TRON price steadies as Proposal 108 meets strong Q3 stablecoin activity
Published on 11/05/2026 at 13:04 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSTRON combines upgrade and network scale
- Proposal 108 activated a smart-contract storage optimization on November 2 after approval by TRON Super Representatives.
- TRON DAO reported Q3 stablecoin settlement of 2.21 trillion US dollars and combined USDT and USDD supply of 93.88 billion US dollars.
- Investing.com listed TRX at 0.322227 US dollars in its retrieved real-time snapshot, with a market capitalization of 30.59 billion US dollars.
TRON price is being assessed against two different developments: the activation of governance Proposal 108 and continued strength in the network's stablecoin infrastructure. In the retrieved market snapshot, Investing.com listed TRX at 0.322227 US dollars. The page showed a real-time reading at 07:47:57, a market capitalization of 30.59 billion US dollars, 24-hour volume of 531.31 million US dollars and rank eight. Its displayed 52-week range was 0.268283 to 0.376886 US dollars.
Proposal 108 changes TVM storage
According to Crypto.news, Proposal 108 took effect on November 2 after approval by TRON's Super Representatives. The measure enabled network parameter 102, identified as ALLOW_OPTIMIZE_TVM_STORAGE_KEY, and changes how the TRON Virtual Machine handles certain smart-contract storage operations.
The proposal received 25 approvals during the governance process, while a subsequent network check recorded 26 approval addresses. The change is intended to make storage handling more reliable for applications such as token transfers, lending and decentralized finance. It does not directly alter TRX supply, staking rewards or transaction fees. That distinction matters: any effect on token demand would depend on later usage and market conditions rather than on an automatic change to token economics.
Stablecoin activity remains the main metric
In its Q3 2026 report, TRON DAO said stablecoin settlement reached 2.2126 trillion US dollars, up 5.1 percent from the second quarter. Average daily settlement rose 3.9 percent to 24.05 billion US dollars. Combined USDT and USDD supply reached 93.88 billion US dollars, an increase of 5.5 percent from the previous quarter.
The same report recorded 18 million average rolling monthly active addresses, up 9.8 percent quarter over quarter. Network fees, however, totaled 701.4 million US dollars and declined 4.0 percent from the second quarter; the average daily transaction fee fell from 0.668 to 0.643 US dollars. This combination suggests that TRON's settlement scale is expanding while monetization metrics require closer observation.
Investor context for TRX
The TRON price snapshot places the token below its displayed 52-week high, while the recent technical upgrade adds a protocol-reliability angle to the investment case. The Q3 figures provide evidence of substantial network use, but they do not by themselves establish a causal link to the current token value. Investors may therefore focus on whether stablecoin settlement, application activity and fee generation remain durable after the upgrade.
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