SUN (Sun Token)SUN
The governance token of SUN.io, Tron's first integrated decentralized exchange platform, run from Singapore.
The short version
SUN is the governance and staking token of SUN.io, Tron's first integrated DeFi platform (SunSwap, SunPump, SunX), run by a Singapore-based team. The token began with genesis mining in Sep 2020 and was redenominated 1:1000 in May 2021 to a total of 19.9 billion. Platform revenue buys back and burns SUN: the 52nd round on 27 Oct 2026 took the total burned to 685.8M, 3.44% of supply. On 31 Oct 2026 one SUN cost C$0.0227. From 31 Jul 2026 to 31 Oct 2026 its price changed -10.2% in Canadian dollars, and it was 100.0% below its all-time high of C$87.57 set on 10 Sep 2020.[1]
Facts checked 2 Nov 2026 · 12 sources · next update about 1 Dec 2026
Price, past year
Past year: high C$0.0322 (8 Nov 2025) · low C$0.0208 (2 Mar 2026) · -27.6%[1]
Month-end prices (table)
| Date | C$ | US$ |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2026 | C$0.0227 | US$0.0163 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | C$0.0243 | US$0.0170 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | C$0.0230 | US$0.0166 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | C$0.0253 | US$0.0180 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | C$0.0238 | US$0.0168 |
| 31 May 2026 | C$0.0251 | US$0.0182 |
| 30 Apr 2026 | C$0.0255 | US$0.0187 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | C$0.0245 | US$0.0176 |
| 28 Feb 2026 | C$0.0220 | US$0.0161 |
| 31 Jan 2026 | C$0.0249 | US$0.0183 |
| 31 Dec 2025 | C$0.0266 | US$0.0194 |
| 30 Nov 2025 | C$0.0292 | US$0.0209 |
Daily prices from CoinGecko; C$ converted at the Bank of Canada daily rate. The latest point is live when available. Past prices, not a forecast.
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Key facts
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Who controls it
- Run by
- The SUN team, based in Singapore; SUN.io is Tron's first integrated DeFi platform (SunSwap, SunPump, SunX)[4, 9]
- Allocation
- No premine, team, cornerstone or private allocation; 47.16% assigned to Sun DAO governance, locked four years with linear vesting[3]
- Admin key
- None on the token: no mint, blacklist or pause function, and the contract is not a proxy[2]
- Top holders
- Three unlabeled wallets hold 15.6%, 12.7% and 9.0% of supply (1 Nov 2026)[2]
Supply
- In circulation
- 19.21B SUN of a 19.90B maximum (96.6%)[1]
- Maximum
- 19,900,730,000 SUN after the May 2021 redenomination; 685.8M burned, so about 19.2B remain[3, 4]
- Burns
- 52 rounds since 15 Dec 2021 burned 685,780,165 SUN (3.44%): SunSwap V2 388.0M, SunPump 285.9M, SunX 11.9M[4]
- Latest burn
- About 7.23M SUN burned on 27 Oct 2026 for the quarter to 25 Oct; 7.1M more set aside[4]
Use and fees
- Main use
- Staking for veSUN voting power, mining boosts up to 2.5x and 50% of stablecoin-pool fees[5, 3]
- Platform fees
- SunSwap V1-V4 and SunPump took about US$14.2M in fees in the past year on DefiLlama[10]
- Burn funding
- SunSwap V2 keeps 0.05% of each trade; SunPump and SunX revenue is converted to SUN and burned[3, 4]
- Scale
- SunSwap TVL near US$645M across 26,800 pools on 26 Oct 2026; Q3 2026 volume about US$15B across SUN.io products[4]
Trading
History
Not a forecastCoins ranked 51-200 at this point in past cycles (12-14 months after a Bitcoin peak), one year later: 4,050 cases, 612 coins
39% were higher a year later[12]
- Typical result
- Median -25% after a year; 45% higher after two years
- Lost half or more
- 38% within a year
- Against Bitcoin
- 12% did better than Bitcoin over the year
History, not a forecast.
Red flags and things to watch
No red flags found- The 52nd buyback and burn on 27 Oct 2026 removed 7.23M SUN; cumulative burns reached 685.8M, 3.44% of supply.[4]
- The 2025 white paper locks 47.16% of SUN for Sun DAO governance with four-year linear vesting; no dates are published.[3]
- The SEC's 2023 case against Justin Sun named TRX and BTT, not SUN; it ended with a final judgment dated 9 Mar 2026.[7, 8]
Checked: admin keys, contract upgrades, unlocks, insider supply, hacks, legal actions and claims against records.
Sources and dates
- CoinGecko market data, 31 Oct 2026
- GoPlus token security (Tron SUN), 1 Nov 2026
- SUN V3 white paper, Apr 2025
- Cryptopolitan / SUN.io release (52nd burn), 27 Oct 2026
- CoinMarketCap, what is SUN
- DefiLlama hacks list, 2 Nov 2026
- SEC press release 2023-59, 22 Mar 2023
- SEC notice of covered action (judgment of 9 Mar 2026), 30 Apr 2026
- CoinMarketCap (SUN), 2 Nov 2026
- DefiLlama fees, 2 Nov 2026
- Bank of Canada USD/CAD rate, 31 Oct 2025
- CoinIvy history data: CoinMarketCap weekly rankings 2013-2026, dead coins included
Facts as of 31 Oct 2026. Prices from CoinGecko in Canadian and US dollars; US$ figures without a C$ price are converted at 1.3976 C$ per US$.