📈 Where to check the Toncoin price?

⚫️ The @TonometerBot for tracking the Toncoin price has recently stopped functioning. You might wonder, why is there even need for that bot, since the price is listed in all the TON wallets. But for the most active TON ecosystem participants, repeatedly opening your wallet to stay updated is inconvenient. So, what are the alternatives?

⚫️ If you’re always on Telegram, other bots can be useful. For instance, @xRocket recently introduced a dash command to display prices of various cryptocurrencies. If you manage a crypto chat, you can pin a bot’s price message to keep it visible and refresh it periodically. Other bots like @NanoBot also offer price-display features.

⚫️ The @drops bot lets you set alerts for sudden price surges or drops, ensuring you don’t miss critical moments to make timely decisions. These notifications are more effective than manually checking your wallet, as even frequent checks might miss key price movements.

⚫️ On mobile devices, you can use widgets to display the Toncoin price on your home screen. This eliminates the need to open any app — you’ll see the price while using your phone. For example, the OKX exchange app supports adding a Toncoin price widget.

⚫️ Aggregator websites like CoinMarketCap, CoinGecko, and dyor.io (this one is focused on the TON ecosystem and its tokens) are excellent for tracking multiple cryptocurrencies at once. These platforms compile prices comprehensively. The official ton.org website also displays the price, but it relies on a CoinMarketCap widget.

⚫️ Active traders, who execute numerous trades daily, most likely don't need our advice because they already use a preferred platform with prices readily available. But we'll mention that TradingView is a well-known tool in this space.

🖊 This list isn’t exhaustive. If your favorite method wasn’t included, share it in the comments!

👁 Why do different wallet versions generate different addresses?

⚫️ Wallet versions in TON can be confusing for newcomers. For example, you create a wallet in a mobile app, and later it suggests updating to version W5—but suddenly, you have two wallets. And the funds are only in one of them. This might make you panic, thinking, "What if I lose access to my money?" To replace confusion with clarity, let’s break it down in this #howtoton guide.

⚫️ When you create a new wallet in a non-custodial app (like Tonkeeper or MyTonWallet), a small program (a smart contract) is uploaded to the TON blockchain. This contract handles receiving and sending funds. If you tap "Send 1 Toncoin" in the app, it instructs this smart contract (after verifying your ownership), and the contract then executes the transaction on-chain.

⚫️ When a wallet’s smart contract is deployed to the blockchain, it gets an address—this becomes your wallet address. If another user creates a wallet, their contract has the same code but is deployed to a different address. This is partly because the address depends on the seed phrase, which is unique to each user. Additionally, the address is partially determined by the smart contract’s code.

⚫️ The contract code isn’t set in stone—developers keep improving it to add new features. Occasionally, new versions of the smart contract are released. When this happens, existing wallets keep working as before—their code stays unchanged. However, newly created wallets can use the updated code. In summer 2024, version W5 was released, and it’s now the standard for new wallets, though many older-version wallets remain active.

⚫️Here’s where it gets a bit tricky. As mentioned earlier, a smart contract’s address in TON partly depends on its code. So here’s what happens: let’s say a user created a wallet with version V4, and the blockchain generated an address for that version’s code. Later, version W5 is released, and the user wants to upgrade. But uploading the W5 smart contract code would result in a different address—it’s not possible to simply swap the V4 code for W5 at the same address. Instead, both contracts—V4 and W5—can coexist. They’re both linked to the same seed phrase, but they have different addresses.

💡 At first, this seems counterintuitive. But once you grasp the logic, it makes sense—and more importantly, it’s reassuring: your old contract (with your funds) isn’t going anywhere. The new one just starts empty at a new address.

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🏆 Do airdrops actually benefit games: Anthony Tsivarev weighs in

Director of Ecosystem Development at TON Foundation recently published two threads on his X (Twitter) page addressing the challenges faced by GameFi on TON. Anthony paid special attention to airdrops, which helped dozens of projects attract millions of users in 2024.

So what were his conclusions?

⚫️ The core issue with airdrops is that they attract users who care more about the reward than the actual gaming experience. The goal becomes claiming and selling tokens as quickly as possible — not sticking around. As a result, player interest in the game vanishes, and community chats boil down to one repetitive question: «When token?»

⚫️ Even if you're planning to introduce rewardsin your project, don’t forget about two fundamental elements without which the game will feel dull and empty: «Fun» and «Progress». At the same time, airdrops shouldn’t just be based on donations or referral counts — rewards should feel genuinely earned by the player.

⚫️ Anthony even shared a short guide on how to transform your game:
1. Replace «airdrop for hype» with «reward for action.»
2. Remove public promises and delight users with surprise rewards.
3. Link token to real revenue and RevShare to players.

⚫️ And in the next thread, he outlined the current priorities at TON Foundation:
1. Smarter targeting via Ads.
2. Native featuring in: TON wallets, Telegram Apps Center, TON ID (ex TON Society), Game Center, and more.
3. Better conversion rates: In-App Ads, Stars, and Crypto.

🖊 In short, while TON Foundation works on building the right infrastructure and attracting players, developers are being encouraged to focus on making games that are enjoyable — with or without token rewards. «Let’s make games… games again,» concludes Anthony Tsivarev.

What do you think — can GameFi on TON find new life and move beyond clickers and idle miners?

@thedailyton

📉 How cryptocurrencies react to the news

⚫️ Recently, the entire cryptocurrency market was shaken by new U.S. trade tariffs. Toncoin holders might be frustrated: “It had just recovered to $4, and then the news dragged it back below $3.” But it’s important to understand this isn’t an unusual situation — news often impacts prices.

⚫️ Think back to the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2020, as it spread globally, it was clear it would hurt the economy. But no one knew how long it would last, how many lives it would claim, or how strict and effective lockdowns would be. During that time of fear, uncertainty and doubt, cryptocurrencies dropped sharply in value — along with other assets like major company stocks.

⚫️ News can also have a positive effect. Sometimes it’s directly related to cryptocurrencies, which makes the impact even more immediate. For example, when the U.S. approved the use of Bitcoin in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), Bitcoin’s price surged to a record high at the time. It makes sense: a new, mainstream use case emerged, and Bitcoin came to be seen as more valuable.

⚫️ More recently, the crypto world has been shaken by developments tied to Donald Trump’s presidency. At first, he was hailed as the “first crypto president” who would fire strict SEC chair Gary Gensler and make life easier for crypto projects. Hopes were high — and Bitcoin soared past $100,000 for the first time. But Trump- and Melania-themed memecoins failed to gain long-term traction, tariff policies hurt the market, and scandals like the LIBRA rug pull sparked a wave of sentiment like “Gensler, come back!” As a result, Bitcoin fell back below $90,000.

⚫️ Some might find this all bitterly ironic. Unlike fiat currencies, cryptocurrencies aren’t issued by governments. That’s why crypto-anarchists loved them at first — “Forget governments and banks, let’s create our own money and escape the rotten system.” But now, the value of that “own money” depends heavily on government actions. So did the movement really manage to break free?

📈 Still, The Daily TON sees a more optimistic angle. If the crypto market slumps in tandem with the stock market, it means people now treat crypto as “real” assets, governed by the same forces as stocks and other investments. If global economic events had no impact on crypto at all, it would suggest they’re still just “funny money” — not taken seriously. So the optimists can say the glass is half full.

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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

🔥 Toncoin is now available for purchase and sale in the United States (excluding New York) via the MoonPay. The service supports payments through bank cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, giving the American audience access to TON Blockchain.

⚫️ How do the development of the Tolk and Tact programming languages impact the TON ecosystem? Could these two tools eventually merge into one? And why should the average user care? We break it down in our recent post.

⚫️ Dr. Awesome Doge, co-founder of the TONX platform, gave a talk at Web3 Festival in Hong Kong, presenting the KTON liquid staking protocol. We explain what the service has to offer and what goals the TONX team has set for 2025.

⚫️ The partnership between Ethena and TON Blockchain will be officially announced during the TOKEN2049 keynote by Ethena Labs CEO Guy Young in Dubai. We explain how the USDe token is backed and why the project has been getting so much attention lately.

⚫️ We've put together a list of the most exciting current activities in the TON ecosystem, including a new NFT collection launch, trading tournaments, and developer contests. One of them, Tact Smart Battle, with a $20,000 prize pool, kicks off today.

⚫️ To learn how scammers lure users in Telegram chats, we decided to reply to one of the messages ourselves. Find out how the scam works and why you shouldn’t fully trust the Binance Verify service in our investigation.

⚫️ Will Pavel Durov attend the TOKEN2049 conference? We explored the event website, analyzed the speaker agenda, and shared our thoughts in a dedicated post. Later, reports suggested that Pavel has returned to France after all.

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✈️ How can TON attract Telegram users to DeFi?

⚫️ We’re continuing to share interesting insights from the Web3 Festival. The event featured live panel discussions, and Vlad Degen hosted a discussion on DeFi with three representatives from different projects: Vitaliy Kitaev (DeDust.io), Alan (Torch Finance), and Vlad @sepezho (EVAA Protocol). The first question was: “What can attract mass audience to TON DeFi?”

