TRON price steadies after Proposal 108 storage upgrade
Published on 11/08/2026 at 07:10 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWSTRON upgrade meets strong network activity
- TRON activated Proposal 108 on November 2, enabling a smart-contract storage optimization in the TRON Virtual Machine.
- Q3 stablecoin supply averaged 92.25 billion US dollars, while quarterly transfer volume reached 2.18 trillion US dollars.
- TRX traded at 0.322227 US dollars at 07:47:57 Berlin time on November 8, up 0.82 percent against the November 7 UTC comparison value.
The TRON price was 0.322227 US dollars at 07:47:57 Berlin time on November 8, according to Investing.com. Against the 0.3196 US dollar value recorded in CoinMarketCap's November 7 historical snapshot, that represents a gain of 0.82 percent. The move remains below the 5 percent threshold at which the price movement itself would be the main news angle.
Proposal 108 is now active
TRON's most recent protocol event is the activation of governance Proposal 108 on November 2. As reported by Coinranking, the measure enabled network parameter 102, ALLOW_OPTIMIZE_TVM_STORAGE_KEY, in the TRON Virtual Machine. The change optimizes the handling of smart-contract storage keys and is intended to improve execution consistency.
This is an infrastructure adjustment rather than a tokenomics change. Coinranking reports that Proposal 108 does not alter TRX supply, staking rewards or transaction fees. The upgrade therefore provides a technical development for users and developers, but it does not by itself create a new supply reduction or a direct change to transaction costs.
Stablecoin settlement remains the core metric
Operational data from the third quarter offers a broader view of the network. A CentralCharts publication carrying TRON DAO's summary of Token Terminal data said average stablecoin supply reached a record 92.25 billion US dollars in Q3 2026. Quarterly stablecoin transfer volume totaled 2.18 trillion US dollars, while the network processed 1.08 billion transactions.
The same report put average USDT supply on TRON at 90.75 billion US dollars, equal to 49.49 percent of USDT across the tracked blockchains. It also reported average monthly active users of 17.81 million and network revenue of 693.21 million US dollars. These figures describe network activity and revenue, not a guaranteed valuation for TRX.
Investor context for TRX
For investors, the TRON price remains close to 0.32 US dollars while the network's main use case continues to center on stablecoin settlement. CoinMarketCap's November 7 snapshot placed TRX at rank eight, with a market capitalization of 30.373866261 billion US dollars and circulating supply of 95,030,153,658 TRX. The current quote and the historical snapshot come from different time points, so they should not be treated as simultaneous market data.
Further developments will determine whether the storage optimization translates into measurable network effects. The latest evidence supports a distinction between a live protocol upgrade and the separate question of how that upgrade affects token demand.
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