TL;DR:
- The institutional platform Anchorage Digital integrated support for native staking of the TRX token on the Tron network.
- During the first quarter of 2026, the Tron blockchain processed nearly $2 trillion in USDT stablecoin transfers.
- Tether’s transparency data reflects that the circulating volume of USDT on said network currently stands near $90 billion.
Digital asset custody firm Anchorage Digital implements native TRX staking for its institutional clients. The integration of this protocol aims to expand secure and regulated access to validation services on the Tron network within corporate environments.
The new deployment of technical infrastructure complements the initial phase completed by Anchorage earlier this year, a period during which it strictly enabled traditional custody services for the TRX token. According to the company’s specifications, corporate users now have the ability to delegate their funds directly through the main custody environment or via the Porto self-custody wallet. This mechanism allows them to receive network rewards without the need to transfer crypto assets outside their pre-existing regulated ecosystem.
Anchorage representatives stated that the expansion responds to commercial interest in the Tron ecosystem, considered one of the environments with the highest liquidity for settling the USDT stablecoin. Operating metrics published by the firm reveal that the network averaged a total of 10.9 million daily transactions during the first quarter of 2026, concurrently registering 3.2 million active addresses within the same timeframe.
The launch of the product targeting Tron is part of a broader growth strategy by Anchorage within the decentralized finance sector. In November, the entity established a cooperation agreement with provider Figment to integrate HYPE staking, expanding its institutional capabilities toward the Hyperliquid blockchain.
Expansion of financial services beyond custody
Institutional crypto infrastructure providers have modified their business models by adding staking services, driven by the demand for regulated returns on digital assets.
In October 2025, firms Coinbase and Figment deepened their strategic alliance to enable Coinbase Prime users to delegate assets under the Proof of Stake (PoS) mechanism. This update made direct staking of tokens such as Solana (SOL), Avalanche (AVAX), Sui (SUI), and Aptos (APT) possible from the institutional custody accounts themselves.
Subsequently, in February 2026, Ripple incorporated Figment and Securosys technologies within its own safeguarding platform, allowing multiple banking entities to offer yields to their clients without being forced to manage their own validator nodes.
Global fund managers have also integrated these automated tools into their financial products. During the month of February, BitGo expanded its collaboration with the firm 21shares to supply regulated custody and staking to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States and other global investment products in Europe.
For their part, corporate treasuries are joining the current market trend; the firm Bitmine launched its specialized MAVAN platform to the public in March 2026, after having developed the validation infrastructure for its own Ether balance sheet and formally opening it to external custodians.
At Monday’s market close, Bitmine’s management confirmed that its corporate reserves amount to a total of 5.77 million ETH. This figure is equivalent to nearly 4.8% of Ether’s total circulating supply, of which 4.92 million ETH are already actively locked through MAVAN’s validation nodes.
