TRON Ecosystem Cross-Chain and Mining Guide: How to One-Click Cross-Chain Assets to TRON and Find Ecological Alpha Opportunities?

As the core battlefield for global stablecoins, the TRON network handles massive capital flows daily: the on-chain circulation of USDT reaches $82.7 billion, with a stable daily trading volume of around $30 billion for stablecoins, and the number of on-chain users has surpassed 330 million.

Such a vast scale of funds and user base has made TRON a "gold mine" in the crypto space, continuously attracting large amounts of capital and developers to its ecosystem in search of wealth opportunities. Developers are eager to freely deploy cross-chain DApp applications between TRON and multi-chain ecosystems to leverage more capital flows and reach a broader user base; users hope to enable their crypto assets to freely traverse the multi-chain world, capturing Alpha opportunities in the TRON ecosystem in a timely manner.

As of September 18, the total value locked (TVL) in on-chain crypto assets on TRON has reached approximately $28.4 billion. Among them, the cross-chain protocol JustCrypto under the one-stop DeFi solution JUST has performed particularly well, with locked BTC, ETH, and other quality crypto assets exceeding $4.5 billion, ranking in the top three in TVL within the TRON ecosystem applications, with the top two being the TRX staking application TRX Staking and the lending center JustLend DAO.

To lower the threshold for users' cross-chain interactions, TRON has been accelerating its cross-chain layout: in July this year, the meme coin TRUMP successfully deployed cross-chain to the TRON network; on August 26, the multi-chain cross-chain protocol deBridge fully integrated into the TRON ecosystem; on September 8, the native stablecoin USDD of the TRON ecosystem was officially deployed to the Ethereum network along with a high-yield reward activity of 12%; on September 16, TRON announced it would fully integrate NEAR's multi-chain trading protocol NEAR Intents, among others.

On-chain Capital "Gold Mine": What Alpha Opportunities Exist in the TRON Ecosystem?

The TRON ecosystem not only holds a leading advantage in asset scale and user volume but also, with the continuous emergence of wealth opportunities, has become a "gold mine" in the crypto space. Whether it’s the endless stream of popular meme projects, comprehensive DeFi infrastructure, or the multi-dimensional layout of stablecoin ecosystems, TRON provides users with abundant Alpha opportunities.

In terms of on-chain financial infrastructure, TRON has built a complete DeFi application matrix from "asset trading" to "yield enhancement," fully accommodating different users' investment and trading needs.

On the asset exchange and trading level, the one-stop trading center Sun.io integrates DEX functionality SunSwap, supporting crypto asset exchanges and liquidity mining, while also equipped with SunCurve (a low-slippage trading tool for stablecoins) and PSM (a stablecoin exchange tool), where PSM supports 1:1 zero-fee exchanges between USDD and USDT, significantly reducing trading costs.

In terms of enhancing asset yields, the lending center JustLend DAO provides multiple yield pathways:

First, deposit interest: Users can directly deposit TRX, SUN, BTT, ETH, BTC, and various stablecoins (USDT, USDD, USD1) to earn fixed returns;

Second, collateralized lending: Supports using TRX or stablecoins as collateral to flexibly borrow other digital assets, enhancing capital utilization efficiency;

Third, TRX on-chain staking yields and capturing excess returns: Through the staking product sTRX, users can stake TRX to obtain liquid staking certificates sTRX, further participating in DEX market making, lending, or minting stablecoins to achieve compounded yield growth. Additionally, users can use sTRX as collateral to mint USDD and leverage the "sTRX+USDD" mining combination to elevate overall returns to over 15%, capturing excess returns. In July this year, the listed company TRON has staked 365 million TRX through JustLend DAO.

