On April 28, 2025, Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, announced that one billion new USDT (Tether) tokens have been issued on the TRON blockchain. This major development could shake up trading activity across decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms and centralized exchanges alike.

According to Justin Sun’s post on X (formerly Twitter), this huge boost brings the total USDT supply on TRON to over 60 billion, making it more than half of all USDT circulating across all blockchains. This surge in stablecoin liquidity could make trading on TRON-based platforms smoother, with lower spreads and higher volume potential.

Why This Matters for Crypto Traders

The immediate effects are already being felt.

TRON’s native token, TRX, jumped 3.2% to $0.125 within just two hours of the announcement (data from CoinGecko).
Trading volume for TRX also shot up 18%, hitting $1.2 billion across top exchanges like Binance and OKX.
Meanwhile, TRON’s total DeFi value locked (TVL) rose 5.7% to $8.3 billion, showing growing confidence in the network (source: DeFiLlama).

With more USDT flowing into the system, TRON-based trading pairs like TRX/USDT, BTC/USDT, and ETH/USDT are expected to see higher liquidity. This opens up fresh arbitrage opportunities and could lead to even tighter trading spreads on TRON’s popular decentralized exchanges like JustSwap and SunSwap.

Rising AI Activity on TRON

Interestingly, the timing of this USDT injection also coincides with a rise in AI-powered trading bots operating on the TRON network.
Recent reports from CryptoQuant show that AI-driven trades on TRON’s USDT pairs are up 9% this past week. Thanks to TRON’s low transaction fees and fast speeds, it’s becoming a favorite playground for automated trading strategies.

This means traders should be ready for potentially higher volatility on TRON pairs as AI bots look to capitalize on the fresh liquidity.

What the Charts Are Saying

From a technical analysis view, things are looking upbeat for TRX:

TRX broke above its $0.122 resistance level, reaching $0.126 after the announcement (source: Binance).
The RSI (Relative Strength Index) hovered around 62, indicating a healthy bullish momentum without the token being overbought.
The MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) also flashed a bullish crossover, strengthening the case for further gains.

In short: TRON traders are seeing a rare mix of growing liquidity, bullish price action, and technical strength all at once.

Ripple Effects on AI Crypto Tokens

Not only TRON and TRX are feeling the buzz.
Some AI-related crypto tokens like Fetch.ai (FET) and SingularityNET (AGIX) also edged up around 1.5% following the USDT issuance.