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TRON DAO adopts Chainlink Data Feeds, securing over $5.5B DeFi TVL and boosting security

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  • TRON DAO secures over $5.5B in DeFi TVL by adopting Chainlink Data Feeds as its oracle.
  • TRON DAO uses Chainlink instead of WINkLink for better and more reliable data in DeFi.
  • TRON DAO’s DeFi apps gain robust data integrity with Chainlink Data Feeds adoption.

TRON DAO announced on May 15, 2025, that it has chosen Chainlink Data Feeds as its oracle network solution for its blockchain ecosystem. The decision was made after TRON joined the Chainlink Scale program in October 2024. With Chainlink, TRON DAO increases the security and reliability of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on its platform which currently holds over $5.5 billion in total value locked (TVL)..

Chainlink Data Feeds are known for being trustworthy, accurate, and verifiable sources of information on blockchain networks. With this integration, JustLend and JustStable on TRON, together with other decentralized applications, can now use Chainlink oracles. These applications are fundamental for the safety of user assets and financial transactions.

Strategic Move Reinforces TRON’s Blockchain Security

TRON DAO’s shift to Chainlink oracles indicates its strong focus on robust blockchain security.  With this move, TRON DAO halted support for WINkLink, which used to be its oracle service provider. By incorporating this change, DeFi projects benefit from greater data integrity, transparency and reliability which are essential for the platform’s success.

Thodoris Karakostas, Head of Blockchain Partnerships at Chainlink Labs, highlighted the significance of this adoption. “We’re excited that the TRON community has upgraded to Chainlink Data Feeds as the official data oracle solution,” Karakostas said. He highlighted that integrating Chainlink allows TRON to boost the scale of its DeFi infrastructure, which is essential for ecosystem expansion.

Supporting TRON’s Long-Term Blockchain Vision

Adding Chainlink to TRON DAO is part of its goal to ensure Internet decentralization through blockchain technology. TRON was established in 2017 by Justin Sun, and since the MainNet launch in May 2018, the platform has seen fast development. As of May 2025, the circulating supply of Tether (USDT) stablecoin on TRON has reached $73 billion positioning it globally with over 306 million user accounts and a TVL of $23 billion.

Community spokesperson Sam Elfarra noted the new oracle system’s practical benefits. “By integrating Chainlink Data Feeds, TRON DAO strengthens its DeFi ecosystem with a secure and reliable infrastructure,” Elfarra said. This infrastructure empowers developers to construct more scalable, innovative, and secure decentralized financial solutions.

Furthermore, blockchains are using Chainlink as the standard for verifying data. Swift, Fidelity International, ANZ Bank, Aave and GMX rely on it to support their financial operations and DeFi activities. The oracle provider enables over $20 trillion of blockchain transactions worldwide, ensuring confidence and security in financial markets.

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Tron DAO’s $75M Bet on WLFI: How Trump’s Crypto Vision Could Shape the Future

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  • Tron DAO boosts its stake in WLFI with an additional $45M, bringing total investment to $75M.
  • Trump’s endorsement of WLFI and Tron DAO’s investment are driving increasing interest from retail investors.
  • Tron DAO’s growing support for WLFI signals confidence in Trump’s pro-crypto vision and strengthens its market position.

Tron DAO has also raised the bet on World Liberty Financial Token (WLFI) by infusing an additional $45 million to its prior investment. The new commitment takes their total investment in the Trump endorsed cryptocurrency to $75 million. This decision comes at a time when Tron DAO has increased its trust in WLFI, which is in line with the current US President Donald Trump’s positive view of cryptocurrencies.

Tron DAO’s Growing Commitment

According to the recent report by the analytical platform CryptoQuant, this investment comes three weeks after Tron DAO made its first $30,000,000 investment on November 25, 2024. With the latest addition, platform has thus further amplified its focus on the cryptocurrency, thus endorsing Trump’s idea of a pro-crypto United States. It has recently received backing from the previous president and sits at the center of interest from the cryptocurrency community and investors because of its connection to politics.

This has raised the demand of WLFI especially from the retail investors due to the increased investment. On 18th December alone, the number of WLFI token holders increased by 1,345 as more and more individuals started to invest in the token. This increase in holders means that supporting a large organization like Tron together with Trump’s support is boosting the interest in WLFI.

Investor Confidence in WLFI

The platform has also pointed out that Tron DAO’s participation could manifest positive feedback from the wider cryptocurrency sector regarding WLFI. This is especially significant since Tron DAO is one of the prominent players in the blockchain industry and its financial support for WLFI can be expected to draw more investors eager to benefit from the growing interest in the product.

The new focus on WLFI by Tron DAO is also evident at a time when the cryptocurrency market has been rather unstable. This is especially important as cryptocurrencies are still relatively new and growing in their adoption; investment opportunities like this one could help both platform and WLFI to prepare for those shifts.

The platform latest $45,000,000 investment in World Liberty Financial Token shows the belief in the project and its compliance with Trump’s crypto vision. The increasing attention from investors helps to strengthen the position of WLFI in the crypto market, which can be followed by new developments in the near future.

TRON DAO Signs Up Wintermute To Mint & Redeem USDD

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TRON DAO onboarded one of the largest crypto exchanges Wintermute as its ninth whitelisted member to mint and redeem its algorithmic stablecoin USDD.

“We strive to function as the decentralized crypto reserve while consolidating the value of USDD as the true settlement currency. Welcome more institutions on board!”, the announcement read.

USDD is an algorithmic stablecoin on Tron, that is supposed to keep a one-to-one exchange rate with the U.S. dollar. It relies on an automated balancing mechanism that requires alternately creating and destroying units of USDD and its sister token TRX, the native cryptocurrency of the Tron blockchain.

