TRON DAO Participates in ETHConf and Hosts TRON Academy powered by niTROn at ETHGlobal New York 2026 - Cryptopolitan

**_Geneva, Switzerland, June 15, 2026_** — [TRON DAO](https://trondao.org/), the community-governed DAO dedicated to accelerating the decentralization of the internet through blockchain technology and decentralized applications (dApps), participated in ETHConf, held June 8–10 in New York, organized by ETHGlobal. TRON DAO also extended its presence throughout the week with a dedicated TRON Academy Happy Hour alongside the ETHGlobal New York 2026 hackathon, held between June 12–14. Supporting developer education and student-led blockchain innovation through TRON Academy, whose university network now spans across leading institutions like Princeton University, Imperial College London, Yale University, Columbia University, Harvard University, MIT, Cornell University, the University of California, Berkeley, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Dartmouth College and more. At ETHConf, one of Ethereum’s premier ecosystem conferences, the TRON DAO team connected with builders, founders, and technologists shaping the next wave of decentralized applications, policy regulations, and real-world blockchain adoption. The session drew more than 70 participants from across the student and developer communities. The happy hour also featured a panel, “Campus to Mainnet: How Student Builders Will Shape the Future of Blockchain,” moderated by TRON DAO’s ecosystem development team, with student panelists representing Blockchain Chicago, Blockchain & Fintech at Fordham, Penn Blockchain, and NYU Blockchain Lab. The discussion explored how stablecoins and digital dollars are unlocking real-world use cases across payments, cross-border settlement, and how campus clubs are moving from learning to launching real projects. Panelists also weighed the skills and career paths shaping the next wave of Web3, including the emerging role of AI agents and onchain payments. Founded in September 2017, the TRON blockchain has experienced significant growth since its MainNet launch in May 2018. Until recently, TRON hosted the largest circulating supply of USD Tether (USDT) stablecoin, which currently exceeds $89 billion.