According to the 30-day revenue data available on DefiLlama, Tron is the highest-earning blockchain network, generating $35.4 million in protocol revenue, nearly four times Ethereum’s $9.1 million, which comes second.
Base came third with $8.37 million in revenue, while BSC ranked fourth with $3.81 million, with Solana following it closely at $3.74 million in revenue.
Also, over the past 24 hours alone, Tron has generated $1.21 million in revenue, maintaining its lead over all other major chains.
Base comes second with $196,494. Ethereum and Solana come third and fourth with $146,786 and $100,989, respectively, within the past 24 hours.
The numbers speak to the strength of Tron’s economic model, which has quietly become one of the most profitable networks in crypto through its focus on high transaction throughput and stablecoin activity.
Stablecoin activity drives Tron’s lead
Tron was initially viewed as another smart contract platform competing with Ethereum. However, over the years, it has risen to become a major backbone of global stablecoin settlements.
In 2024, Tron generated $2.15 billion in total fees, second only to Ethereum’s $2.48 billion, according to data from CoinGecko, and based on this year’s data, Tron is already leading. The blockchain leads in the stablecoin market and controls most of Tether’s USDT transactions, accounting for around half its market capitalization and over 55% of its transaction volume.
World Liberty Financial’s stablecoin, USD1, was launched on Tron, adding to the platform’s increasing list of stablecoins. The network is also relatively popular in emerging markets and centralized exchanges, thanks to increased USDT adoption, and this has greatly contributed to it earning more revenues than any other blockchain.
Ethereum trails despite ecosystem breadth
Ethereum is still the largest and most diverse smart contract network, hosting the bulk of decentralized finance (DeFi) projects globally. However, its lower transaction count and higher reliance on scaling layer-2 networks like Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and Polygon, among others, mean that protocol-level fee capture has become less concentrated on its base layer.
Tron’s design, on the other hand, sees to it that nearly all on-chain activity, including stablecoin transfers and resource delegation, directly feeds into protocol revenue, and this explains why the margin its 30-day revenue figure gave Ethereum is about 3.8 times.
However, Ethereum continues to lead in terms of total value locked (TVL) and developer activity.
A case of blockchain market differentiation
The appeal of Tron to users lies in speed and cost; however, platforms like Solana are also gaining popularity for those two qualities as well.
For Tron, each of those small transfers adds up. As stablecoin adoption continues to grow globally, especially in regions like Asia and Latin America, the network seems positioned to remain a primary beneficiary.
For Ethereum, which still leads in infrastructure and innovation, the challenge will be making sure that its value capture mechanisms move in tandem with its expanding ecosystem of layer-2 networks.
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