Anchorage Digital, a federally regulated American crypto platform, that serves as a custodian of digital assets for financial institutions such as banks, venture capital firms, and fintechs, will now add Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun’s Tron blockchain to its network, expanding the venture’s access to US investors.
The deal with Anchorage marks another regulatory breakthrough for Justin Sun, who in March 2026 reached a USD 10 million settlement to resolve US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges.
The regulatory body, in March 2023, sued Justin Sun and his companies Tron Foundation, BitTorrent Foundation and Rainberry, accusing them of illegally distributing the crypto assets tronix and bittorrent, apart from artificially inflating trading volume, and concealing payments to celebrity endorsers. However, in a letter to US District Judge Edgardo Ramos in Manhattan, the same agency now says, “Justin Sun and his companies did not admit or deny wrongdoing.”
“By supporting Tron on Anchorage Digital’s regulated platform, we’re helping bring one of crypto’s largest ecosystems into an institutional framework,” said Anchorage co-founder and CEO Nathan McCauley.
Anchorage clients will now be able to custody Tron’s tronix (the cryptocurrency native to the blockchain), paving the way for greater adoption of the token in the United States.
American investors wishing to invest and trade in Tron’s token currently carry out the activity mostly through decentralised exchanges, which aim to cut out the middleman and allow users to transact directly on a blockchain network.
The tie-up between Anchorage Digital and the Tron blockchain also comes in the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s aggressive efforts to make the world’s largest economy also a global hub for virtual currencies. Justin Sun, a major backer of the Trump family crypto venture World Liberty Financial, told that Tron’s partnership with Anchorage will help “expand secure institutional access to the blockchain network.”
TRON was in the news in March 2026, as it reached a settlement to resolve SEC charges. The blockchain also joined the “Mastercard Crypto Partner Programme” to support cross-border remittances, B2B transfers, and other on-chain payments by leveraging Mastercard’s global network and settlement infrastructure.
TRON, that handles USD 22 billion daily and USD 85 billion in USDT (Tether), offering high throughput, low costs, and liquidity for global payments and AI-driven transactions, will now engage with Mastercard on product design, interoperability, and responsible scaling. The initiative will demonstrate the value of combining blockchain programmability with established financial systems to enable practical, widely adopted digital payments.