⚫️ We believe this is a crucial question for the future of TON. Thanks to Telegram, the blockchain has access to a billion-strong audience. While many were ready to “tap” in T2E games, using DeFi is a whole different level of engagement. Projects need users, and users could benefit from the projects — but how do we connect the two? There’s probably no “magic button,” but it’s worth hearing the opinions of those in the space. Here’s a summary of what was shared (not direct quotes, but our retelling):

⚫️ Vitaliy (DeDust):
1. We need more apps that provide real value to users (e.g., yield-generating tools).
2. Telegram should make it easier for users to discover new apps — ideally, with discovery tools built directly into the main menu.
3. Incentive programs can help — users may first come for the rewards but stay once they realize the practical value of DeFi.

⚫️ Alan (Torch Finance):
1. Seamless on-ramp and off-ramp mechanisms are essential so users can easily buy and sell Toncoin.
2. User interfaces must be intuitive. One of Alan’s friends, an expert in traditional finance, couldn’t understand the EVAA interface.
3. Yield is key. If yields in TON are lower than in other networks, holding savings there will seem like a missed opportunity.

⚫️ Vlad (EVAA):
People fundamentally want three things from crypto:
1. To store value
2. To transfer value
3. To multiply value
We need to make this convenient and low-risk. For example, allowing users to stake USDT with one click to earn passive income without worrying about price volatility. The integration of EVAA into Wallet is a good example — users can start with one simple button, then gradually explore more advanced DeFi features.

🖊 Disagree with these takes or have your own ideas on how to attract users? Share your thoughts in the comments — we’d love to hear them!

🍌 How scammers fake email addresses

⚫️ Recently, we came across a message in a TON-related chat that said: “We offer safe earnings in the crypto space.” It looked very suspicious—after all, that’s a common tactic used to lure people into scams. But we wanted to understand exactly how these schemes work so we can warn you. And if it turned out to be legitimate, we wanted to know the details. So, we decided to dig deeper and respond to the message.

⚫️ A pleasant female voice explained: “We’re a Binance partner and can offer favorable staking conditions. If you register through our offer, you’ll earn about 20% monthly on your savings. The offer will be sent from Binance’s official email address, and you’ll be able to verify its authenticity using Binance Verify.”

⚫️ A 20% monthly return on staking sounded unrealistic, which only strengthened our suspicion of fraud. But how could scammers bypass Binance Verify? We were curious and decided to investigate further. Before sending the offer, the woman asked us to prove we had at least 100 USDT on the Binance Smart Chain—so we temporarily converted that amount from our beloved TON to USDT BEP-20.

⚫️ Then we did receive an email, which looked as if it came directly from Binance. But the main link—“Binance DeFi Staking”—led not to Binance, but to a website with a random string of characters in the URL. At this point, the scam was obvious, and we didn’t interact with the site. But the verification issue still puzzled us.

⚫️ The sender’s address in the email was listed as do-not-reply@post.binance.com. When we entered it into Binance Verify, the site displayed a large green checkmark and the message “Verified Email.” However, in smaller text below, it also noted that the sender’s email address can be spoofed and that there are more reliable methods to verify authenticity. We tried those methods, and the email failed verification based on the parameters in the EML file. Apparently, the real sender address was different.

💡 So the scheme is clear: scammers exploit the fact that Binance Verify still shows “Verified Email” even when the address is spoofed. Many users see the big green checkmark and reassuring message and stop there—without reading the fine print below. It’s unclear why Binance chose to display such a comforting message in a scenario that isn’t fully trustworthy. But now you know what to watch out for.

@thedailyton

🔥 Will Pavel Durov Speak at TOKEN2049 Again?

⚫️ TOKEN2049 is set to take place in Dubai from April 30 to May 1. The event’s official website already features the full list of invited speakers, a detailed agenda, and ticket options ranging from $999 to $4,999.

⚫️ One thing that stands out right away is the heavy use of Pavel Durov’s photos — they’re placed on the homepage, on the banners of the «Speakers» and «Agenda» sections, and even on the «Become a speaker» button. It’s clear the organizers really consider Pavel as the main guest of last year’s TOKEN2049.

⚫️ But there’s another intriguing detail: a panel titled «Scaling Crypto to a Billion Users» is scheduled for April 30 at 2:00 PM on the main stage — and oddly enough, no speakers are listed for this session, even though nearly every other agenda item includes speaker names.

Interesting — which platform with a billion-user audience could possibly help scale cryptocurrency adoption?

⚫️  While the world’s top minds search for that answer, let’s not forget that exactly one year ago at TOKEN2049, Pavel Durov announced the launch of USDt on TON. Will the ongoing legal case surrounding Telegram prevent him from attending this year’s event? We’ll find out soon enough.

🖊 In any case, so far there’s been no official confirmation that Pavel has returned to France.

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🏆 Digest of current activities on TON

While most tokens are going through a rough patch and the long-awaited NFT season still hasn’t kicked off, we’ve rounded up some exciting opportunities currently available across the TON ecosystem:

⚫️ Tact Smart Battle challenge by TON Studio and Codeforces, featuring a $20,000 prize pool in TON tokens. Tasks include writing smart contracts in Tact. Prizes will go to the top 128 participants, with best performers getting a chance to join the TON Studio team. Deadline: April 28, 9:00 UTC.

⚫️ Trading tournament from MyTonWallet and Storm Trade with a $2,500 prize pool in $STORM. To win, you need to make it into the top 100 by trading $STORM via MyTonWallet’s aggregator. Swap fees will be refunded in $MY after the tournament ends. Deadline: April 29.

⚫️ A contest for traders and liquidity providers by Tonstakers, EVAA, and Storm Trade with XP and RP rewards. To join, follow a full DeFi strategy: stake TON on Tonstakers, deposit the received tsTON on EVAA, borrow TON there and trade it on Storm Trade. Deadline: April 25, 13:00 UTC.

⚫️ Telegram Mini App contest by TON Society CIS with a $2,500 prize pool. The main goal: launch a working Mini App that integrates TON blockchain tech. Projects built during the contest period are especially encouraged. Submissions: April 14 – May 5. Results and prizes: May 12.

🐤 Popular Ethereum NFT collection The Doge Pound is launching its first drop on TON in partnership with Gatto, a virtual pet game. To participate, open the app, go to Hat Mouse Shop, and buy a Diamond Paw under «Extra items» (1250 Stars). On April 28, all paws will transform into unique pets.

As you can see, even in the current market conditions, there’s no shortage of interesting events in the TON ecosystem. Pick your favorite, jump in, and win!

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🚀 What is Ethena?

⚫️ The Ethena project is planning to expand into the TON ecosystem, and its name is being mentioned more and more within the community. At the recent Web3 Festival, Alyona Shmalko noted that Ethena could benefit DeFi on TON, and in the Headliners podcast, Vlad Kamyshov (EVAA) cited Ethena as an example of a missing piece in the ecosystem. So, what exactly is this project?

⚫️ At its core is the stablecoin USDe, which differs from traditional stablecoins in regard of backing model and yield opportunities. For context, stablecoins like USDT maintain their value through reserves of other assets held in banks. While this is convenient, it ties them to the traditional banking system. To move away from that, many aim to back stablecoins with cryptocurrencies instead. However, crypto’s volatility poses a challenge: the dollar value of such collateral constantly fluctuates.

⚫️ USDe addresses this by using a hedging strategy: if you hold a cryptocurrency and simultaneously short it, you can offset the volatility. When the asset’s price falls, you lose money from holding it—but you gain from the short position. This allows you to “stay in place” and maintain stable collateral for the stablecoin.

⚫️ On top of that, the strategy can generate profit. Crypto holdings can earn yield through staking, and short positions can be profitable in a bull market, when most traders are going long. Thanks to this setup, Ethena users can earn returns on their savings—sometimes over 10% annually. That’s why USDe is often called a “yield-bearing stablecoin”: the idea is for your savings not just to sit in a stablecoin (and slowly lose value due to inflation), but to actively work for you.

⚫️ USDe was only introduced last year, so its performance across different market conditions is still untested. It also comes with some risks—for example, its funds are managed in a centralized way. However, the market is already showing confidence: USDe has entered the top 5 stablecoins by market cap.

⚫️ Ethena originally launched on Ethereum, later expanded to Solana, and in 2025, two key updates emerged about TON. First, a press release on the LayerZero integration mentioned that Ethena would bring USDe to TON. Second, Ethena’s 2025 roadmap includes a goal titled “A product for a billion people,” which introduces a Telegram mini-app. The user experience is expected to resemble that of a neobank, allowing everyday users to access “interest-earning dollars.”

👁 So, we’ll be watching closely to see how things unfold. Stay tuned.

