TRON (TRX) News Today: Why TRX Is Up – 16 October 2026

• Unconfirmed 15 October reports claim a TRON-affiliated company plans to issue $200 million in shares to buy TRX, with no official filing or company statement found. • TRON DAO's Q3 2026 report, published 12 October, cites $2.21 trillion in stablecoin settlement and $24.05 billion average daily volume. • USDT and USDD supply reached $93.88 billion, up 5.5% from Q2, while monthly active addresses rose 9.8% to 18 million. • Justin Sun said on 10 October that TRON's post-quantum cryptography went live on testnet, with no mainnet date announced. • TRX futures open interest stood at $317.14M, with $36.76K in liquidations over 24 hours, 96.3% from long positions.