📢 CQ Research "TRON Network USDT Bridging On-Chain Activity Surge" 📈 Dashboard Bridges are special protocols or smart contract systems that connect two different blockchains, allowing tokens or data to be transferred securely. When bridging assets, the original chain typically locks or burns the asset, while the destination chain issues or releases a new one. This allows for maintaining the overall supply while ensuring liquidity and interoperability between chains. USDT bridging activity on TRON has surged explosively in 2024, and this growth trend continues into 2025. In 2025, the scale of bridging using USDT has already increased by 76%, reaching $9.9 billion, significantly surpassing the total scale of $5.6 billion in 2024. Most of the bridging transactions on TRON are conducted with USDT, as TRON holds a dominant share in both the total USDT supply and transfer volume. Since July 2024, the number of bridging transactions and active addresses has shown a steady increase, setting new records this year. On July 17, the daily transaction count reached approximately 7,500, marking an all-time high and increasing about 19 times compared to a year ago, while on July 18, the number of active addresses surged to about 5,000, approximately 31 times higher than a year ago. TRON is being utilized as a liquidity layer, with the amount of funds moving from Ethereum to TRON exceeding that moving from TRON to Ethereum. In 2025, the amount of ETH bridged to TRON's USDT from the Ethereum network reached an all-time high. On August 9, a total of $7.7 million worth of USDT was bridged, and on June 25, $19 million worth was bridged in the form of ERC20 tokens (mainly USDC). In contrast, the amount of TRON tokens or TRX bridged to Ethereum is relatively minimal. Currently, the amount of TRX bridged to Ethereum in USDT form is about $2,000, and the bridging amount in TRC20 token form is only about $700,000.