@thedailyton

🚀 A new player in liquid staking: Exploring the KTON protocol

⚫️ We’re continuing our deep dive into the speaker sessions from the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong, and today we’re highlighting a presentation by Dr. Awesome Doge, co-founder of the open infrastructure platform TONX Studio.

⚫️ The entrepreneur shared how he first joined the NEWTON team in 2021 to work on TON Blockchain, and by 2022 had become a pioneer in the staking space with the TonStake project, where many first miners have stored their coins over the years. He is now focused on developing the TONX platform, which includes the TONX API, the multisig wallet Tonkey, the KTON liquid staking protocol, and other products for users and developers.

⚫️ At the festival, Dr. Doge introduced the V2 Contract for KTON — a major upgrade that improved protocol performance, added dynamic liquidity management, and introduced a more refined yield model. You can check out the staking features for yourself at KTON.io.

⚫️ In essence, KTON is a classic liquid staking service: users stake their TON for annual yield and receive $KTON tokens in return, which can then be used across various DeFi protocols in the TON ecosystem. The current APY on the site is 4.78%, but Dr. Doge hinted at a target of 8% thanks to MEV optimization, and the upcoming launch of a governance token — $K.

⚫️ A quick look at DefiLlama shows that across all TON liquid staking services — Tonstakers, bemo, Stakee, UTONIC, Hipo, and Cygnus — the combined TVL sits at around ~$250M or 85M Toncoin. That’s only 1.65% of TON’s total supply. KTON aims to multiply that number significantly, pointing to Ethereum’s 14.2% staked supply as the benchmark.

💡 Interestingly, TONX Studio’s main goal for 2025 is to «Bring TON from Asia to the USA.» It seems it’s not just European users placing big hopes on a TON breakthrough in the American market. Just look at the slogan on TonX.ai — «Make TON Great Again.»

⚫️ But this raises an important question: does TON really need to be made great again, or are its best days still ahead? And should we be so focused on the U.S. when there’s still massive growth potential in Asia itself?

@thedailyton

🐤 How the Tolk and Tact languages are “moving toward each other”

⚫️ Last week, version 0.11 of the Tolk programming language—created for TON—was released. At first glance, this might seem like a niche update relevant only to Tolk developers. “Type aliases? What’s that, and why should I care if I’m not a programmer?” But if you take a closer look, an interesting process is unfolding—one that could be significant for the future of TON.

⚫️ As we’ve previously explained, smart contracts on TON can be written in two programming languages: Tact and FunC/Tolk (Tolk is the “next generation” of FunC). FunC has been considered “powerful but complex,” and that complexity has discouraged some developers from working with TON. Tact, on the other hand, is simpler—it handles certain tasks like serialization automatically—but this convenience came at the cost of higher blockchain fees, which was also a deterrent. So, each language had its strengths, but also key drawbacks that slowed down the growth of the ecosystem.

⚫️ In March, we wrote about a new version of Tact that aimed to reduce fees. And now, the latest version of Tolk lays the groundwork for making development faster and easier. Nick Nekilov, the creator of DeDust.io, commented on the Tolk update:
This is a necessary step toward auto-serializing structures (so developers won’t need to manually serialize and maintain everything). That will significantly speed up the smart contract development process.
In other words, where Tact used to handle serialization for developers, in the future Tolk will start doing that too—in its own way.

⚫️ So both languages are actively working to eliminate their weaknesses while preserving their strengths. In the FunC/Tolk world, development effort is being reduced; in the Tact world, gas fees are being lowered. These kinds of improvements could attract more developers to TON, аnd that’s good news even for those who don’t write code themselves—because everyone benefits from a growing developer community.

⚫️ Some may ask: “If both languages end up with low fees, auto-serialization, and so on, won’t they just merge into one?” Our answer: their fundamental approaches are too different for the distinction to vanish entirely, but the gap between them may become less significant. It’s as if both languages are taking steps toward one another—they won’t meet at a single point, but the distance is narrowing.

⚫️ Another question arises: “If their key differences disappear, will we even need two languages?” If the main trade-offs that used to shape developer preferences fade away, then what’s the point of choosing at all? Among developers, opinions vary—from “once Tolk is fully developed, Tact won’t be needed” to “once Tact is fully developed, Tolk won't be needed.”

👁 As for The Daily TON team, we’ll hold off on making predictions for now. We’ll keep an eye on developments and let you know how things unfold.

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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

💀 The saga around the NFT sticker marketplace continues, as it still struggles to reach a full release. Mr. Freeman, the creator of Tonnel Gift Marketplace, tried to step in, but trading in his bot was short-lived — due to a built-in 10% fee, he eventually abandoned the sticker integration.

⚫️ The founder of the Telegram wallet xRocket published three posts on his personal channel, all focused on the ongoing issues with Telegram Stars. We’ve gathered the most important points and summarized them in a dedicated post.

⚫️ TON PIZ channel released a podcast episode featuring the co-founder of EVAA Protocol, discussing how oracles and liquidations are implemented in this popular liquid staking service. We’ve highlighted the key takeaways from the conversation.

⚫️ Our Personal Experience series is back on The Daily TON with a post about two-factor authentication in Tonkeeper Pro! This time, we dive into 2FA — how to set it up, whether it costs anything, and how convenient it is to use.

⚫️ We reviewed the speech by TON Foundation Ecosystem Lead at the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong. Find out which five areas Alyona Shmalko sees as the most promising for TON projects for 2025 in our latest post.

⚫️ The Trending Apps channel published a text interview with South Korea’s popular messenger KakaoTalk. We’ve read through it and shared what the team thinks about Telegram and its Mini Apps ecosystem.

⚫️ TON Foundation DeFi Lead, Vlad Degen, also spoke at the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong. We compared his remarks with earlier statements from The Gateway event to see how far DeFi on TON has progressed in recent months.

⚫️ Alongside integrating Jettons and Extra-currencies into the Payment Network technology, the TON Core team released a detailed explanation of how Layer 2 will work for everyday TON users. Read more here.

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⭐️ What will the Payment Network look like for users?

⚫️ Recently, several Telegram channels reported that the Payment Network technology (designed for ultra-fast and ultra-cheap transactions) has entered its beta stage. This isn’t entirely accurate. The term “beta version” has been used by TON Core before—so in that sense, there’s nothing particularly new. The real news lies elsewhere. First, this beta version now supports Jettons and extra currencies, which we’ve already mentioned.

⚫️ Second, TON Core has published a detailed post explaining the technology. It starts by addressing “What is it,” which doesn’t hold any big surprises—we published a similar explainer back in January. What’s more interesting is the next part of the post: “How does it work,” which clarifies what users can expect.

⚫️ According to the post, here’s what the user experience will look like:
• A user connects a wallet once to a node or multiple nodes in the Payment Network.
• The user makes a deposit of their funds (Toncoin, Jettons, Extra-currencies) from the TON Blockchain to the Payment Network.
• The user can then make as many instant transactions with microcommissions with Payment Network participants as they want.
• The user can transfer assets to other users in the Payment Network, even if they are connected to other nodes.
• The user can withdraw their funds or a portion of their funds back into the TON Blockchain at any time, or vice versa to replenish their balance in the Payment Network.
• Traffic within the Payment Network is protected by garlic routing encryption.
• Intermediate nodes in the Payment Network receive a small micro-commission for each transaction processed.

💡 So, here’s the takeaway: TON will have ultra-fast and ultra-cheap transactions. However, they won’t be part of the regular transaction flow where you simply send funds from your wallet. Instead, you’ll need to think ahead and decide, “How much should I deposit into the Payment Network?” This makes sense when you remember that the underlying concept is: “First, people deposit funds, and then the system tracks who transfers how much to whom.”

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👁 Vlad Degen’s View on the Future of TON DeFi

⚫️ At the recent Web3 Festival in Hong Kong, alongside Alena Shmalko, Vlad Degen (DeFi Lead at the TON Foundation) also gave a talk. It’s interesting to compare his latest comments with his speech from last November at TON Gateway. Back then, he said that 2025 would be “the year of DeFi on TON” and presented a slide outlining the core DeFi components popular across many blockchains. According to him, most of those elements had already been implemented on TON, though a few gaps remained.

⚫️ Now, he showed an updated version of that same slide — and this time, all the core DeFi building blocks were marked as “implemented.” For instance, in the case of “Bridges,” Vlad pointed to the integration of LayerZero as a completed milestone. However, this doesn’t mean DeFi development on TON is complete — he also outlined the main direction for further growth.

⚫️ In Vlad’s view, DeFi on TON can be broken down into three layers:
• Yield generators: services that generate profits for users (such as staking and farming)
• Functional DeFi: DEXs, lending platforms, bridges, etc.
• Retail Telegram mini-apps

⚫️ The first two layers are common across many blockchains and, according to Vlad, are now fully functional on TON. The third layer, however, is unique to TON — no other blockchain has this. Thanks to its integration with Telegram, TON can offer mainstream users access to DeFi services through a simple and convenient interface directly inside the messenger. While some TON services already have mini-apps, Vlad believes this is the main area that still needs work.

