2018TRON in 2018
3 key events this year.
Here is what happened to TRON in 2018, in date order, with the daily close from our price data where it covers the date.
Source: Binance TRX/USDT daily closes 2018-06-11 to 2026-02-09; Bitstamp TRX/USD daily closes 2026-02-10 to 2026-10-14. Fetched Oct 14, 2026 from free public APIs. Click a dot for the event and its price on that day.
Events in 2018
- Jun 11, 2018milestone
First daily close in our data $0.0484 (Binance TRX/USDT daily close, 2018-06-11)
Our sourced TRX price history begins on this day. - Jun 25, 2018launch
TRON mainnet genesis $0.04208 (Binance TRX/USDT daily close, 2018-06-25)
TRON leaves Ethereum and starts its own chain. - Jul 24, 2018milestone
TRON completes BitTorrent purchase $0.0379 (Binance TRX/USDT daily close, 2018-07-24)
Justin Sun's TRON Foundation acquires BitTorrent Inc.
First daily close in our data Jun 11, 2018
TRON has a daily close from Binance (TRX/USDT) starting 2018-06-11. Earlier trading may exist on other markets, but we only show prices we can source. Treat early closes with care: new listings often trade thinly.
TRON mainnet genesis Jun 25, 2018
TRON produced its genesis block on June 25, 2018, which the project called Independence Day. ERC-20 TRX tokens were then swapped for native TRX.
TRON completes BitTorrent purchase Jul 24, 2018
TRON announced in July 2018 that it had completed its purchase of BitTorrent, the company behind the popular file sharing protocol. BitTorrent later launched its own BTT token on TRON.
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