To elaborate further, when the value of USDD falls below the $1 target, users can burn their USDD to mint TRX, restoring USDD’s price back to the target level.

Apart from that, the USDD stablecoin also maintains the peg with centrally controlled reserves. This reserve comprises of various tokens worth more than USDD’s total value and is held as collateral to prop up the stablecoin in the event of a crisis.

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TRON DAO Signs Up Wintermute To Mint & Redeem USDD 2

TRON DAO Expands Its Whitelisted Institutions

With respect, to the latest addition, Wintermute is now a part of the selected cahoots that have the exclusive right to swap between USDD and TRX. These parties are referred to as whitelisted institutions.

The leading global crypto market maker now joins eight other members of the Tron DAO, which are Alameda Research, Amber, Ankr, FalconX, Poloniex, Mirana, Multichain, and TPS Capital.

On being the newest member, David Micley, business development director at Wintermute stated,

“There is a lot of exciting activity going on in the Tron ecosystem which we’re seeing in terms of total value locked [TVL] and projects being built and we’re excited to find ways to get involved and contribute.”

Besides being a well-known crypto market maker on both centralized and decentralized crypto exchanges, Wintermute trades billions of dollars per month that comes with a vast experience in digital assets.

It has over $5 billion in average daily trading volume and is a one-stop shop for OTC trading, providing liquidity for both CEXs and DEXs.

The collaboration between the Reserve and Wintermute will see the latter act as an adviser and “make recommendations to enhance, develop, and supply general aid for the USDD network,” the statement said.

TRON DAO Launches New Grants Program To Expand The Ecosystem

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TRON DAO has laid out Community Ambassador Grant Program to expand the ecosystem. Announcing the same, the DAO stated that the initiative is for eligible Community Ambassadors, Developers, and Influencers who BUIDL in the TRON ecosystem.

Tron Boss Justin Sun also reiterated that the scheme aims to cultivate relationships between the DAO and established Ambassadors engaged within the Community.

In accordance with the press release, the Community Ambassador Grant Program will open a new corridor between the DAO and several stakeholders to broaden the TRON ecosystem.

Beginning with a quarterly grant allocation of $30k, the Community Ambassador Grant program is aimed to establish better connections between the DAO and Ambassadors who are actively engaged within the TRON Community.

Next, a quarterly grant allocation of $90,000 exclusively for the developer community, has been formulated to engage and empower creators to promote new use cases of the TRON blockchain.

In addition to the Developer Grant Program, the network has a Bug Bounty Program to incentivize developers to search for system vulnerabilities.

The program will help make our ecosystem safer, more robust, and more functional. Grants will be awarded depending on the bug’s complexity, level of vulnerability, and the replicability of the problem found.

Lastly, a quarterly grant of $45,000 has been allocated for dedicated influencers to help spread valuable information and create an authentic stream of highly informative content.

Tron Welcomed WeFund To Attract a Large User Base

Founded in September 2017 by H.E. Justin Sun, the TRX network has gained significant traction in recent years. By July 2022, it has tapped over 103 million total user accounts on the blockchain, more than 3.5 billion total transactions, and above $11 billion in total value locked [TVL].

Not long ago, the over-collateralized decentralized stablecoin USDD was launched on the network, backed by the first-ever crypto reserve for the blockchain industry.

This past week, Tron extended its support to WeFund to collaborate and reach a larger audience in the competitive dApp market.

“WeFund will be operating to provide crowdsourced launchpad and incubator alternatives for the community. It will be able to support a wide range of ecosystems and projects as it evolves into a multichain system”, the P.A read.

Will Tron Suffer the same fate as LUNA?

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Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, has announced a $2 billion reserve to defend TRX from rising short interest.

Many crypto leaders are announcing plans and measures to counter the cryptocurrency carnage as it intensifies. Do Kwon, the founder of Terra, recently revealed plans to revive the UST stablecoin, but prices have since plummeted.

The TRX network, like UST, debuted USDD a few days ago. After LUNA, Justin Sun believes TRON (TRX) will be the next target. He stated that the funding rate for shoring TRX on the Binance cryptocurrency market has above 100% APR. The Tron DAO Reserve will spend $2 billion to combat the price action in order to avoid the dump.

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During market turbulence, Sun added, the USDD has stayed stable. TRX’s stablecoin now has a total cap of $270 million, while TRX DAO Reserve has a value of $10 billion. With a little deflection, the USDD coin is currently trading at $0.995. He also claimed that TRX’s funding rate on Binance is roughly -0.3448 percent, or -1.0344 percent, or -377.556 percent annual percentage rate.

Tron joins the stablecoin club

Tron DAO’s own $USDD is now accessible on Multichain DEX (previously AnySwap), among PancakeSwap, Uniswap, Ellipsis, and sunSwap, the first to list stablecoin.

Users can now use Multichain services to randomly connect $USDD between BitTorrent, Ethereum, Fantom, and Avalanche platforms.

Nothing will stop the self-acclaimed “Terra Destroyer” and its well-known founder, Justin Sun, from developing and grabbing new crypto niches.

The spread of the $USDD on decentralised exchanges follows in the footsteps of the Tron Foundation, which announced its reformation as Tron DAO in January and stated that it was working “towards the mission of delivering the Global Human Settlement Layer of the future.”

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TRX DAO’s own “revolutionary” stablecoin, $USDD, arose as a result of completing this aim. TRXn DAO, which is backed by TRX and $10 billion in cryptocurrency assets, the specific composition of which is unknown, has also announced a $1 billion extra authorization starting on May 7.

Tron DAO then bought 500 BTC and around 600 million TRX on May 10 in accordance with the intentions, “to defend the overall blockchain sector and crypto market.”