⚫️ The core issue is that DeFi services remain too complex for the average user with no prior crypto experience. As a result, they struggle to reach a mass audience. Vlad proposes creating mini-apps with extremely simple and intuitive interfaces — essentially, apps with a single main button like “Save money” or “Invest.”

⚫️ According to him, TON’s motto “crypto in every pocket” was implemented in 2024 as “games in every pocket.” In 2025, it could evolve into “DeFi in every pocket.” But for that to happen, crypto savings — and the yield they can generate — need to become truly accessible and routine. The challenge for 2025, then, is to “bring yield to the user.” While the ecosystem already offers ways to earn yield on investments, the real task is making those opportunities easily accessible to everyone.

💡 So, if you’re thinking of launching a project on TON — here’s your opportunity. There are plenty of DeFi projects already, but how many would your grandma be able to use? Whoever can simplify DeFi enough for grandmas to use it — wins.

@thedailyton

⭐️ Competition in the Mini App space: What about Korean messenger KakaoTalk?

🖊 Today, the official channel of the Apps Center catalog published a text interview with the team behind South Korea’s largest messenger — KakaoTalk. You can read the full interview via the link, but here we’ve picked out the most interesting highlights for you.

⚫️ About Mini Apps in KakaoTalk:
The messenger enjoys massive popularity in South Korea, becoming a true super app where users can shop, order taxis, and make payments. However, Mini Apps in Kakao aren’t like Telegram bots — they are mostly integrated through the Kakao Games gaming platform.

⚫️ About Telegram’s popularity in South Korea:
It might come as a surprise, but for many in South Korea, Telegram still carries negative associations tied to privacy-related criminal incidents, so it’s not widely adopted among regular users. However, among crypto enthusiasts, 99% rely on Telegram for the latest updates.

⚫️ About crypto payments in KakaoTalk:
While Telegram opted out of direct TON integration in favor of Telegram Stars to comply with App Store and Google Play guidelines, KakaoTalk didn’t even experiment in this direction. The messenger is focused on everyday functionalities and doesn’t support crypto payments in any form.

⚫️ About monetization methods:
Everything revolves around the native Kakao Games ecosystem, where developers earn by integrating their projects with the messenger’s social features and audience. KakaoTalk doesn’t yet have an open platform for all types of projects like Telegram Mini Apps.

⚫️ About the future of Mini Apps:
The KakaoTalk team believes more and more messengers will integrate apps, especially in the context of Web3 technologies. It all depends on how quickly users adapt to the new experience.

💡 At The Daily TON, we previously put together a roundup of Asian projects on TON. We highly recommend checking it out if you want to explore a new side of our ecosystem.

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💡 Which projects does the TON Foundation recommend developing?

⚫️ In 2024, the TON ecosystem saw a lot of buzz around Tap-to-Earn games and memecoins. However, the hype around “tapping” apps has faded, and memecoins haven’t turned into a major success either. So, what should be built on TON in 2025?

Right now, the Web3 Festival is taking place in Hong Kong, where Alyona Shmalko (Ecosystem Lead at TON Foundation) highlighted five promising directions for the future. Here’s a summary of her insights:

⚫️ GameFi. As the Tap-to-Earn trend dies down, Alyona suggests focusing on three gaming alternatives.
1. Mid-core games – instead of simple tapping mechanics, these would have more complex gameplay.
2. Inspiration from WeChat – bringing successful game elements from this ecosystem into TON/Telegram (especially relevant in Hong Kong, where WeChat is widely used).
3. Telegram-native elements – incorporating Telegram features like gifts and stickers into games.

⚫️ Simplified DeFi. There are already plenty of DeFi projects, but many are too complex for the average user. Alyona believes it’s crucial to offer “one-click investing” for the masses. The arrival of Ethena and Midas—two successful projects—could help simplify DeFi within TON.

⚫️ Telegram In-App Economy. This refers to projects built around Telegram’s unique features. Examples include the TONNEL gift store, Notcoin’s sticker shop, and Upscale by Storm Trade.

⚫️ Payments. The goal here is to make everyday tasks easier for users: buying crypto, paying for real-world goods with it (for example, via linked bank cards), earning cashback, and sending funds to friends. Examples mentioned include Vietnam-based @aliniex_bot, @card, and @TONCashAppBot.

⚫️ AI. This is a hot trend across the board, and Alyona believes it aligns well with Telegram’s format and mini-app ecosystem. Examples she cited include @TheStarAIBot, which lets users chat with AI bots, and @GrablyTelegramBot, which allows users to sell their personal data (like palm photos) for use in AI projects.

🖊 Do you agree with Alyona’s take, or do you think something should be added or removed from the list? Share your thoughts in the comments—what do you see as the most promising directions for TON projects in 2025?

@thedailyton

✔️ Two-factor authentication in Tonkeeper Pro: Personal experience

⚫️ Last week, the Tonkeeper team introduced 2FA for TON wallets. Naturally, our editorial team had a few questions about how this new feature works, so as part of our #personalexperience series, we decided to test it ourselves to see how convenient and secure it really is.

⚫️ Quick reminder: 2FA isn’t available yet in the mobile app, so we headed over to the Tonkeeper Pro page and installed the desktop version (no need to buy a subscription). Next, we created a new w5 address, sent a few TON for testing, and jumped into the Wallet settings to enable the long-awaited 2FA.

When activating two-factor authentication, the app will remind you of a few important points:
1. 2FA can't recover your secret phrase.
2. The same wallet will stop working on your other devices.
3. 0.15 TON is required to install or uninstall 2FA.
4. Battery mode and gasless transactions are not compatible with 2FA.

⚫️ The setup is pretty straightforward: scan the QR code or open Telegram via the provided button, link your account to the wallet (you can link a single Telegram account to multiple wallets), and send the transaction to activate 2FA. From that point on, any operation will require confirmation via the @tonkeeper bot (you have 10 minutes to approve each action).

⚫️ Then we decided to run a little experiment: we opened the standard Tonkeeper mobile app, entered the seed phrase of our newly protected wallet, and tried to send some TON to another address. At first, it seemed like the transaction went through — but actually, nothing happened. There was no new transaction in the history, no gas fee was deducted, and the funds remained safely in the wallet.

⚫️ But we didn’t stop there — we went ahead and authorized the new address in MyTonWallet. Same result: the transaction failed, but this time the app returned an error message. So, you can import the seed phrase of a protected wallet without any issue, but you won’t be able to move funds without confirming through 2FA.

⚫️ You can disable 2FA or link a different Telegram account in the Wallet settings. You’ll receive a notification in Telegram to approve or reject the request. However, keep in mind: you can only send this request once a day, and if you want to instantly rebind your wallet to a new account, you’ll need access to the old one — otherwise, you’ll have to wait 14 days for the changes to take effect.

🖊 It’s clear that mobile apps haven’t yet fully adapted to wallets with two-factor authentication — there are no alerts for failed transactions or special icons yet. But this is just a matter of time — we expect developers will soon optimize interfaces for this new feature.

@thedailyton

👁 What the TON PIZ podcast revealed about oracles and liquidations

⚫️ In March, we published posts explaining the concepts of “oracles” and “liquidations.” Recently, the TON PIZ podcast released an episode (in Russian) featuring the co-founder of EVAA Protocol @sepezho, where they discuss how both of these mechanisms are implemented in the project. If you’re looking to understand these topics in more depth than our introductory posts provide, and you know Russian, this episode is worth checking out. And here are some key takeaways for those who don't:

⚫️ In EVAA, a user deposits collateral and can then borrow other tokens against it. If price fluctuations cause the collateral to no longer cover the borrowed amount, the position can be liquidated. The project relies on oracles to provide pricing data. This makes the accuracy of oracles critically important—if incorrect information slips through, it could trigger false liquidations and result in financial losses. So, how do they address this?

⚫️ It’s not feasible to eliminate oracles entirely, so the focus is on making them as reliable as possible. The podcast explains how EVAA handles this. First, price data is gathered from multiple price providers (Pyth, RedStone, Stork). Then, several independent oracles within the system transmit this data to the blockchain. The blockchain then calculates the median value from these different oracles. That way, even if one oracle reports inaccurate data, it won’t skew the result.

⚫️ Initially (during the testnet phase, when the system wasn’t actively being attacked), only one oracle was used. But now that the project is live and handles millions of dollars, that’s no longer considered reliable. Additionally, pricing data can become outdated very quickly—so in EVAA, any price information is only considered valid for the first three minutes. After that, it can no longer be used for decision-making.

⚫️ The liquidation system itself is also quite interesting. If a user’s collateral no longer covers their loan, EVAA doesn’t liquidate the position automatically. Instead, it allows anyone to do so and earn a reward for performing the liquidation. Anyone can build a “liquidator bot” to monitor the system and act when a liquidation opportunity arises. However, only the first transaction to reach the EVAA smart contract will receive the reward. Sometimes, this is followed by a chain of up to 15 failed attempts from other bots that were just a bit too late.

