NOWPayments Data Shows TRON Outpacing Solana and BNB in Cross-Chain Payouts
Summary
- TRON leads monetary volume at 43.69% in NOWPayments data
- Solana fastest with 1:45 average payout time
- Stablecoin adoption intent rises with added protections
NOWPayments released cross-chain payout benchmarks in September 2026. TRON handles the largest share of monetary volume among TRON, BNB Chain, and Solana. Six months of enterprise payouts put TRON ahead in value transferred even though speeds lag.
The numbers highlight TRON's edge with stablecoins and bigger transactions.
Context
Payments providers want rails that balance speed, cost, and volume. NOWPayments pulled these metrics straight from its enterprise operations. Cross-chain benchmarks help them decide.
TRON's volume lead fits its stablecoin role.
Details
Solana posted the quickest average payout time at 1 minute 45 seconds. Bitcoin followed at 2 minutes 53 seconds, with TRON at 3 minutes 8 seconds and BNB Smart Chain at 3 minutes 13 seconds.
BNB Smart Chain processed the highest share of individual payout transactions at 48.23 percent. TRON accounted for the greatest monetary volume at 43.69 percent.
"TRON carried the greatest monetary volume at 43.69%."
, NOWPayments (markets.businessinsider.com)
A separate Visa study found that stablecoin adoption intent rises from 36 percent to 56 percent when users are offered hypothetical bank-level fraud protection and deposit insurance. Speed advantages on Solana have not yet translated into volume leadership for stablecoin payouts in the NOWPayments dataset.
Outlook
Platforms will continue to track these cross-chain benchmarks as they refine payout routing for stablecoin adoption.