In terms of the stablecoin ecosystem, TRON has built a diversified product matrix of "USDT (mainstream stablecoin) + USDD (native decentralized stablecoin) + USD1 (compliant stablecoin)," and relies on a complete DeFi infrastructure to create a full-scenario ecosystem for stablecoins covering "trading - value-added - cross-border investment," supporting the use of stablecoins for various DeFi activities such as trading, storage, and collateralized lending, with clear value-added pathways to meet users' diverse needs for security and decentralization. For example, the DEX center Sun.io provides low-slippage exchanges and crypto asset purchasing services for stablecoins, while JustLend DAO supports stablecoin deposit interest or as collateral for lending.

In terms of stablecoin yield enhancement, the TRON ecosystem also has the RWA product stUSDT, providing stablecoin holders with an entry and channel to invest in traditional financial markets, achieving cross-domain asset appreciation. On September 17, the annualized yield of stUSDT reached 5.11%. Additionally, USDD is set to launch a new interest-earning product sUSDD, a decentralized savings tool aimed at helping USDD holders earn stable interest, further expanding the yield possibilities of stablecoins.

In the meme sector, the TRON ecosystem frequently produces blockbuster assets, demonstrating a strong wealth creation effect. The meme issuance platform SunPump can be regarded as a "blockbuster incubator," continuously launching new projects and high-potential assets. Previously, mainstream meme projects like SUNDOG and PePe have successfully entered Binance's Alpha zone, gaining recognition from top global trading platforms and providing small and medium investors with an important window for early involvement in quality meme assets.

The wealth narrative of the TRON ecosystem continues. Recently, TRON founder Justin Sun has hinted multiple times on the X platform that "major moves are brewing and will be announced soon." Many community users speculate that TRON is likely to usher in a new round of product iteration and ecosystem expansion, which is worth the market's continued attention.

How to One-Click Cross-Chain to the TRON Ecosystem?

As the ecosystem grows and Alpha opportunities increase, "cross-chain assets to the TRON ecosystem" has become a core demand for users to enhance value. Although withdrawing assets to the TRON network through CEX exchanges remains one option, the current explosion of on-chain applications and concentration of wealth opportunities have led funds to prefer on-chain circulation. According to data from Bridge WTF on September 17, the daily on-chain cross-chain transfer scale of crypto assets reaches $640 million, and asset cross-chain interaction has become the mainstream method.

Currently, the facilities supporting cross-chain to the TRON network are mainly divided into two categories: native cross-chain infrastructure and third-party cross-chain tools.

Native Cross-Chain Infrastructure BTTC: As the ecosystem's built-in cross-chain infrastructure, BTTC has dual capabilities of asset cross-chain and application deployment: it supports users to quickly cross-chain other public chain assets to the TRON network for seamless capital flow; it also allows developers to deploy their applications cross-chain to the TRON ecosystem with one click, lowering the multi-chain development threshold.

Third-Party Cross-Chain Bridge Tools: Covering more public chain networks, providing users with more options. According to data from the cross-chain aggregation platform ChainSpot, there are currently 17 third-party cross-chain facilities supporting the TRON network, enabling asset interoperability with multiple public chains such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, and Layer2. The four most commonly used tools include: Meson, Symbiosis, rhino.fi, and Allbridge Core.

In addition, TRON has recently continued to expand cross-chain cooperation, further enriching cross-chain channels: on August 26, the multi-chain cross-chain protocol deBridge fully integrated into the TRON ecosystem, assisting TRON in achieving instant interconnection with 25 mainstream blockchains such as Ethereum and Solana, building a larger liquidity network; on September 16, TRON reached a strategic cooperation with the NEAR chain, fully integrating the multi-chain trading protocol NEAR Intents, bringing cross-chain operations into a new stage driven by "intents," where users only need to initiate a simple cross-chain request, and the system will automatically match the optimal path, truly achieving a "one-click direct" new experience for cross-chain operations.

