinDesk 20 ETP (WCRP) offers exposure to the digital assets listed on the CoinDesk 20, in a similar way to other ETPs that offer exposure to traditional finance’s S&P 500 or the NASDAQ.

WCRP is listed on Deutsche Börse Xetra, the Swiss Stock Exchange SIX, and Euronext exchanges in Paris and Amsterdam.

Additionally, WCRP generates a staking yield, allowing investors to benefit from rewards earned by helping secure the underlying blockchain networks.

The CoinDesk 20 Index, launched in January 2024, has quickly become a key benchmark for digital asset investors, with over $14 billion in trading volume in its first year.