diff --git a/feature-account-impl/src/main/java/io/novafoundation/nova/feature_account_impl/domain/account/model/RealSecretsMetaAccount.kt b/feature-account-impl/src/main/java/io/novafoundation/nova/feature_account_impl/domain/account/model/RealSecretsMetaAccount.kt
index 7b88a202..57852a55 100644
--- a/feature-account-impl/src/main/java/io/novafoundation/nova/feature_account_impl/domain/account/model/RealSecretsMetaAccount.kt
+++ b/feature-account-impl/src/main/java/io/novafoundation/nova/feature_account_impl/domain/account/model/RealSecretsMetaAccount.kt
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ class RealSecretsMetaAccount(
             hasChainAccountIn(chain.id) -> {
                 val cryptoType = chainAccounts.getValue(chain.id).cryptoType ?: return null
 
-                if (chain.isEthereumBased) {
+                // Tron reuses the same secp256k1 keypair/signing as Ethereum - see
+                // RealTronTransactionService's use of Signer.sign(MultiChainEncryption.Ethereum, ...).
+                if (chain.isEthereumBased || chain.isTronBased) {
                     MultiChainEncryption.Ethereum
                 } else {
                     MultiChainEncryption.substrateFrom(cryptoType)
@@ -58,6 +60,8 @@ class RealSecretsMetaAccount(
 
             chain.isEthereumBased -> MultiChainEncryption.Ethereum
 
+            chain.isTronBased -> MultiChainEncryption.Ethereum
+
             else -> substrateCryptoType?.let(MultiChainEncryption.Companion::substrateFrom)
         }
     }
diff --git a/feature-wallet-impl/src/main/java/io/novafoundation/nova/feature_wallet_impl/data/network/blockchain/assets/balances/tronNative/TronBalancePolling.kt b/feature-wallet-impl/src/main/java/io/novafoundation/nova/feature_wallet_impl/data/network/blockchain/assets/balances/tronNative/TronBalancePolling.kt
index e1b61ddd..81f5a5d9 100644
--- a/feature-wallet-impl/src/main/java/io/novafoundation/nova/feature_wallet_impl/data/network/blockchain/assets/balances/tronNative/TronBalancePolling.kt
+++ b/feature-wallet-impl/src/main/java/io/novafoundation/nova/feature_wallet_impl/data/network/blockchain/assets/balances/tronNative/TronBalancePolling.kt
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 package io.novafoundation.nova.feature_wallet_impl.data.network.blockchain.assets.balances.tronNative
 
+import android.util.Log
 import io.novafoundation.nova.feature_wallet_api.data.network.blockhain.types.Balance
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flow
 
 private const val TRON_BALANCE_POLLING_INTERVAL_MS = 30_000L
+private const val LOG_TAG = "TronBalancePolling"
 
 /**
  * TronGrid is a plain REST API with no push/subscription mechanism (unlike Ethereum nodes, which expose a
  * `newHeads`-style websocket subscription EVM balance sync piggybacks on). So balance updates for Tron-based
  * assets are polled instead of pushed: fetch immediately, then re-fetch on an interval, only emitting when the
  * balance actually changed.
+ *
+ * A failed fetch() must not escape this loop: any uncaught exception here cancels the whole flow permanently
+ * (the collector - FullSyncPaymentUpdater - only logs and gives up, it doesn't resubscribe), which meant a
+ * single transient failure (DNS hiccup, timeout, momentary connectivity loss during app cold start) could
+ * silently and permanently blackhole a Tron asset - no balance write ever happens, so it never even gets a row
+ * in the local DB and disappears from every UI surface with no visible error. Swallow and retry next interval
+ * instead.
  */
 internal fun pollingBalanceFlow(
     intervalMs: Long = TRON_BALANCE_POLLING_INTERVAL_MS,
@@ -20,9 +29,11 @@ internal fun pollingBalanceFlow(
     var lastEmitted: Balance? = null
 
     while (true) {
-        val latest = fetch()
+        val latest = runCatching { fetch() }
+            .onFailure { Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Tron balance fetch failed, will retry in ${intervalMs}ms", it) }
+            .getOrNull()
 
-        if (latest != lastEmitted) {
+        if (latest != null && latest != lastEmitted) {
             lastEmitted = latest
             emit(latest)
         }