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- Tron holders maintain high investor profitability against Bitcoin and Ethereum investors.
- TRX’s positive performance is fueled by increasing blockchain activity and developments.
Tron (TRX) has outperformed Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) in realized profit growth. Long-term TRX holders made over $1.4 billion in realized profits within 24 hours, according to Glassnode data.
Profit-taking Accelerates on Tron
Glassnode emphasized that the $1.4 billion gains realized by Tron holders mark the second-largest profit event year-to-date (YTD).
As such, Tron flipped Bitcoin and Ethereum, the largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Bitcoin holders claimed profits of $665.1 million, while Ethereum holders accumulated gains of $337.2 million within the same time frame.
According to Glassnode, profit-taking has accelerated in the Tron blockchain within the past few days. Tron holders have seen $1 billion in daily profit since Saturday, August 2, 2025.
Analysts at Glassnode explained that the sell-offs have come mostly from long-term TRX holders. Specifically, wallets that have held TRX between 3 and 5 years. The analysts believe most of the sellers are participants who bought TRX during the 2020 and 2021 cycle.
They emphasized that the sellers are exiting into strength, citing metrics like net unrealized Profit and Loss. This metric is in the Optimism/Anxiety territory, and the Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR) moved to greater than 1.
Thus, the sales were not panic dumps but calculated moves by long-term holders to take profits. This analysis is backed up by price performance. TRX has gained around 1.3% in the past 24 hours to $0.3391.
This data comes amid a volatile market situation, which saw leading cryptocurrencies showing mixed signals. According to Marketcap data, Bitcoin has decreased by 3.06% to $114,936 over the past 7 days. Meanwhile, Ethereum decreased by over 3.5%, with the coin trading at $3,723 as of press time.
On the other hand, TRX has gained 4.06% in the past week and currently sits at 31% YTD. This YTD performance puts TRX ahead of BTC, ETH, XRP, and BNB. BTC only rose 22% YTD, ETH rallied 9.11%, XRP jumped 29.12%, and BNB rocketed by 8.79%.
What is Driving TRX Positive Performance
The positive performance of TRX, especially relative to other cryptocurrencies, is primarily due to the soaring activity on the Tron Blockchain. Data from Cryptorank revealed that the Tron network experienced massive on-chain performance in the first half of 2025. The blockchain saw increased transaction volume, active addresses, and revenue reaching near-record levels.
According to Cryptorank, Tron recorded 784 million transactions in Q2 of 2025, marking its second-highest quarterly transactions. With the transaction volume, Tron ranked among the top 5 networks in transaction volume in H1 of 2025, outperforming only Solana and ICP.
As we covered in our latest report, network adoption also increased with 323 million accounts and $27.14 billion TVL. These trends support the ongoing bullish structure among both institutional and retail traders.
In addition to the rising activity on Tron, the blockchain continued to collaborate with other giants in the crypto industry. In a recent study, we reported that Tron partnered with Chainlink to back its USD1 stablecoin.
Another major catalyst that contributed to the recent TRX rally is the public debut of Tron Inc. on the Nasdaq. Previously, we explored that formerly SRM Entertainment rebranded and now trades under the ticker $TRON.