JustLend
Credit · JST
JustLend DAO is the dominant pooled money market on Tron, especially for USDT lending, and part of the broader JUST ecosystem.
The largest lending market on Tron.
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Research
Components, facts, FAQ, timeline, and tokenomics in one place
Main components (4)
Supply & Borrow Market (money market)
The core Compound V2-style money market. Users supply TRX or TRC-20 assets (USDT, USDD, etc.) to receive interest-bearing jTokens, then over-collateralize to borrow other assets at algorithmic floating rates. As of the June 2026 upgrade the market moved to SBM V2, an isolated-collateral design with a dual-layer Vaults/Markets structure and an Adaptive Curve interest-rate model so that liquidations in one market no longer cascade across the whole protocol.
Staked TRX (sTRX) & Energy Rental
A one-click TRX liquid-staking feature launched April 2023 under TRON's Stake 2.0. Users stake TRX to receive the sTRX TRC-20 token; JustLend handles Super Representative voting and reward claiming and automatically rents out the resulting TRON Energy, letting stakers earn voting + energy-rental yield. The Energy Rental market lets counterparties rent Energy at roughly 50-80% below the cost of burning TRX for transaction fees.
Price Oracle
The protocol relies on a price oracle to value collateral and trigger liquidations. CertiK's audit flagged oracle design and centralization of oracle/admin controls as the primary risk areas, an important consideration given assets are valued via feeds the protocol admins configure.
JST governance (GovernorBravo + Timelock)
JST, the TRC-20 governance token shared across the JUST/JustLend DAO ecosystem (max supply 9.9B), governs every protocol parameter. Holders propose, vote, and execute on-chain through GovernorBravo and a Timelock contract. A revenue-driven JST buyback-and-burn mechanism was activated in October 2025, converting protocol revenue (including USDD profits) into permanent JST burns.
Differentiator
Big by lending TVL on Tron (notably USDT); not an Ethereum/L2 competitor — its data pipeline is Tron/TVM rather than EVM.
Organizational structure
Units & roles
- Decentralized governance / protocol operator
JustLend DAO
The DAO that governs the protocol. JST holders propose, vote and execute changes on-chain through GovernorBravo and a Timelock contract; reserve and vote-operator permissions were transferred to governance-controlled contracts per the CertiK audit response.
- Parent DeFi ecosystem on TRON
JUST ecosystem (JUST Foundation)
JustLend is one of the core products of the JUST ecosystem on TRON (alongside USDD and other JUST products), broadly associated with TRON founder Justin Sun. The JUST Foundation published JustLend's launch and ecosystem announcements.
Similarity to traditional finance products
How JustLend maps onto established TradFi structures, and where it diverges.
| TradFi product | Similarity to JustLend | Key differences |
|---|---|---|
| Money-market fund / secured margin lending | Like a money-market fund, suppliers pool assets and earn a floating yield driven by borrowing demand; like secured (margin) lending, borrowers post over-collateral and face forced liquidation if the collateral value falls. | Everything is non-custodial and executed by smart contracts with no intermediary, credit check or KYC. Rates reset every block algorithmically rather than being set by a desk, positions are liquidated automatically by on-chain keepers, and the whole book is transparent on-chain. There is no deposit insurance. |
Data sources
- JustLend DAO official documentation
- JUST Foundation — JustLend launch announcement (Dec 2020)
- CertiK security assessment (Apr 8, 2022)
- Chainwire — sTRX & Energy Rental launch (Apr 2023)
- CryptoSlate — first JST buyback-and-burn (Oct 2025)
- crypto.news — SBM V2 isolated-lending launch (Jun 2026)
- Immunefi — JustLend DAO bug bounty ($50k max)