💡 Altogether, this serves as a vivid illustration of our earlier point: we’ve described the oracle as a “risk point” through which inaccurate information could hypothetically enter the blockchain. The EVAA example shows why this matters and how the project works to mitigate those risks.

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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

🔥 The TON Core team has added support for Jettons and Extra-currencies in the beta version of TON Payment Network — a Layer 2 solution for TON, similar to Bitcoin's Lightning Network. We covered this technology in detail in a separate post.

⚫️ We explained how ChatPay works — the in-chat payment feature from the CeDeFi wallet Fintopio — and analyzed how the Telegram Mini App ecosystem is helping bring mass adoption closer.

⚫️ MyTonWallet released version 3.5. Which long-awaited feature finally made it to the app, and which new integration got Anatoliy Makosov and Toncenter API to highlight the update on their pages?

⚫️ TON Core developers introduced the Pending API. We break down what this solution is for, whether it’s related to blockchain optimization, and how it can improve the user experience when sending transactions.

⚫️ Tonkeeper Pro added two-factor authentication. We explain how it differs from the Signer app, how to activate it for your wallet, and what the future might hold for this feature.

⚫️ With scams around buying Telegram Stars on the rise, we’ve published a guide that will help you evaluate the crypto project and minimize your chances of falling victim to fraud.

⚫️ While panic grips the market, we decided to take a different perspective and tell you about some options to grow your portfolio by taking advantage of the dip.

⚫️ How did the DeDust.io dashboard contest from TON Data HUB go? We analyzed the finalists' entries, broke down common mistakes, and prepare you to win the next competition!

@thedailyton

💀 Are Telegram Stars a poor fit for web3?

⚫️ Recently, we reported on a scammer who managed to sell Telegram Stars to many users and then rob them of these Stars by requesting a refund. Over the weekend, the founder of @xRocket followed up on this story with three detailed posts in Russian about the challenges of using Telegram Stars. Here’s a summary of the main points.

⚫️ Telegram Stars were initially created out of necessity. To succeed, Telegram needs to be available in app stores like the App Store and Google Play, which means complying with their rules. One such rule prohibits direct payments using cryptocurrencies. As a workaround, Telegram had to introduce an intermediary currency that could be purchased with crypto.

⚫️ These same rules require allowing refunds for Stars within 21 days—and in some cases, according to reports, Apple even permits refunds beyond that window. This creates a loophole for abuse, as seen in the recent case. And it wasn’t the first: there have been several previous instances where refunds caused problems for users.

⚫️ Essentially, this makes it risky to sell crypto-related products using Stars. For example, if someone sells an NFT for Stars, the refund function means those Stars could evaporate. How can businesses operate in such conditions?

⚫️ There’s no clear, foolproof solution. Some suggestions were offered in the posts, but they all negatively impact user experience. One idea is to “freeze” purchases for 21 days (the official refund window) before finalizing the transfer to the buyer. While this would solve the refund issue, it’s inconvenient: “I’ve paid, but I have to wait three weeks to get my item?”

⚫️ Another option is to turn the Telegram mini-app into a “showroom,” where users can browse items, but purchases must be completed elsewhere, outside the constraints of Apple and Google’s ecosystems. This approach is already being used by some non-TON crypto projects, like the NFT marketplace OpenSea.

📒 The text concludes that Telegram Stars are fundamentally incompatible with web3. However, abandoning them isn’t really an option for TON-based projects either. So, the only path forward is to search for the “lesser evil” in each situation.

@thedailyton

🏆 Results of the DeDust.io dashboard contest: How were the entries judged?

⚫️ A week ago, the winners of the TON Data HUB contest were announced, where analysts competed for a $6,000 prize pool by creating detailed dashboards based on data from the decentralized exchange DeDust.io.

⚫️ Over this time, we’ve analyzed the finalists' work, studied the evaluation criteria, and are finally ready to tell you: what does a «dream dashboard» look like — the kind that’s guaranteed to win the next TON Data HUB contest (by the way, it’s already underway).

⚫️ First off, get ready for tough competition: the number of submissions exceeded all expectations. DeDust.io ended up with 41 dashboards, and participants included not only advanced TON users but also professional crypto analysts with dozens of Dune projects under their belts.

⚫️ There were so many strong entries that the DeDust.io team first added an extra task about the liquidity aggregator and then expanded the prize pool altogether, awarding not just the top 3, but the top 10 winners. $3,000 for first place, $2,000 for second, $1,000 for third, and $100 each for the remaining seven finalists.

Here’s the final list:
1st place: https://dune.com/tubaecci/dedust
2nd place: https://dune.com/msu/dedust
3rd place: https://dune.com/vaitar/dedust
4th-10th places:
https://dune.com/caranell/caranell-dedust-dashboard
https://dune.com/chrisonchain/dedust-dex
https://dune.com/ethanweb1ton/dedust/ac7893ef-ccca-45e3-8eba-66726c9989da
https://dune.com/zerosky/dedust
https://dune.com/rdkv/dedust-analitics-hub
https://dune.com/hack_wizards/hack-wizard-dedust/22204c18-0988-4b9b-a9f8-fc2a25bad9bc
https://dune.com/rdmcd/dedust


⚫️ So, what did the judges look for? Unsurprisingly, the highest scores went to those who fully followed the requirements published on the contest launch day. On the other hand, duplicating or including unnecessary information led to lower scores.

⚫️ The dashboard itself needed to be clean and easy to read. Colors for the same categories across different graphs had to match, and it’s better to present data visually as charts rather than just tables. Also, don’t forget to include dashboard navigation, a protocol description, and links to key resources — these details could easily earn you extra points.

💡 While clicker games and NFT gifts attract a crowd of airdrop hunters, traders, and collectors, contests like this from TON Data HUB are bringing a more advanced audience into our ecosystem. It looks like very soon, TON will finally shed its «sketchy and unserious» image for good.

Good luck in the upcoming contests!

@thedailyton

💡How do you “buy the dip” without fiat?

⚫️ In the crypto world, there’s a popular piece of advice: “Buy the dip.” The idea is that if the price of a major cryptocurrency drops, that’s your chance to scoop it up at a discount — it’ll probably bounce back later. But recently, when both the crypto and stock markets were falling together, a meme was making the rounds where this advice was met with the reply: “With what?” — pointing out that in such moments, people often find themselves in a tough financial spot with no spare funds to buy anything at all.

⚫️ You’d think that if all you have is Toncoin and no extra fiat, then a price drop is just bad news: “What I’ve got is now worth less, and I can’t afford to buy more.” But technically, there are ways to “play the dip” even in this case. Disclaimer: these methods come with risk. This is not financial advice — we’re just demonstrating what’s possible in the ecosystem. Whether or not to use it is entirely up to you.

⚫️ Option 1: Lending protocols like EVAA and Factorial Finance.
Here’s how it works: you can use your Toncoin as collateral to borrow USDT, then head to a DEX and swap that USDT for more Toncoin. If Toncoin’s price goes up, you can then sell the Toncoin back for USDT, ideally ending up with more than you started with. After repaying the loan, you keep the difference.

⚫️ Option 2: Decentralized stablecoins from projects like Aqua Protocol.
These allow you to mint stablecoins backed by Toncoin collateral, following a similar idea. You lock up your Toncoin, receive a stablecoin, trade it for more Toncoin, wait for a rebound, and then reverse the trade.

⚫️ Option 3: Use a trading platform like Storm Trade to open a long position on TON.
You can use your existing Toncoin to open a leveraged long. If TON goes up, your gains are magnified. But of course, leverage also multiplies your risk.

💀 All of these options come with a shared risk, which we recently wrote about: liquidation. Let’s say you guessed wrong and Toncoin keeps dropping (as the saying goes, “buy the dip — and get the second dip free”). In that case, your Toncoin may no longer be enough to cover your collateral, and you could lose it. So again — this isn’t a recommendation. But the fact that these tools exist makes the ecosystem more flexible: it’s good to have options. Whether to use them or not is up to you.

@thedailyton

🍌 How to assess projects and avoid scammers?

⚫️ A new fraud case has caused a stir in the TON ecosystem. On a website where users can sell various digital goods (mainly in-game items), a seller listed Telegram Stars at an unusually low price. Many buyers were eager to save money and placed numerous orders. However, the seller later refunded the Stars back to Telegram, leaving buyers empty-handed.

⚫️ This situation raised red flags even before the purchase. Why would someone sell Stars for less than what they paid Telegram for them? What is known about this seller and their intentions? Can an obscure gaming marketplace, barely recognized in the TON ecosystem, be trusted? These are the kinds of questions you should always ask when you come across a deal that seems “too good to be true.”

⚫️ Buyers could have protected themselves by purchasing Stars at the standard price through a trusted platform like Fragment. This is an official Telegram-affiliated resource, where the likelihood of such fraud is extremely low.

