TRON expands wallet distribution through Backpack integration
Backpack Wallet is adding support for the TRON network, widening user access to TRON-based assets and applications through a self-custody multichain setup. The integration also connects wallet functionality with Backpack's recent TRX market listings, extending access across both asset management and trading.
Highlights
- Backpack wallet integration enables users to send, receive, and hold TRON-based assets like USDT (TRC-20) with full self-custody.
- Users can bridge assets between TRON and other blockchains, and access dApps such as Sun.io via Backpack's multichain wallet interface.
- Backpack Exchange recently listed TRX for spot and perpetuals, deepening connectivity between TRON's blockchain and Backpack's trading ecosystem.
Wallet integration broadens TRON access
As reported by The Block, the integration allows Backpack users to send, receive and hold TRON-based digital assets, including USDT (TRC-20), directly within the wallet while keeping full self-custody.Users can also bridge assets between TRON and other supported blockchains, access decentralized finance applications and dApps across the TRON ecosystem, including Sun.io, and manage TRON holdings alongside assets from other supported networks in a single multichain wallet environment.
Exchange listings deepen ecosystem connectivity
This move follows Backpack Exchange's recent listing of TRX for spot trading and perpetual contracts, expanding access to TRON's native utility token for users in eligible jurisdictions.Together, the wallet integration and exchange listings strengthen connectivity between TRON's blockchain infrastructure and Backpack's wallet and trading products. The collaboration also supports TRON's broader push to expand access to blockchain infrastructure, stablecoin payments and decentralized finance worldwide.
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