TRON Targets Quantum-Resistant Network Upgrade by Year-End
TRON (TRX)
Editor:
Eugene Serbin
cryptocurrency.com.tr reports that TRON founder Justin Sun announced the network aims to complete its quantum-resistant upgrade by the end of 2026. Sun shared this target on August 27 at the Bitcoin Asia 2026 conference in Hong Kong. He highlighted growing concerns around quantum computing as the driver for this development.
TRON has spent the past year developing technology to protect blockchain accounts from future quantum threats. The network introduced a quantum-resistant address solution during the first half of 2026. This solution has reached TRON’s testnet, allowing developers to evaluate its performance.
The year-end target extends an earlier timeline announced by Sun in April. Previously, the network targeted a quantum-resistant testnet for the second quarter. The mainnet implementation was scheduled for the third quarter under that earlier plan.
How the market reacted
Whalio's own Binance spot order flow for TRX, measured when this story was written up on 31 August 2026. Not the outlet's figures.
TRX is trading at $0.3361 with a 1-hour buy ratio of 34.4% and a 4-hour buy ratio of 68.1%. The 24-hour buy ratio stands at 38.7%, indicating that buying pressure has faded over the longer term compared to the short-term 4-hour window. The 1-hour volume delta is negative at -$144,335, while the 4-hour delta is positive at +$1,199,113. This suggests that while there was net buying in the last four hours, the immediate last hour saw more selling than buying. The 24-hour volume delta is -$5,282,803, showing that sellers have dominated the flow over the full day. CVD at the 24-hour close is -$6,894,720, confirming that net selling pressure has outweighed buying over the period.
The latest daily buy ratio of 45.5% sits at the 10th percentile of the last 281 days, against a median of 52.6% - weaker buying than most days.
Twenty-four hours later
What TRX did over the 23 hours after the story broke. The market moves for its own reasons; this is what happened, not what the story caused.
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 average buy ratio was 49.9%, making the current 24-hour ratio of 38.7% significantly lower by 11.3 points. Spot volume over the last 24 hours was $23,447,140, which is 0.67 times the weekly average, indicating lighter trading activity. There were 5 days of net buying out of 7 in the previous week, showing a generally positive trend before this recent dip. The price change over the last 8 days is -2.3%, with a total volume delta of -$7,570,164. This recent 24-hour period represents a day of unusual selling pressure compared to the mixed but net-positive weekly average.