TRON Stake 2.0 mechanics and market reaction to dev.to report
TRON (TRX)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
dev.to explains that TRON's Stake 2.0 model, launched on April 7, 2023, allows users to lock TRX to receive Energy or Bandwidth rather than just earning interest. Staked TRX provides one vote, known as TRON Power, which remains with the owner and is used to elect Super Representatives and SR Partners. Users can delegate these resources to others without transferring the underlying TRX, creating a rental market for network utilities.
Energy is particularly valuable for executing smart contracts and TRC-20 token transactions, including USDT. Specialized services like TronEnergy.store, FeeSave, Tron.Energy, TronBid, and others facilitate this resource trading. Income from staking is protocol-linked, while income from selling Energy is market-based and depends on demand.
CatFee products indicated approximately 12–15% annually in July 2026, though TronBid uses a variable market model. Voting rewards are distributed among the 127 most-voted participants, with Super Representatives receiving 8 TRX per block plus a share of the 128 TRX voting rewards. Services like Apirone distribute 100% of voter rewards to incentivize support. This structure turns staked TRX into multiple economic assets, including voting rights and monetizable resources.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for TRX, measured when this story was written up on 13 September 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
Whalio spot data shows TRX trading at $0.3399 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 52.8% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 75.0%. This indicates that buying pressure is building in the short term, contrasting with the 24-hour buy ratio of 43.4%. The 1-hour volume delta is positive at +$30,465, while the 4-hour delta is +$1,974,408, suggesting recent accumulation. However, the 24-hour volume delta is -$4,292,860, indicating net selling over the longer timeframe. A positive volume delta means buyers are absorbing more liquidity than sellers, while a negative delta suggests the opposite. The cumulative volume delta (CVD) at the 24-hour close is +$926,129, showing net buying over the full day despite the negative delta figure.
The latest daily buy ratio of 49.7% sits at the 33rd percentile of the last 322 days, against a median of 52.4% - ordinary for this coin.
Was that an ordinary day?
The same Binance spot measurements for TRX, averaged over the days leading up to the story.
Over the preceding week, the 7-day average buy ratio was 54.1%, compared to the latest day's 43.4%, a difference of 10.7 points. This suggests the current day has seen less relative buying pressure than the weekly average. Spot volume was 1.20x the average, indicating higher than usual trading activity. Net buying occurred on 6 of the 7 days in the preceding week, with a total volume delta of +$9,339,386. The price changed by +1.8% over the 8-day period, showing modest growth despite the variable flow.