Overview of 6 Cross-Chain Tools Supporting the TRON Network

1: Native Cross-Chain Protocol: BTTC (BitTorrent Chain) Aims to Become the Control Center of Multi-Chain Operating Systems

BTTC (BitTorrent Chain) is a cross-chain solution jointly launched by the TRON Foundation and BitTorrent in 2021. As an EVM-compatible Layer2 scaling network using PoS consensus, BTTC is positioned as "the Layer2 cross-chain scaling protocol of the TRON ecosystem," aiming to solve the scalability and interoperability issues of blockchain networks. It currently supports asset interoperability among three major public chains: Ethereum, BNB Chain, and TRON.

In June this year, BTTC upgraded to version 2.0, enhancing network security and token value by reducing the total supply of BTT and setting the staking yield at 6%.

Among them, BitTorrent is the world's largest decentralized P2P file-sharing network, with over 100 million active users. It was acquired by TRON founder Justin Sun for approximately $120 million in July 2018 and has now developed into a complete ecosystem covering data transmission protocols (BitTorrent), decentralized storage (BTFS), cross-chain protocols (BTTC), and native tokens (BTT).

In terms of cross-chain implementation, BTTC adopts a "connect rather than custody" cross-chain model, modularly layering the design to break down the entire cross-chain process (from initiating requests on the source chain to executing on the target chain) into universal logic and standards, achieving bidirectional interoperability of assets and data between multiple chains. Its architecture consists of three layers:

Root Contracts (Root Chain Contract Layer): A cluster of smart contracts deployed on TRON, Ethereum, and BNB Chain, responsible for managing cross-chain assets/data, providing user interaction entry points, and serving as the initiator and receiver of user cross-chain requests;

Delivery (Delivery Relay Layer): A relay hub for consensus and data, responsible for the relay function of state transmission between the source chain and target chain. As a relay hub, it monitors events on the source chain (asset locking, staking, etc.) and generates "checkpoint" snapshots, which are synchronized to the target chain after multi-signature consensus from over 2/3 of the nodes;

BitTorrent Chain (Execution Layer): The DApp application runtime platform, handling cross-chain messages, validation, and simultaneously receiving snapshots from the Delivery layer to execute asset releases, contract triggers, and other operations.

For example, to "cross-chain ETH from Ethereum to TRON," the specific cross-chain process can be broken down as follows: the user locks ETH in the BTTC smart contract on the Ethereum chain, triggering a cross-chain event → the Delivery layer verifies the event's legitimacy, generates a snapshot, and reaches node consensus → the BTTC execution layer mints the corresponding BTTC version of ETH and distributes it to the user's TRON address.

The goal of BTTC is not only asset cross-chain but also aims to achieve interoperability of underlying information and data across multiple chains. As stated in the latest white paper released in May this year, "Building a better cross-chain bridge is the starting point for reconstruction; BTTC's ultimate goal is to become the control layer of multi-chain operating systems."

In terms of cross-chain products, BTTC has launched BitTorrent Bridge, focusing on asset cross-chain flow between EVM chains, currently supporting TRX, BTT, USDD, JST, SUN, WIN, NFT, ETH, and other assets among TRON, Ethereum, and BNB Chain, with plans to expand to more chains and assets in the future.

To enhance user experience, BTTC offers an Auto Receive mode, where the Relayer pays the Gas fee on the target chain, allowing users to quickly receive cross-chain assets and avoid asset retention due to lack of Gas tokens. It is important to note that in this mode, the Gas fee will be directly deducted from the cross-chain asset, and the amount of cross-chain assets received will be the total minus the deducted Gas fee.

Additionally, BTTC has launched a 1:1 token converter, supporting fee-free swaps of similar assets on BNB Chain, Ethereum, and TRON networks, for example, 1ETHe (Ethereum) can be exchanged for 1ETHb (BNB Chain) at a 1:1 ratio.

As the official Layer2 cross-chain scaling protocol of TRON, BTTC inherits the security of its mainnet, and cross-chain transfers using BitTorrent Bridge incur no fees; users only need to pay Gas fees, making it the preferred product for TRON users to cross-chain. Additionally, BTTC is EVM-compatible and supports the Solidity programming language, enabling one-click cross-chain migration and deployment of existing DApps on EVM networks.

