TLDR
- TRON’s TVL increased by 3.4 billion TRX this week, now exceeding $6.6 billion
- TRX price reached $0.28, up 36% from its 2025 low, outperforming major L1 rivals
- Chainlink price oracle integration announced, positioning TRON to compete in the $3.5 trillion asset tokenization market
- Transaction count jumped to over 60 million in the past week, making it the third most active blockchain
- Technical indicators suggest TRX could test the $0.30 resistance level soon
TRON (TRX) has been showing strong performance in May 2025, with its price holding steady above $0.27 despite market-wide corrections affecting other major cryptocurrencies. This resilience comes amid growing network activity and capital inflows into its ecosystem.
The TRON network has seen a massive surge in Total Value Locked (TVL), increasing by 3.4 billion TRX since the start of the week. According to DeFiLlama data, TRON’s TVL rose from 20.6 billion on May 10 to 24.2 billion TRX as of May 16.
In dollar terms, TRON’s TVL now exceeds $6.6 billion, positioning it as the third-largest blockchain by TVL behind only Ethereum and Solana. Popular TRON-native DeFi protocols like JustLend and Sun.io are attracting the most traction during this bull cycle.
The network has also recorded over 60 million transactions in the past seven days, representing a 4.8% weekly increase. This makes TRON the third most active blockchain network, behind only Solana and Base.
TRON’s active addresses increased by 1% in the last week to over 6 million. For comparison, Ethereum handled 9.45 million transactions with only 2 million active addresses in the same period.
Chainlink Integration Boosts Potential
On Thursday, TRON DAO announced the official integration of Chainlink’s decentralized price oracles into the network. This integration marks a significant milestone for TRON’s DeFi infrastructure, introducing more secure and reliable data feeds for smart contracts.
By leveraging Chainlink’s globally distributed oracle network, TRON DeFi platforms can now access real-time market data with reduced manipulation risk. This enhancement enables critical DeFi functions like stablecoin pricing, automated lending triggers, and derivatives settlement.
The integration positions TRON to compete in the growing asset tokenization market, which currently has a valuation of around $3.5 billion according to Coingecko data. Until now, most major asset tokenization projects have been built on Ethereum due to Chainlink’s native tooling there.
The Chainlink integration is expected to reduce latency in data updates for DeFi projects built on the TRON blockchain. Developers will also benefit from more scalable tooling, potentially attracting more TVL to TRON-based DeFi protocols in the coming months.
Technical Analysis and Price Projection
TRON’s price has rebounded from a key support level at $0.2165 to reach $0.28 this week, flipping the crucial resistance level at $0.2584, which it had struggled to break above several times since January.
The TRX/USDT daily chart shows TRON price has remained above all key adaptive regression line (ARL) bands, with the upper support zone between $0.256 and $0.262. Recent trading sessions have shown clustering of green candles with upper wicks, suggesting buying strength returns after intraday dips.
Technical indicators support the bullish outlook. The MACD indicator shows a rising histogram with a widening gap between the MACD and signal lines. The blue MACD line at 0.0076 continues to diverge above the red signal line at 0.0054, indicating accelerating bullish momentum.
The Relative Strength Index has climbed above the overbought threshold, while the Awesome Oscillator has remained above the zero line since March, further confirming the bullish trend.
TRON has also formed an ascending channel and is approaching its upper boundary. A successful breakthrough above $0.28 could propel TRX toward the $0.30 resistance level in the near term, with potential to reach the 2024 high of $0.4467, representing a 64% increase from current levels.
Momentum traders may view dips into the $0.26 zone as favorable re-entry points, especially if Bitcoin continues to hold above the $100,000 mark.
The outlook for TRON remains positive as network activity increases and new integrations enhance its functionality. However, a daily close below $0.26 would place TRX back into the lower support band, risking a pullback below the $0.25 psychological support level.
TRON’s success also comes from its USDT business. According to TronScan, its USDT trading volume stood at over $104.2 billion as of May 14, with the number of transfers rising to 2.47 million.
The TRX token supply continues to decrease due to its daily burn rate, dropping to 94.9 million from 96.5 million a year ago. This reduction in supply, combined with increased staking inflows as investors seek the approximate 4.50% annual yield, has contributed to price appreciation.
Data shows a net increase of 379 million TRX staked on TRON over the last 30 days, bringing the total staking market cap to $11.16 billion and the staking ratio to 42.55%.
As TRON continues to demonstrate strong fundamentals and network growth, the price is well-positioned to test higher resistance levels in the coming weeks.
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