TRON DAO Swaps to Chainlink Oracles—Now Backing $5.5B+ in DeFi TVL
TRON just ditched its old oracle solution for Chainlink’s battle-tested data feeds—because when you’re securing billions in DeFi, you don’t gamble on price feeds. The upgrade impacts over $5.5 billion in total value locked across TRON’s ecosystem, making it one of Chainlink’s biggest deployments to date.
Why it matters: Oracles are the silent assassins of DeFi—get them wrong, and your ’trustless’ system collapses faster than a leveraged crypto trader during a margin call. Chainlink’s reputation for reliability (and survival through multiple market cycles) made this a no-brainer.
The cynical take: Another blockchain admitting that decentralization has limits—unless you think ’community-run nodes’ sound fun when $5.5B is on the line. Sometimes, you just need an oracle that won’t rug you.
About TRON DAO
TRON DAO is a community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet via blockchain technology and dApps.
Founded in September 2017 by H.E. Justin Sun, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. TRON hosts the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin, exceeding $73 billion. As of May 2025, the TRON blockchain has recorded over 306 million in total user accounts, more than 10 billion in total transactions, and over $23 billion in total value locked (TVL), based on TRONSCAN.
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About Chainlink
Chainlink is the standard for onchain finance, verifiable data, and cross-chain interoperability. Chainlink is unifying liquidity across global markets and has enabled over $20 trillion in transaction value across the blockchain economy. Major financial market infrastructures and institutions, such as Swift, Fidelity International, and ANZ Bank, as well as top DeFi protocols including Aave, GMX, and Lido, use Chainlink to power next-generation applications for banking, asset management, and other major sectors. Learn more by visiting chain.link.