⚫️ However, some cases are more complex. For example, in the TON ecosystem, there is a service called split.tg that allows users to buy Stars without going through KYC verification on Fragment. If this service is unofficial, can it be trusted with your money? We’re not here to promote or discourage the use of this particular service. Instead, let’s use it as an example to explore how to evaluate risks in such situations.

⚫️Several factors can help assess its credibility:
• First, split.tg has a clear business model: it resells Stars without KYC at a small markup. This means it doesn’t fall into the “too good to be true” category.
• Second, it has been around for quite some time. If it were a scam, signs of fraud would likely have surfaced by now.
• Third, both the service and its creator have an established reputation within the TON ecosystem, unlike an unknown seller.

In such cases, fraud would simply be unprofitable. If a service is generating revenue, why would its owner ruin its reputation and scare away customers for a one-time scam?

💡 However, these factors are not absolute guarantees. Even a reputable project could theoretically “rug pull” one day—say, after a change in ownership. In other words, even with these factors, the system is not entirely “trustless,” and risks never reach zero. They only become low enough that many in the TON ecosystem consider them negligible. Ultimately, it’s up to you to decide where to draw the line between “acceptable risk” and “too risky.”

@thedailyton

🔥 More innovations in Tonkeeper Pro: Two-factor authentication via Telegram

⚫️ Back in December, we took a deep dive into the pros and cons of the Tonkeeper's Signer app. And while Signer is a solid way to secure your funds, not everyone finds it convenient to install a separate app — ideally on a second device.

⚫️ Today, Tonkeeper Pro introduced an alternative way to protect your TON wallet — onchain 2FA via Telegram. Once the feature is activated, every transaction will require two confirmations: one from the Tonkeeper app and one from a dedicated Telegram bot.

How to set up two-factor authentication?
1. Open Tonkeeper Pro and enable 2FA in the settings.
2. Link your wallet to the @Tonkeeper bot on Telegram.
3. You can disable 2FA at any time if needed.

⚫️ This update is currently exclusive to Tonkeeper Pro users, but it’s only a matter of time before other popular TON wallets adopt the feature. The technology is built into the W5 standard at the smart-contract level and is resistant to attacks via scripts or API access.

⚫️ Telegram is one of the most convenient options for receiving confirmation requests — but it’s not the only one. In the future, other notification methods may become available depending on the preferences of each development team.

You can read more about 2FA here, and check out our recent post for details on gasless USDt TRC20 transfers and other Tonkeeper Pro features.

@thedailyton

👁 How will the introduction of the Pending API affect users?

⚫️ In the Toncenter API channel, TON project developers were introduced to the Pending API—a way to access information about ongoing, unfinished transactions. Here’s what this means, not from a developer’s perspective, but from an everyday user’s point of view.

⚫️ Typically, explorers, wallets, and other TON services display only completed transactions. The Pending API, however, enables these services to show details about transactions that are still in progress. For example, token swaps on a DEX involve a complex sequence of transactions. The Pending API can recognize this sequence from the very first transaction, predict the upcoming steps, and display the current progress in real time.

⚫️ Why is this important? Imagine you’re swapping tokens on a DEX, but the process takes longer than expected. One token has already been deducted from your balance, but the other hasn’t arrived yet, and you have no visibility into what’s happening. You might start to worry: Will it go through? Why is there no information? Is the blockchain stuck? This uncertainty leads to a poor user experience.

⚫️ But if you can see that the operation is actively progressing, even if it’s slower than expected, the process feels safer, clearer, and faster. The actual transaction time remains the same, but having visibility into its progress reduces the perception of delays. This way, even if the blockchain operates at its usual speed, it feels faster from a user’s perspective.

⚫️ The TON Core team had previously mentioned the Pending API in the TON optimization plans. These plans also included the concept of Optimistic UX—an approach where users see the anticipated results of actions before they are fully completed. The idea aligns well: the blockchain’s actual speed doesn’t change, but thanks to better interface design, users perceive it as faster.

💡 The Pending API is already being used in the tonscan.org explorer. If you open your wallet’s address page there and initiate a transaction (such as a DEX swap), you’ll quickly see it appear with a pending status.

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✔️ Balance hiding , token deposits, and Actions API support: MyTonWallet updated to version 3.5

⚫️ It’s been less than a month since the last update to the non-custodial wallet MyTonWallet, and the team is back with several handy new features. Some have been long-awaited, while others might be new even to experienced users. Let’s break it down:

⚫️ A new button has been added to your wallet card to hide your balance. It lets you blur not only the total amount of tokens but also the transaction values. To reveal them again, simply tap the button or any of the blurred fields.

⚫️ With the new Actions API support, the transaction feed now shows more relevant info and less visual noise. Each action is labeled by type (staking, auction, mint, burn, etc.), and token swaps now include token icons.

🖊 Because of this update, MyTonWallet got a mention in the official Toncenter API channel, and TON Core’s lead developer Anatoliy Makosov posted about it on his X page:

Yes, show users clear and simple info rather than raw blockchain data like transaction hashes and block numbers.

This is a great example of using our Toncenter's Actions API.

⚫️ When generating a deposit link in the «Add/Buy» section, you can now select any TON network token you'd like to receive: Toncoin, USDt, $NOT, $MY, and others. You can see how to use this feature here.

Don’t forget to update the app to the latest version and share your thoughts about the new features in the comments!

@thedailyton

⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

🔥 The legendary Telegram Gift collection Homemade Cake is officially sold out! Out of 500K items priced at 500 Stars each, over 300K gifts have been burned. Floor price on Tonnel Gift Marketplace: 1.3 TON.

⚫️ How do Twitter posts and celebrity statements affect crypto prices? We break it down using examples from Pavel Durov, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and other well-known figures.

⚫️ Where can liquidations happen, and what should you do to protect your funds? We explain it in simple terms in the recent post from our howtoton series.

⚫️ Will the new Mine-to-Earn app nanocell learn from the mitakes of it competitors and not disappoint users? Our detailed review weighs all the pros and cons.

📒 Want to join TON Data HUB contests? Especially for our readers, we’ve put together a list of the most useful analytics servises for working with TON Blockchain.

⚫️ What’s the concept behind Storm Trade’s new project? How much does it cost and what challenges must you complete to trade using someone else’s capital? Learn more about the first prop-trading on TON — here.

⚫️ The third post in our howtoton series dives into TON addresses: Why might your wallet have several formats? What’s the difference between EQ and UQ addresses? And what is a checksum?

⚫️ Everyone loves airdrops and contest rewards — but how many people know what a snapshot is? In the fourth howtoton post, we explain why someone might need to «photograph» the blockchain.

This was our most packed week yet in the educational #howtoton series!

@thedailyton

✈️ How is Telegram merging CeFi, DeFi, and chat communication?

⚫️ You’re probably already familiar with checks from popular Telegram bots — but are there similar tools in other TON ecosystem apps? At the end of last year, Fintopio introduced a similar fund transfer feature. So, how does it work?

1. Open the Fintopio Mini App and activate your CeFi wallet.
2. In a chat with the recipient, tag @ChatPay or @Fintopio.
3. Enter the transfer amount, select an asset, and send the voucher.
4. If needed, you can cancel the transfer by deleting it from the Vouchers section in the app.

⚫️ Important: To use ChatPay, both you and the recipient must pass basic verification in the Fintopio CeFi wallet. Currently, the feature is available only for centralized wallets, but the team promises to add DeFi support soon.

⚫️ The wallet is available not only as a Telegram Mini App, but also via Web version and mobile apps for iOS and Android. Also, you can read more about ChatPay here.

⚫️ We often associate crypto mass adoption on Telegram with TON Blockchain, the Fragment platform, NFT gifts, and Anonymous Numbers. But we shouldn’t forget the unique functionality of chat bots and Mini Apps.

🖊 It’s exactly these tools that allow any project to reach Telegram’s massive user base — and show people in a simple, intuitive way how crypto can fit into everyday life.

@thedailyton

⭐️ What are snapshots?

⚫️ Recently, DeDust.io founder Nick Nekilov posted an image featuring a large camera. For long-time TON users, this seems like a hint at a snapshot, but newcomers might find it confusing. The #howtoton section explains not just this specific case but also the broader concept—what are we even talking about?

⚫️ In a blockchain, things are constantly changing: users send transactions, and wallet balances fluctuate. Taking a “snapshot” means capturing the state of the blockchain at a specific moment in time. Like a photograph, this allows to look back and verify what any given account’s status was at that precise moment.

⚫️ Snapshots are used for various purposes. A common example is airdrops or determining contest results. For instance, when the TON Foundation runs the “Open League” season, participants receive rewards for their actions. To accurately determine the results, a snapshot is taken at the end of the season and analyzed. Simply checking the blockchain in real time wouldn’t work because transactions continue even after the competition ends.

⚫️ Another case is hard forks. Sometimes, part of a blockchain community decides to implement radical changes and creates an “alternative version” of the blockchain. This has happened with Bitcoin and Ethereum. To launch a fork, a snapshot is taken—saving all balance data at a specific point in time so that it can be transferred to the new blockchain.

