Recently, TRON has once again received great news. It has reached a cooperation with Nasdaq-listed SRM Entertainment (SRM for short) to conduct a reverse merger to achieve listing and enter the mainstream capital market in the United States. At the same time, the listed company will follow the Bitcoin Micro Strategy model and launch the TRX Micro Strategy plan, listing TRX as a reserve asset in the listed companys balance sheet, and starting a large-scale buy, buy, buy hoarding mode.
Influenced by this good news, in the past 10 days, the price of SRMs stock (SRM) has surged from the initial US$1.18 to a high of US$12.8, an increase of more than 10 times.
For TRON, the successful listing on the US stock market means that it has officially entered the mainstream US capital market and gained a broader development space and resources. The launch of the TRX Micro Strategy plan provides a compliant and legal way for listed companies to purchase TRX, which is expected to leverage funds from the traditional financial market to flow into the TRON ecosystem. This is undoubtedly a milestone for the development of the TRON ecosystem, and will strongly promote its ecological applications, especially DeFi applications, into a new stage of development.
TRON enters the mainstream financial market after listing, and “TRX Micro Strategy” replicates the growth flywheel of “stock and coin dual growth”
Through reverse merger and listing with SRM Entertainment, TRON has successfully joined the ranks of Nasdaq-listed companies and has been recognized by the mainstream financial market. Its native token TRX has also been officially included in the listed companys balance sheet as its core reserve asset. This move is not only of great significance to TRON itself, but also has a far-reaching impact on the entire crypto industry, and will undoubtedly further promote the compliance and mainstreaming of the crypto industry.
On June 16, Nasdaq-listed SRM Entertainment announced that it had signed an investment agreement with TRON founder Justin Sun. According to the agreement, Sun will invest $100 million in SRM in the form of equity investment and serve as a consultant to the company. At the same time, SRM plans to change its name to Tron Inc and launch the TRX financial strategy, officially incorporating TRX as a core reserve asset into its balance sheet, and starting a hoarding mode of continuously purchasing and holding TRX.
It is worth noting that Dominari Securities played a key role in this cooperation. Earlier this year, Trumps two sons, Don Jr. and Eric Trump, joined the board of directors of Dominari Holdings, the parent company of Dominari Securities, as advisory committee members.
The core strategy of TRONs listing this time is to draw on the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve model of the listed company MicroStrategy (now renamed Strategy) to create a MicroStrategy exclusively for TRX.
The Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Model led by Michael Saylor, the founder of MicroStrategy, is a legendary example of the integration of crypto assets and listed companies, and is regarded as the key force driving the sharp rise of Bitcoin in this round. Through the BTC Hoarding model, MicroStrategy allocates company funds to Bitcoin on a large scale, realizing the deep binding of the value of listed companies and the value of Bitcoin. Whenever the price of Bitcoin rises, the companys market value will increase significantly, forming a positive cycle of stock and currency flying together. In just 4 years, MicroStrategy has achieved a gorgeous transformation from a software company with an annual revenue of only about US$400 million to the worlds largest Bitcoin holder. Its stock price has soared from US$12 to more than US$500, and its market value has surged from the initial US$1.1 billion to over 100 billion.
Tron Inc will replicate this successful path and create a TRX version of micro-strategy that will not only enable the company to successfully capture the potential benefits brought by the rise of TRX, but also be a leveraged crypto asset investment tool. Under this framework strategy, TRX will be officially included in the reserve asset system of listed companies. The company will use idle funds, convertible bonds, additional shares and other financing methods to purchase TRX on a large scale and fully open the TRX hoarding mode. In this way, listed companies will become the value amplifier of TRX, driving its value to continue to rise and opening a new flywheel for the coordinated growth of coin and stock double flying.
According to the details of the investment agreement officially disclosed, SRM will raise up to $210 million through the issuance of preferred shares and warrants, which will be used specifically for the TRX financial purchase strategy. In short, the listed company will spend a huge amount of $210 million to purchase TRX, and this is just the beginning. In the future, the company is very likely to continue to increase its purchase of TRX through various financing methods such as issuing convertible bonds and issuing additional shares.
By deeply integrating the value of TRX into the valuation framework of listed companies, TRON has broadened TRXs access to the capital market, which is expected to unlock a new wave of capital inflows and inject strong momentum into the development of TRX. Not all investors have the ability or willingness to directly purchase TRX. Institutional investors, pension funds, and strictly regulated sovereign wealth funds often find it difficult to directly enter the cryptocurrency field due to various restrictions.
The listed company Tron Inc has set up a compliant channel for investors to enter the TRON ecosystem, and through purchasing the stocks of listed companies that publicly hold TRX, they can make indirect investments. This method allows traditional investors to avoid the risks and cumbersome processes of directly holding cryptocurrencies. They can easily obtain TRX risk exposure by simply purchasing its stocks, indirectly participate in the TRON ecosystem, and capture the potential benefits of TRX tokens.
