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Justin Sun

Founder, Tron

Search every verified Justin Sun interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. At the Conviction 2026 conference, Justin Sun, founder of TRON, delivered a keynote titled "TRON and the Future of Finance: From DeFi to TradFi to AI." He discussed the convergence of decentralized finance, traditional finance, and artificial intelligence, stating that these technologies are becoming more interconnected. Sun highlighted TRON's network metrics, including over 396 million user accounts, 26 billion in total value locked, and an average of 12 million daily transactions, and noted its inclusion in the S&P Digital Asset Index as a sign of established financial frameworks extending to digital assets. Sun also detailed TRON's recent technical developments, such as activating post-quantum signature support on its testnet, positioning it among the first major blockchains to do so. He emphasized the network's focus on preparing for machine-driven economic activity, where AI agents will transact and settle payments. Additionally, Sun mentioned TRON's educational initiatives, including collaborations with blockchain clubs at universities like Stanford, Columbia, Harvard, and Dartmouth, aiming to provide students with tools and mentorship for building decentralized applications.

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“AI agents will transact. They will settle payments. They will execute smart contracts. They will interact autonomously with financial systems. And when that happens, they will need a network that can handle high frequency machine-driven activity without friction.”

“That separation is now beginning to fade as these technologies converge and become more deeply connected. These systems are beginning to overlap. And the networks that can connect them efficiently, securely, and at scale will become the infrastructure for the next generation of finance.”

“In September 2024, Tron, Tether, and TRM Labs launched the T3 Financial Crime Unit, and in one year, T3 FCU analyzed millions of transactions globally, monitored more than $3 billion USD in total volume, and supported the freezing of over $300 million in illicit assets. across five continents.”

“The Tron network is a leading blockchain for stable coin settlement. There is more than $85 billion in USDT on Tron. And according to Arteimus Analytics, annual stable coin transfer volume on Tron reached 7.9 trillion by the end of 2025.”

“B AI is a new initiative I want to introduce. The vision is to accelerate the arrival of AGI as much as possible. The focus is on applications specifically financial infrastructure for AI agents. B AI is an infrastructure for future where AI agents can have their own identities, manage their own funds and make transactions on their own.”

“Blockchain is no longer experimental. It has become a core financial infrastructure. Over 3.7 million active accounts rely on Tron every day for payments, transfers, savings, and digital commerce with average daily transfer volume of more than $21 billion.”

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