2: Third-Party Cross-Chain Tools Supporting the TRON Ecosystem

1. Meson: Focused on Stablecoin Cross-Chain Trading

Meson is a multi-chain stablecoin cross-chain trading protocol, primarily focused on supporting native stablecoin cross-chain exchanges between EVM, non-EVM, and Layer2 networks, such as USDT, USDC, USD1, DAI, etc.

Through the Meson platform, users can currently quickly cross-chain exchange stablecoins like USDC, USD1, and USDT from various chains such as Ethereum, Arbitrum (Layer2), and Solana to TRC20-USDT on the TRON network.

2. Symbiosis: Cross-Chain Trading DEX

Symbiosis is a decentralized cross-chain exchange DEX protocol based on AMM, which not only supports cross-chain transfers of homogeneous assets but also allows cross-chain exchanges of any token pairs. Users simply select source chain assets and target chain assets on the Symbiosis interface, and the protocol will automatically complete the steps of exchanging source chain assets for intermediate stablecoins, cross-chain transfer, and then exchanging for target assets. For example, users can directly exchange ETH on Ethereum for USDT, TRX, or SUNDOG on the TRON chain.

Currently, the Symbiosis platform supports dozens of TRON network assets for cross-chain exchange, including TRX, BTT, SUN, JST, SUNDOG, etc.

3. Rhino.fi: Cross-Chain DeFi Facility Focused on Stablecoin Liquidity

Rhino.fi is a cross-chain DeFi infrastructure aimed at solving liquidity fragmentation issues in multi-chain ecosystems. In the latest product roadmap released in June this year, Rhino.fi clearly stated its intention to build a stablecoin liquidity layer, addressing liquidity fragmentation and cross-chain interoperability pain points; it also launched a developer toolkit Bridge+, providing a complete stablecoin interoperability solution to help developers efficiently handle stablecoin payments and multi-chain integration needs.

To meet users' asset cross-chain needs, Rhino.fi has created the Bridge&Swap function—combining cross-chain and trading attributes, equivalent to a "cross-chain version of DEX," allowing direct exchange of asset b on chain A for target asset d on chain C. For example, it can directly cross-chain exchange ETH on the Ethereum chain for USDT on the TRON chain, significantly simplifying the cross-chain and trading process.

4. Bridgers: Cross-Chain Liquidity Aggregator

Bridgers (also known as AllChain Bridge) is a cross-chain liquidity aggregator that aggregates liquidity from external DEXs and bridges, calculates the optimal execution path for assets across DEXs and bridges, and then executes transactions using smart contracts, such as directly cross-chain exchanging ETH on the Ethereum chain for TRX on the TRON chain.

Bridgers is one of the most frequently used cross-chain applications by users in the TRON ecosystem. According to TRONSCAN browser data, the number of contract calls for Bridger ranks in the top three within the TRON ecosystem.

5. deBridge: Cross-Chain Interoperability Infrastructure

deBridge is a universal cross-chain interoperability infrastructure and messaging protocol that supports the transmission of any messages, data, and assets between different blockchains. It not only provides services such as cross-chain liquidity networks but also offers developers a complete set of tools for building various cross-chain applications (deApps).

To address asset cross-chain needs, deBridge has launched its core product, the cross-chain token bridge dePort, primarily used for cross-chain transfer and trading exchange of assets between different blockchains, supporting not only cross-chain transfer of homogeneous assets but also one-click cross-chain trading exchanges.

On August 26, deBridge announced its full integration into the TRON ecosystem, allowing users to cross-chain their supported assets from other public chains to the TRON ecosystem with one click. According to deBridge's official data on September 18, since its integration into the TRON ecosystem, the asset scale flowing from the Ethereum network to TRON has reached $4.28 million, demonstrating the attractiveness of the TRON ecosystem.