In addition, this model will accelerate the price discovery process of TRX. When listed companies include TRX in their reserve assets, these tokens will be locked from circulation. At the same time, as the influence of Tron Inc. listed companies grows, its demonstration effect will spread, stimulating more and more listed companies to be interested in allocating TRX assets. In this way, over time, the supply of TRX in the market will become increasingly scarce, and its deflation mechanism will be strengthened.
Justin Sun, founder of TRON, once emphasized the strategic significance of this move in HTX Space: It is of great significance to enter the US capital market, which has the worlds largest and most active capital channel. If the MicroStrategy model can be successfully replicated, the huge traffic and funds brought by the Nasdaq platform will be of immeasurable value. Trading in the US stock market means the opportunity to attract the entry of traditional large financial giants such as BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley. The entry of mainstream institutions is a key link in the development of TRON. In addition, striving to enter the SP 500 Index (SP 500) is Tron Inc.s all-out goal . Once selected, many large institutions, index funds, and pension funds will make default configurations. Therefore, this listing is a key capital market window and a top priority for the development of TRON.
In the past 10 days, SRMs stock has risen from $1.18 to $12.8, a 1000% increase. The companys stock trading volume on June 17 even surpassed Alibaba and Tencent. On June 26, SRMs market value was $150 million and its price was $8.6. According to Coingecko data, TRXs market value has reached $26 billion, ranking among the top eight in the entire crypto asset sector.
DeFi Ecosystem Applications: Value Capture under Listing Bonuses
When TRON is listed on the US stock market and launches TRX Micro Strategy, it is expected to leverage tens of billions of dollars of new funds from the traditional financial market into its ecosystem. As the first battle of capital flow, the DeFi protocol within the TRON ecosystem will benefit first.
The current TRON ecosystem has built a complete financial infrastructure: in addition to USDT, the worlds largest stablecoin in circulation, it also covers native applications such as the comprehensive trading platform SUN.io, the Meme issuance platform SunPump, the lending center JustLend DAO and the NFT platform APENFT, forming an ecological closed loop covering asset trading, lending services, yield enhancement (such as RWA product stUSDT) and multiple asset categories, providing a seamless channel for the influx of traditional capital.
Justin Sun, founder of TRON, publicly emphasized in Space that TRON Micro Strategy is more innovative than Bitcoin Micro Strategy. The story of Bitcoin Micro Strategy is version 1.0, which is a simple value storage; TRON Micro Strategy is an upgraded version, because TRX supports on-chain staking and has a diversified ecosystem, not only with leading stablecoins, but also with DeFi, AI, NFT, and Staking and Restaking and other diversified participation methods, with richer value capture scenarios.
1. Trading entry: One-stop financial hub SUN.io
Among the new capital inflows brought by the listing of TRON, SUN.io is undoubtedly the most important first entry point on the chain. The platform is particularly suitable for the efficient entry and exit of institutions and large amounts of funds. With its extremely low slippage and low transaction fees, it solves the key pain points of traditional funds entering the DeFi field.
As a one-stop DEX platform for the TRON ecosystem, SUN.io provides comprehensive services such as asset exchange, liquidity mining, and Meme asset issuance. Its product system is rich and diverse, covering the mainstream DEX platform SunSwap, SunCurve focusing on stablecoin transactions, and the stablecoin exchange tool PSM, as well as the Meme asset issuance platform SunPump and other important components. Users only need to use one DeFi product on SUN.io, without cross-platform, to easily realize the entire process of asset trading, stablecoin exchange, and asset issuance, which greatly improves transaction efficiency and reduces transaction costs.
Official data on June 25 showed that the weekly transaction volume of the SUN.io platform reached 1 billion US dollars, with more than 130,000 transactions and more than 16,000 wallet addresses involved in the transactions. Among them, the transaction volume of the TRX fund pool and the USDT fund pool exceeded 70 million US dollars in 24 hours.
According to DeFiLlama data, the value of crypto assets locked up on the SUN.io platform (TVL) has remained at around US$950 million over the past six months, ranking among the top six DEXs in the world.
2. Income Center: Lending and Staking Platform JustLend DAO
As the listing of TRON will trigger a surge in demand for TRX holders, JustLend DAO will become the core platform for TRX holders to earn excess returns.
JustLend DAO is the first official lending platform in the TRON ecosystem, which supports users to deposit assets to earn interest or conduct mortgage lending. In addition, it also provides services such as Staked TRX and Energy Rental, and supports users to explore and use various DeFi applications, providing users with diversified investment options.
Among them, the Energy Rental function can provide preferential gas fee payment channels for new users who have just entered the TRON network, improving the users on-chain transaction experience. The platform supports users to deduct the consumption of gas fees by leasing energy without mortgaging TRX, without burning TRX. This function greatly reduces the transaction costs of users on the chain.
