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TRON was probably the third platform to support USDT transfers, and at the time, it was the cheapest. The first was Omni’s BTC-format USDT, followed by ETH-format USDT, but both were very expensive. TRON’s USDT was the third one, and if I remember correctly, the gas fee was just 1 USDT back then. Almost all exchanges that supported USDT adopted it. Then, around 2019 to 2020, there was a surge of hype coins flooding the market. A lot of these hype coins and gambling tokens were on EOS at the time, and since TRON’s mechanism was very similar to EOS, it led to many “local specialty” projects being built on TRON. Back then, TRON’s ecosystem was even nicknamed the “Las Vegas of blockchain.” Plus, gambling existed both online and offline, which attracted a bunch of Southeast Asian big players to start using TRON. Over time, it expanded to regions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, creating the current landscape. TRON USDT owes its success largely to mobile wallets and low fees. Back then, these local specialty projects might not have supported ETH’s USDT, but they absolutely had to support TRON’s because it was so cheap. For many people, it became a habit. Of course, BNBChain is even cheaper now, but habits are hard to change.