USDT Dominates, Sun Gives Prize, TRX Lands in Moscow: TRON News Roundup

In the latest TRON news, CoinsBee, a global crypto gift card platform, said USDT on TRON was its most-used onchain payment option over the 90 days ending September 1, 2026, recording roughly 1.8 times as many completed payments as Bitcoin and 1.9 times as many as Ethereum. Meanwhile, in his latest philanthropic move, Justin Sun backed a prize offering up to $1 million for select mathematical and scientific breakthroughs. While looking East, Moscow Exchange’s launch of cash-settled TRX perpetual futures for qualified investors.

USDT on TRON is now the most used onchain payment option on @coinsbee, according to the platform’s payment data.

To celebrate, from September 21 through October 5, 2026, CoinsBee will offer eligible users of the CoinsBee mobile app a 2% discount on purchases paid with USDT on… pic.twitter.com/1c8QlL7LNY

According to CoinsBee’s data, USDT on the TRON network (TRC-20) accounted for 16.23% of all payments on the platform in 2026 to date, up from 9.92% in 2025 – a 64% increase in share.

The analysis covers successfully paid and delivered orders from June 4 through September 1, 2026, and draws a clear distinction between payment count and turnover: TRC-20 made up 44.6% of USDT payment transactions but generated 64.5% of USDT turnover, implying a higher average purchase value than other USDT networks on the platform.

CoinsBee operates in more than 180 countries, supports over 200 cryptocurrencies and lists products from more than 5,000 brands, serving over 500,000 customers.

It’s worth being precise about scope here: this is platform-specific payment data from a single gift-card marketplace, not an independently audited ranking of global crypto payment volume.

The relevance for TRON is real regardless – stablecoin payment rails increasingly compete on fee and settlement speed, and TRC-20’s low-cost structure is the mechanism behind both the payment count and the turnover skew.

CoinsBee and TRON DAO are running a joint campaign from September 21 through October 5, 2026, offering eligible app users a 2% discount on purchases paid with USDT on TRON via the code USDT-TRC, capped at one use per user and subject to stated terms.

(Source – The Block)

The Block reported that Justin Sun has established a prize offering up to $1 million for selected mathematical and scientific breakthroughs in Geneva.

The so-called ‘Justin Sun Prize’ aims to incentivize work on successful proofs of 66 mathematical problems, with the research team behind OpenAI awarded the first-ever prize of $ 1M, using mathematical work produced by GPT-6 Astra.

The firmer institutional signal comes from Moscow Exchange, which launched cash-settled perpetual futures on BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP and TRX, including a contract designated TRXUSDF..

The contracts reference USD-denominated MOEX crypto indexes, settle profit and loss in Russian rubles, roll daily and do not deliver the underlying tokens – standard structure for regulated crypto perpetual futures aimed at institutional rather than retail flow. Access is restricted to qualified investors only.

First-tier margin requirements vary meaningfully by asset:

• BTC: 22%
• ETH: 35%
• SOL: 38%
• XRP: 43%
• TRX: 30%

MOEX cited more than 72,000 qualified investors and cumulative turnover exceeding 600 billion rubles across its existing digital-asset futures business, framing the new perpetuals as an extension of demand already validated in its dated-futures product rather than an opening of spot access.

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