⚫️ So, when the creator of a popular service posts an image of a camera without explanation, it might hint at a snapshot. Since it’s unlikely that a single service is planning to fork the entire blockchain, the most obvious interpretation is an airdrop. That’s why some users see such a post as a signal: “We took a snapshot, reviewed the data, and may reward certain users based on specific criteria.”

💡 However, there’s no guarantee that this interpretation is correct. After all, no one is stopping someone from posting a picture of a camera just for fun—or to create intrigue. So, the audience is left guessing and staying intrigued.

@thedailyton

📒 How TON addresses work and why they have multiple forms

⚫️ At first glance, non-custodial wallet addresses in TON appear to be just random characters. However, there’s a logic behind them. You can use TON without knowing any of this, but if you’re curious, let’s dive into the #howtoton series.

⚫️ On websites ton.org/address and stels-cs.github.io/ton-tools, you can enter any TON address (e.g., UQBLiDaV9no7RRwDvQrYI1kLdGfbeUSO_gLHmUxyJ6EJ1Vse) and see it displayed in multiple formats—five, in the case of the first site. But why so many, and what makes them different?

⚫️ The first format, HEX, is a «technical» one. It’s primarily used in code and isn’t considered user-friendly, so most users never see it. The part before the colon represents the workchain number. Currently, everyone in TON uses the default workchain, but efforts are underway to introduce more workchains, making this parameter more relevant in the future.

⚫️ Next are the more familiar formats. You may have noticed that some TON addresses start with EQ, while others start with UQ. In reality, every address has both forms. The difference lies in the bounceable flag: If a transaction is sent to an EQ address but the recipient cannot process it, the funds are automatically returned to the sender.

⚫️ UQ addresses are more commonly used in wallets to ensure that transactions don’t bounce back when sent to an inactive wallet. Most users don’t need to worry about these distinctions — it’s something developers handle.

⚫️ Notice that besides the EQ/UQ prefix, the last characters in each format also differ. This means you can’t simply swap EQ prefix for UQ (or vice versa). If you try this in the input field at ton.org/address, you’ll get an error: «Not a valid TON address.» How does the system detect this error? The last characters represent a checksum, calculated based on the rest of the address. If any part of the address changes, the checksum must change too. This serves as a built-in error check—if a user mistypes a character, the system can identify the mistake and prevent them from sending funds to an invalid address.

⚫️ Finally, there are two more formats starting with kQ/0Q, which indicate testnet addresses. We covered testnet in a previous post.

💡 So now you understand the beginning and end of an address—but what about the main body? In simple terms, it’s derived from the wallet code and seed phrase. This means your address contains traces of your secret words, but the system is designed in a way that prevents attackers from reversing the process to extract your seed phrase.

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📈 What is prop trading and why is everyone talking about it today?

⚫️ The Storm Trade team is getting ready to launch a new project — an AI-optimized prop trading platform called Upscale. In simple terms, prop (proprietary) trading allows users to trade with leverage and access large capital without making major deposits — the company provides the funds.

⚫️ Although trading on the platform hasn’t launched yet (they’re aiming for April), many Telegram channels are already talking about Upscale — mainly due to its five-level referral program, currently available only to those who entered a special invite code for influencers.

⚫️ Of course, it’s not free. There are six subscription options available at 50% off: from a small $1,000 trading capital for 600 Stars, to a hefty $100,000 for 30K Stars. Once trading begins, users will need to pass a challenge to prove their trading skills.

Stage 1: Over a minimum of 5 trading days, earn 5% profit without exceeding 5% daily loss or 10% total drawdown.
Stage 2: Same rules, but the required profit increases to 8%.
Final: You gain access to real trading capital and can withdraw up to 80% of your profit.

⚫️ It seems more and more projects are embracing Stars — no longer treating them as competition to Toncoin, but rather as a complementary tool. Stars are simply easier for the average Telegram user to understand than cryptocurencies with their volatile prices and decentralization. You could call it a kind of StarsFi.

>> Try yourself as a trader

👁 It’s exciting to see new financial tools emerging in the ecosystem, especially when experienced teams keep pushing the boundaries of what’s possible on TON. Looking forward to the full release of Upscale!

@thedailyton

📒 Analytics platforms for every occasion. #howtoton series

To celebrate the launch of TON Data HUB, we’ve put together a list of services that come in handy when working with data on TON Blockchain.

⚫️ giftstat.com — Let’s start with the most relevant: a Telegram Gifts analytics site where you can track total turnover, number of deals, and detailed info on each item in a collection. Worth noting — the data is pulled exclusively from Tonnel Gift Marketplace.

⚫️ nums888.io — Continuing with the gift theme, this platform focuses on Anonymous Numbers. It shows floor prices, trading volumes, holder counts, and even lets you see which numbers are held in a specific wallet under the Portfolio section.

⚫️ tonstat.com — A dashboard for general TON metrics. Daily transaction count, active wallet numbers, locked liquidity in staking platforms are all available in clear visual graphs — with filters for the past month, six months, year, or all-time.

⚫️ tonviewer.com — A classic tool even known to those who’ve never built a chart. It lets you search for any TON wallet by address or domain and analyze incoming/outgoing transactions with ease.

⚫️ tonscan.org — A platform offering extensive data: wallet info, core TON Blockchain metrics, Jetton prices, and app descriptions. It’s also integrated into MyTonWallet for convenience.

⚫️ dyor.io — An analytics platform with its own token and API. It offers deep insights into TON tokens, dApps, and games — plus handy swaps via the newly integrated liquidity aggregator from DeDust.io.

⚫️ indicaton.io — An info hub from the creators of the popular TON price alert bot. It includes Toncoin price charts, Jetton/NFT rankings, and fresh updates from a number of TON-related Telegram channels.

⚫️ dune.com — The ultimate tool for deep blockchain analysis. Dune dashboards are at the heart of the ongoing TON Data HUB contest, with winners being announced today. You can check our detailed post about it (we even included a few demo dashboards from our team).

If we missed any great analytics platforms, feel free to drop them in the comments!

@thedailyton

🚀 The last hope for Mine-to-Earn or just another star drain?

⚫️ A few days ago, a new Mine-to-Earn app called nanocell launched in the Telegram Mini Apps ecosystem. At first glance, it might seem like it's time to bury the whole genre after so many disappointing listings from clickers and miners — but the nanocell team clearly thinks otherwise.

⚫️ This new project introduces on-chain mining via mobile networks. That means tokens are mined directly on the blockchain — not on some backend server — and the mining process only works via mobile network, which lowers the chance of farming abuse and encourages more fair distribution of rewards.

⚫️ The token $CELL will be mined in four stages: Premine (13%), Early (13%), Mid (24%), and Late (50%). 80% of the total supply goes to miners, with the remaining 20% allocated for marketing and liquidity provision.

⚫️ In the Store, users can buy battery charges and auto-mining hours, while the Quests section offers CELLXP (its use to be revealed later) in exchange for subscribing to channels or inviting referrals.

⚫️ Interestingly, it’s noticeably cheaper to buy charges with TON than with Stars (we checked against the current Fragment rates). That may be intentional — giving an advantage to Toncoin holders over users farming Stars through referral programs or paid messages.

⚫️ There's also an inactive eSIM tab in the app — likely hinting that one day $CELL could be used to purchase mobile data or SIM-related services. Makes sense, considering mining is tied exclusively to mobile network.

🖊 So, what we’ve got is another mining app — but this time with well-thought-out mechanics from day one. On the one hand, nanocell seems to have learned from others' mistakes. On the other, keep in mind you’re still putting in your own funds based solely on the team's promises and your gut feeling.

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🍌 What should beginners know about liquidations?

⚫️ We’ve already written about scams in the crypto world. But there are also situations where everything is legal, yet you can still lose your funds. And at first, it may not be entirely clear why. In today’s #howtoton segment, we’ll explain one such case: liquidations.

⚫️ Losing money in crypto might seem easy—buy Toncoin, and if it drops in price, you’re at a loss. So what else is there to worry about? The key difference is that price drops can be temporary, but liquidations mean losing your asset permanently. Why does this happen, and where can you encounter it?

⚫️ Imagine a user expects Toncoin’s price to rise and buys $100 worth of it. If they’re wrong and TON drops by half, it’s unfortunate, but not necessarily a total loss—they can wait for a rebound (historically, TON has rewarded patient holders) or withdraw $50 to lock in a partial loss.

⚫️ Instead, the user might choose to trade Toncoin on a platform with leverage—say, 3x. This means their $100 position is tripled with borrowed funds. If they’re right and TON rises, their profit is magnified. But if the price falls, the platform starts risking its own money. Once a certain price threshold is reached, the platform will liquidate the position—closing it and keeping the user’s initial $100 as repayment. In this case, the entire amount is lost permanently.

⚫️ Liquidations aren’t limited to trading. They can also happen on lending platforms, where users borrow one cryptocurrency using another as collateral. For example, if you borrow USDT against your Toncoin holdings and TON’s price drops too much, the collateral might no longer be enough to cover the loan. In this case, the platform may liquidate the collateral, meaning you lose it—though you would still keep the borrowed USDT.

