"Hurun Rich List" interview with Justin Sun: A new paradigm of value circulation in the Web3 transformation cycle

Plain Talk News: Against the backdrop of the Web3 industry moving into deeper waters and global financial infrastructure accelerating its restructuring, blockchain is shifting from early exploration to large-scale applications. As an authoritative institution with broad influence in business and investment, the in-depth interview with the well-known magazine Hurun Rich List is seen as an important industry barometer. Recently, Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, outlined his judgments on the industry’s evolution and long-term value in a systematic manner during an interview with Hurun Rich List, focusing on core topics such as stablecoin payments, pathways to globalization, and AI integration trends. His views also reflect a key stage in Web3 infrastructure moving from “feasibility verification” to “global adoption.”

Stablecoins Build a Global Value Circulation Network, and Web3 Infrastructure Enters a Scale-Up Phase

In the interview with Hurun Rich List, Justin Sun summarized the core goal he has long been committed to in very concise terms: “Enable anyone in the world, regardless of where they are and whether they have a bank account, to transfer and use their own funds at low cost and high efficiency.” This statement fundamentally reveals the essence of blockchain technology’s value—building an open, accessible value internet.

He also pointed out that after multiple bull-and-bear cycles, projects that can truly withstand these cycles must be built on real demand and actual usage. The steady growth in the number of on-chain users and transaction volume is an important basis for his judgment about the direction of the industry. Against this backdrop, on-chain payment systems centered on stablecoins have become the most mature application scenario today, with the strongest capacity for scale.

In the interview with Hurun Rich List, Justin Sun mentioned that TRON has developed in a short period into one of the largest stablecoin circulation networks globally, and the scale of on-chain asset transfers has even surpassed some traditional payment networks. This growth is not driven by short-term market sentiment, but by the sustained use by real users in scenarios such as cross-border remittances, value storage, and daily payments. According to official data, the circulating USDT on the TRON chain has exceeded $86.3 billion. This scale reflects strong network effects driven by genuine user demand.

From the standpoint of structural advantages, the scalability of stablecoin payments benefits from two factors: on the one hand, blockchain networks are open and permissionless, enabling them to reach user groups that traditional finance is hard to access; on the other hand, the limitations of traditional cross-border payment systems in terms of efficiency, cost, and user experience create substantial room for replacement by a new generation of infrastructure. Justin Sun believes that, in essence, this trend is a “natural replacement” of the existing financial system enabled by technological progress, rather than short-term competition.

Global Strategy and Technological Integration Move Forward Together to Build Long-Term Competitive Advantages for Web3

When discussing business growth and strategic decision-making, Justin Sun proposed a highly systematic methodology in his interview with Hurun Rich List. He summarized the ingredients for success as the combination of “data-driven iteration, rapid execution, and user orientation,” and emphasized that in a fast-changing technological environment, capability in a single dimension can no longer support long-term competitiveness; instead, it is necessary to achieve coordinated synergy among the three to enable efficient trial-and-error and precise decision-making.

At the organizational level, he proposed a management framework of “clear direction, layered support, and a sense of ownership among all members” to avoid deviation and loss of control during rapid expansion. This emphasis on a more flattened and agile organizational structure is considered an important foundation for Web3 companies to maintain competitiveness in highly uncertain environments.

Specifically regarding key strategic decisions, Justin Sun reviewed the case of TRON’s partnership with Tether to launch TRC-20 USDT in his interview with Hurun Rich List. He said that this decision was based on an integrated assessment of market trends, the competitive landscape, and the risk-reward ratio: stablecoins are a long-term trend in the evolution of the financial system; leading assets have significant network effects; and the upside potential in this field is far greater than the potential risks. In practice, this partnership has become an important growth engine for the TRON ecosystem and has helped build its core competitive moat in the stablecoin sector.

In terms of global expansion, Justin Sun emphasized that although Web3 has a natural cross-border attribute, its real-world implementation still depends heavily on local compliance and cultural adaptation. In his interview with Hurun Rich List, he pointed out that different markets differ significantly in regulatory frameworks, user habits, and business environments; whether a project can succeed often depends on how deeply those differences are understood and on the ability to build local partnership networks.

In addition, Justin Sun also expressed a clear view on the development of AI technology. In the interview, he said that AI is not merely a simple upgrade of tools, but a reconfiguration of “thinking and decision-making capabilities.” Its integration with blockchain in terms of data, computing power, and intelligent execution will become an important direction for the next stage of technological evolution. Blockchain provides decentralized infrastructure for AI, while AI enhances the intelligence and user experience of blockchain systems; the integration of the two carries long-term strategic value.

For industry participants and young entrepreneurs, Justin Sun’s core advice in his interview with Hurun Rich List is: in an environment with a high level of uncertainty, continuous learning and rapid adaptation are the most critical capabilities. At the same time, one should make focused investments on the basis of understanding the industry as a whole, so as to build core advantages that cannot be replaced, rather than dispersing resources across multiple tracks.

From early-stage technology validation and market exploration, the industry is gradually moving into a scale-up phase represented by stablecoins, extending further into AI integration and globally compliant real-world deployment. In this process, TRON is continuously promoting the realization and evolution of the value internet through infrastructure capabilities, globalization strategies, and a forward-looking technological layout.