TRON Eco System Moves to “Buyback & Burn” 🧑🏫🔥
On August 17, the TRON DAO announced a shift to deflationary tokenomics centered on buybacks and burns for four tokens: JST, SUN, BTT, and WIN.
JST is especially noteworthy.
Through four rounds of Buyback & Burn so far,
✅ Total of about 1.71 billion JST burned
✅ Approximately 17.29% of the total supply
✅ Total buyback value of about $94.62 million
Moreover, SUN.io has continued burning 51 times, permanently removing about 678 million SUN.
In July as well, BTT and WIN started their respective buyback programs. WIN plans to allocate 100% of profits, while BTT will use all revenues obtained from decentralized business operations for buybacks. The start of the burn is expected in Q4.
The key point here is that it’s not simply about reducing the supply.
What they’re aiming for is a cycle of:
Using the protocol
↓
Generating real revenue
↓
Buying back tokens from the market with that revenue
↓
Burning to reduce the supply
It’s a concept similar to a “share buyback” in the stock market.
Up to now, DeFi tokens often had a weakness in the structure where:
“Distribute large amounts as rewards”
↓
“Supply increases”
↓
“Selling pressure builds”
TRON, on the other hand, is trying to move toward a model where “the more the service earns, the more tokens get bought, and the supply decreases.”
However, just because they burn doesn’t mean the price will definitely rise.
What truly matters is whether there is enough protocol revenue to sustain buybacks.
TRON’s next yardstick likely won’t be limited to TVL or user numbers—it may come down to whether it’s truly DeFi that can earn in practice and return those profits to the token 🔍
#TRONGlobalFriends #TGF #TRON
@Justin Sun孙宇晨 @TRON DAO
On August 17, the TRON DAO announced a shift to deflationary tokenomics centered on buybacks and burns for four tokens: JST, SUN, BTT, and WIN.
JST is especially noteworthy.
Through four rounds of Buyback & Burn so far,
✅ Total of about 1.71 billion JST burned
✅ Approximately 17.29% of the total supply
✅ Total buyback value of about $94.62 million
Moreover, SUN.io has continued burning 51 times, permanently removing about 678 million SUN.
In July as well, BTT and WIN started their respective buyback programs. WIN plans to allocate 100% of profits, while BTT will use all revenues obtained from decentralized business operations for buybacks. The start of the burn is expected in Q4.
The key point here is that it’s not simply about reducing the supply.
What they’re aiming for is a cycle of:
Using the protocol
↓
Generating real revenue
↓
Buying back tokens from the market with that revenue
↓
Burning to reduce the supply
It’s a concept similar to a “share buyback” in the stock market.
Up to now, DeFi tokens often had a weakness in the structure where:
“Distribute large amounts as rewards”
↓
“Supply increases”
↓
“Selling pressure builds”
TRON, on the other hand, is trying to move toward a model where “the more the service earns, the more tokens get bought, and the supply decreases.”
However, just because they burn doesn’t mean the price will definitely rise.
What truly matters is whether there is enough protocol revenue to sustain buybacks.
TRON’s next yardstick likely won’t be limited to TVL or user numbers—it may come down to whether it’s truly DeFi that can earn in practice and return those profits to the token 🔍
#TRONGlobalFriends #TGF #TRON
@Justin Sun孙宇晨 @TRON DAO