With the listing of TRON and the launch of the TRX buy-buy-buy-hoarding mode by the TRX Micro Strategy, the demand for TRX holding will be further stimulated. How to capture the potential increase in the price of TRX tokens while also realizing asset appreciation and maximizing TRX returns? This has become an important issue facing TRX holders, and JustLend DAO will undoubtedly become an important center for them to obtain returns.
Currently, there are three main ways to earn income by holding TRX in JustLend DAO:
First, through SBM lending, TRX users can earn interest by directly depositing TRX, or pledge TRX to borrow BTC, ETH, USDT, SUN and other assets. In this way, while not affecting the potential gains of the TRX token price itself, you can also earn savings income. On June 26, the number of TRX locked in the TRX fund pool on JustLend DAO exceeded 2 billion, and the value of the USDT fund pool was about 300 million US dollars.
Second, by staking Staked TRX, users can exchange TRX stakes for sTRX with just one click. Users can automatically capture the underlying staking income of the TRON network (node voting rewards and energy leasing income) by simply holding sTRX. In addition, sTRX can also participate in a wide range of DeFi activities to earn income, such as deposit interest, or provide liquidity, further improving the utilization efficiency and income level of assets. At present, the sTRX staking income is about 7.6%.
The third is to pledge the sTRX + stable currency USDD compound fund pool. Users first obtain sTRX by staking TRX, then use sTRX to mint USDD, and finally deposit the minted USDD into the JustLend DAO platform. The comprehensive income can be as high as 15% or more.
In addition, Tron Inc has clearly mentioned in its future plans that the company will launch a dividend policy after implementing the TRX staking plan. In the future, JustLend DAO is very likely to launch a lending pool and staking-exclusive channel for institutional users to help compliant and large-capital users obtain returns, further expanding its service scope and influence.
3. Traffic entrance: Meme hotspot SunPump
As the first Meme coin issuance platform in the TRON ecosystem, SunPump supports users to create and issue their own exclusive Meme coins with one click. In the crypto market, the natural wealth effect of Meme coins can easily break through the circle and become an important entrance to capture market heat and traffic. SunPump will also carry the key function of attracting retail investors and community participation.
As of June 26, the number of tokens created by the SunPump platform has reached nearly 100,000, and the newly created Meme coin SUNDOG has been listed on multiple exchanges including GATE, Bybit, and Bitget.
In addition, SunGenX, an AI tool for the X platform launched by SunPump, supports issuing coins by tweeting. Users on the X platform only need to tag @Agent_SunGenX and attach token information to use AI technology to quickly create and deploy Meme coins to SunPump for free. It has now become a popular interactive AI Agent coin issuing robot on the X platform.
The increased attention brought by TRONs listing may first form a hot spot effect on Meme platforms such as SunPump. New users can participate in the TRON ecosystem through low-threshold Meme tokens and then gradually become deep users.
4. Physical asset circulation channel: NFT platform APENFT
The NFT platform APENFT is a bridge connecting the crypto world and traditional physical artworks, and is committed to creating NFT tools and platforms that empower creators, collectors, and project parties.
Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, donated several artworks worth hundreds of millions of yuan to the APENFT Foundation, including Picassos Reclining Nude with Necklace, Andy Warhols Three Self-Portraits, Giacomettis The Nose, etc. These collections have been mapped to the TRON chain as underlying assets through the TRC-721 standard, realizing the on-chain of physical artworks.
As TRON becomes more well-known after its listing, APENFT will welcome more real-world artists to join, and the influx of new funds and new users will also become a source of power to promote innovative transactions of NFT artworks, further promoting the integration and development of the crypto world and traditional artworks.
A new paradigm for the integration of on-chain and off-chain finance
With Tron Incs listing on Nasdaq, TRON will break the barriers between traditional finance and crypto assets and start an experiment in the integration of on-chain and off-chain finance. This integration experiment will drive TRON to evolve into a global financial center on-chain and off-chain, and DeFi applications within the ecosystem will become the core infrastructure to support this vision.
Specifically, the listed company Tron Inc will attract funds from the traditional financial market and convert them into real TRX assets. Subsequently, these TRX will enter the TRON ecosystem through staking, and the income from staking will be regularly distributed to stock holders in the form of dividends, forming a positive incentive. At the same time, through staking, more funds will be guided into the TRON ecosystem.
At the same time, the TRON ecosystems complete DeFi infrastructure can seamlessly and efficiently accept new funds, and realize the flywheel effect of capital circulation through a complete value closed loop. From the underlying transaction flow hub Sun.io, to the middle yield creator JustLend DAO, to the asset innovation layer SunPump, APENFT, etc., these applications work together to provide users with diversified financial products and services to meet the needs of different users, promote the efficient flow of funds on and off the chain, and maximize value-added.
Looking into the future, TRON will provide a model for the deep integration of traditional finance and crypto finance, push the boundaries of financial innovation to continue to expand, enable crypto finance to better serve the real economy and people’s daily lives, and empower the next generation of borderless financial ecology for global users.
