Crypto Long & Short: Inside the chain settling $150 billion of stablecoins a week
Tron launched as a content-distribution project and has become the settlement layer for a large share of the world's USDT, processing roughly $150 billion to $190 billion of stablecoin transfers a week. Josh Olszewicz of Canary Capital breaks down how the network's economics work and what stablecoin
Source: CoinDesk
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Tron handles $150 billion to $190 billion in stablecoin transfers weekly — more settlement volume than most national payment systems — on a chain originally pitched as a content platform. The entire thesis rests on regulatory arbitrage: low friction, minimal compliance theater, and Tether choosing to route half its supply through a jurisdiction with no stablecoin rules. The moment Washington or Brussels imposes transfer reporting or issuer liability that extends to settlement rails, Tron becomes expensive infrastructure for a newly regulated product.