River advances chain-abstracted stablecoin infrastructure construction, receives a $8 million strategic investment from TRON.

Chain Abstract Stablecoin Protocol River Announces Strategic Investment from Tron. This funding round will focus on developing cross-ecosystem asset minting features and stablecoin yield products, as well as accelerating deep integration with the Tron ecosystem.
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Today, as stablecoins become the core on-chain settlement and value circulation carriers worldwide, blockchain competition is shifting from “single-chain scale” to “cross-ecosystem capital efficiency.” As one of the most active networks for stablecoin usage globally, Tron is continuously expanding its stablecoin financial network connectivity through more open and efficient infrastructure collaboration.

Recently, Chain Abstract Stablecoin Protocol River announced it has received a $8 million strategic investment from Tron. This funding will support River’s deployment of cross-chain stablecoin infrastructure, focusing on cross-ecosystem asset minting and stablecoin yield product development, as well as accelerating deep integration with DeFi protocols on Tron, further enhancing Tron’s stablecoin liquidity capacity and cross-chain fund inflow efficiency. This strategic investment is also seen as a significant milestone in River’s collaboration with Tron to promote ecosystem synergy.

Tron carries over $83.4 billion in USDT liquidity, continuously strengthening the stablecoin network effect

As a core component of the stablecoin ecosystem, USDT has long dominated on-chain payment, trading, and capital turnover scenarios. According to Tether’s latest transparency report, the Tron ecosystem currently supports over $83.4 billion in USDT liquidity, making it one of the largest and most active stablecoin networks worldwide.

This scale advantage is further validated by on-chain data. TRONSCAN data shows that the issuance of TRC20-USDT has exceeded 83.4 billion tokens, setting a new record; this year alone, Tron has issued an additional 2 billion USDT, indicating that demand for stablecoins remains strong across multiple scenarios. Meanwhile, the number of TRC20-USDT holder accounts has reached 70.69 million, with over 3.09 billion transfer transactions. On-chain indicators show that TRC20-USDT is evolving from a medium of crypto asset trading to a broader value transfer tool for wider user groups, continuously integrating into cross-border payments, daily transfers, and on-chain financial applications.

Based on this liquidity foundation, Tron has formed a scalable stablecoin market, providing entry points for more external assets and users into mainstream on-chain financial networks. River’s decision to accelerate integration with Tron at this time aligns with the period of significant growth in stablecoin and cross-chain financial demands, seizing the infrastructure window.

satUSD Connects Cross-Ecosystem Asset and Yield Scenarios, Building Tron’s Cross-Chain Yield Network

To address the fragmentation of funds and yield across multiple chains in the multi-chain era, Tron’s strategy is to leverage stablecoin super-liquidity as a foundation, continuously lowering cross-ecosystem participation barriers through infrastructure and protocol layer integration.

River uses satUSD as an entry point for cross-ecosystem liquidity, providing a smoother channel for multi-chain assets to access Tron: users can deposit assets like wBTC, ETH, BNB in EVM ecosystems such as Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, and receive satUSD on Tron, directly participating in native lending, trading, and yield opportunities on Tron.

At the same time, users can also mint satUSD at a 1:1 ratio using USDD, USD1, USDT, consolidating stablecoin liquidity into a unified entry point, reducing friction and slippage caused by token swaps and migrations during cross-chain transfers. For the Tron ecosystem, this “cross-ecosystem minting + unified entry” design will more efficiently attract external assets and generate on-chain demand, further improving stablecoin capital accessibility and turnover efficiency.

On the ecosystem cooperation front, SUN.io supports liquidity pools with satUSD and other stablecoins like USDD and USDT, providing more liquidity for Tron. Users participating in stablecoin swaps can also expect that Tron’s leading lending platform JustLend DAO will support the satUSD market in the future, enhancing stablecoin capital utilization and yield capacity within the ecosystem; ultimately, creating a “lending—swap” synergy that enables capital to circulate across modules, continuously releasing liquidity depth.

To meet broader yield and liquidity allocation needs, River plans to launch Smart Vault and institutional Prime Vault on Tron: Smart Vault will allow USDD, USD1, USDT, and other stablecoins to be deposited, offering more standardized and sustainable yield strategies; Prime Vault aims to introduce native crypto assets like BTC and ETH into the ecosystem, expanding stablecoin and mainstream asset portfolio strategies, and providing scalable, accessible, and expandable yield and liquidity solutions for larger capital.

Additionally, River will support TRX as collateral to mint satUSD, further enhancing TRX’s financial usability and creating a tighter capital supply and demand loop within the Tron ecosystem.

In terms of implementation, both parties will follow a “deploy first, expand later” approach to accelerate progress.

Phase One will focus on Tron’s official deployment, completing cross-ecosystem asset minting of satUSD and 1:1 stablecoin minting capabilities, and providing staking yield scenarios for satUSD holders, enabling stable income streams and user retention from cross-ecosystem capital inflows. Phase Two will expand yield products like Smart Vault and Prime Vault, prioritize establishing liquidity and trading foundations for satUSD on SUN.io, and ensure accurate pricing and risk control with WinkLink’s oracle support. Subsequently, cooperation with JustLend DAO will deepen, expanding lending and yield scenarios, making satUSD a key asset across trading, lending, and yield products, forming a stronger stablecoin capital flywheel within Tron, and offering more yield options and allocation space for TRX holders.

By continuously enhancing cross-ecosystem connectivity, Tron will further solidify its position as a key infrastructure of the global stablecoin financial network, promoting higher efficiency, greater composability, and broader application of cross-chain finance.

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