I was curious about how TRX actually makes money—there are all kinds of guesses in the comments: money laundering, gambling, forex arbitrage. I tried it out myself and found that the truth is actually pretty pragmatic.

Here’s a striking figure: half of all USDT issuance runs on the Tron network. Why? Just check out those channels on Telegram—almost all small transfers use the TRX chain. The fees are low, transfers are fast, and merchants find it super convenient to accept payments. Reportedly, there are now close to 4 million merchants using it as their main payment channel.

Add in the revenue share from other on-chain businesses, and they’re pulling in tens of millions of dollars a week? Sounds exaggerated, but the scale is really there. Do you think this logic holds up?