⚫️ Another example is decentralized stablecoins, which we’ve discussed before. The idea is similar: these stablecoins are issued against crypto collateral, and the value of that collateral must always exceed the amount of stablecoins in circulation. If it doesn’t, the stablecoin loses its backing, and its peg to another asset collapses. That’s why platforms often display a health factor, which shows how close a user is to liquidation and whether they should increase their collateral to avoid it.

💡 What should beginners take away from this?
At first, it’s best to avoid any operations that carry liquidation risks and stick to safer alternatives. If you decide to experiment, start with small amounts you can afford to lose. Always assess the risks carefully, understand what you’re doing, and choose a risk level that suits you. Many experienced traders advise, “If you’re using leverage, keep it low—something like 2x at most.”

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🖊 How do tweets affect the crypto market?

⚫️ Recently, two events impacted the prices of various cryptocurrencies. The first: news that Pavel Durov was allowed to leave Paris immediately led to a surge in Toncoin’s price. However, the legal case itself is far from over, and its outcome remains uncertain. So, it wasn’t the fundamental event that moved the market but rather the prevailing sentiment.

⚫️ Meanwhile, all it took for Donald Trump to cause a price jump was a single post on TRUTH Social: “I LOVE $TRUMP — SO COOL!!! The Greatest of them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” This alone pushed the meme coin $TRUMP from $11 to $12. In this case, there wasn’t even an external event—the post itself was the event.

⚫️ This isn’t the first time small internet posts have had a noticeable impact on the crypto market. For example, on January 29, 2021, Elon Musk changed his Twitter bio to ”#bitcoin”. In the hours that followed, Bitcoin’s price surged from $32,000 to $38,000.

⚫️ There’s even an entire study on how Musk’s tweets affect the market. The conclusion? His messages influenced Bitcoin’s price in both directions, making it difficult to determine his overall impact. However, when it comes to Dogecoin, he was consistently supportive, and the meme coin owes much of its success to him.

⚫️ Besides Musk, other prominent figures have also shaped the market with their tweets. Businessmen Mark Cuban and Michael Saylor, for instance, have influenced the prices of Bitcoin and Dogecoin.

⚫️ And sometimes, even when a major influencer tweets something completely unrelated to crypto, it can still shake up the market—because people immediately start creating meme coins. For example, when Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao posted about getting a dog named Broccoli, a whole wave of Broccoli-themed meme coins emerged on pump.fun, with one of them temporarily reaching a market cap of over a billion dollars. Of course, the hype eventually faded.

💡 Conclusion: If someone wants to outsmart the market, they could follow all the influencers, monitor their tweets, and try to predict market reactions in advance. But to spot something important first, they’d have to wade through a massive amount of irrelevant posts—making this strategy questionable in terms of efficiency. Perhaps AI agents tracking tweets in real time could change the game?

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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

⚫️ Due to the recent $1.5 billion ByBit hack, we’ve put together a list of the biggest heists in crypto history: from multi-year fund drains to a PDF scam and even a story with a happy ending — all of it is in our latest post.

⚫️ Tonnel Gift Marketplace has launched Telegram Gift staking in a new GiFi section. Since our last post, two more staking pools have been added — one for the Homemade Cakes collection and one specifically for Interstellar Cakes.

⚫️ We broke down TON Core’s recent publication on sidechains in simple terms. How does the team plan to develop this area? Which types of sidechains will be prioritized? And what are the differences between bridges for information exchange?

⚫️ It’s been more than ten days since Manuel Stotz’s cryptic tweet, but users still aren’t sure what the head of TON Foundation was hinting at. Pavel Durov’s trip to Dubai? A new X profile pic? Here you can check out what our predictions were.

⚫️ In our new post from the howtoton series, we explain what «oracles» do in the world of crypto — from sports match results and oil prices to powering sidechain functionality.

⚫️ We’ve compiled a list of bridges and omnichain protocols that support TON Blockchain. Find out where it’s most cost-effective to swap stablecoins — and which platforms support not just USDt, but other tokens as well.

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🪙 A Borderless crypto world: Where can you swap USDt(TON) for tokens from other chains?

Recently, several popular bridges and omnichain protocols have added support for TON. With the integration of LayerZero and the development of TON Teleport, the goal is clear: to attract more liquidity into the TON ecosystem.

🖊 While we’re still a long way from hitting 1 billion in TVL, let’s break down what you can use cross-chain services for and how they differ from each other. For example, let’s try swapping 100 USDt on TON to USDt on Ethereum:

⚫️ Stargate lets you transfer USDt (TON) to USDt on Tron, Ethereum, or Arbitrum and vice versa. For Ethereum and Arbitrum, there are two transfer types: Fast and Economy. The platform fee is just 0.1%, but don’t forget gas fees — they’re the real killer. 100 USDt (TON) -> 99.9 USDt (ETH)

⚫️ Symbiosis offers far more flexibility: you can bridge TON, $NOT, $DOGS, $CATI, $PX, and USDt (TON) to tokens from over 30 blockchains, including Bitcoin, Solana, Polygon, and Zetachain. That’s possible thanks to flexible routing, which also taps into top TON ecosystem DEXs. The total fee depends on the path your transaction takes. 100 USDt (TON) -> 99.27 USDt (ETH)

⚫️ Bridgers is another cross-chain protocol we’ve previously mentioned in our roundup of interesting projects from DefiLlama. Here you can bridge TON, $NOT, $DOGS, $CATI, $HMSTR, and USDt (TON) to tokens on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Tron, and more. Platform fee is 0.3%. 100 USDt (TON) -> 98.64 USDt (ETH)

⚫️ Rhino.fi recently integrated TON as well. This bridge supports USDt (TON) to USDt across 20+ EVM and non-EVM chains. Fees vary depending on the destination chain. The main downside: for some regions there is no TON Connect support. 100 USDt (TON) -> 96.04 USDt (ETH)

Let us know in the comments which bridges or omnichain protocols you use and where you’ve found the best deals.

@thedailyton

👁 What are oracles?

⚫️ Yesterday, we published a post mentioning oracles, but we haven’t yet explained what they actually are. For those unfamiliar with this concept in the crypto world, here’s a new edition of our #howtoton series.

⚫️ Many TON-based projects can function solely with the information available on the blockchain. However, sometimes smart contracts require data from the “outside world.” For example, imagine a service that allows users to bet on the outcome of a football match. Once the match is over, how can a smart contract “know” the result in order to distribute rewards to the winners?

⚫️ This is where oracles come into play. These services bring external data “inside” the blockchain. They’re called “oracles” because their information can be seen as “magical knowledge” that a smart contract cannot obtain on its own.

⚫️ Some companies offer access to various types of data via oracles—for example, asset prices. Thanks to this, services like Storm Trade on TON enable users to “short” and “long” currencies, stocks, and even oil, since price data for these assets can be easily retrieved.

⚫️ In most cases, oracle-provided data is accurate, but in theory, an oracle could be manipulated. This creates a need to trust a third party. While this trust is unavoidable in some cases, there are situations where external data can be obtained without oracles, leading developers to avoid them in order to eliminate a potential risk point.

⚫️ This is particularly relevant for sidechains, which require information to be exchanged between different blockchain networks. The easiest way to do this is through oracles. However, automated trustless solutions—where no human intervention is possible—are considered more secure. This is why participants in a recent competition were encouraged to develop such solutions.

💡 A similar example is the TON Teleport project, which facilitates interaction between TON and Bitcoin. Since it involves exchanging information between the two networks, it would typically rely on oracles. However, its key feature is that it is also “trustless”—designed in a way that eliminates the need to trust oracles altogether.

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🐤 What exactly could the head of TON Foundation announce?

⚫️ Recently, Manuel Stotz hinted at a major upcoming announcement, asking the community to be patient for just ten more days. Lately, he has been quite active on X, frequently tagging Pavel Durov, Elon Musk, and engaging with user comments.

🖊 With only two days left until the anticipated date, we decided to analyze what could be happening in the ecosystem this Saturday.

⚫️ Yesterday, several Telegram channels noticed changes to the TON Teleport website, where a blurred image appeared, as well as a new avatar on Stotz’s Telegram profile featuring TON and BTC, designed in the style of TON Community posts. Could this indicate the imminent launch of TON Teleport?

⚫️ The official tgBTC News channel has remained silent, leaving only speculation. But one thing is certain — the launch will only happen when the team is 100% confident in the result. We confirmed this after analyzing the whitepaper and speaking live with one of the TON Teleport creators.

⚫️ Another significant event occurred on March 13, when Pavel Durov purchased the @elonmusk username for 5,000 TON. The two entrepreneurs have been interacting on X for a while, but yesterday took an interesting turn — under Durov’s post about Telegram reaching 1 billion users, someone asked Musk if he would integrate his AI chatbot, Grok, into the messenger.

⚫️ The billionaire did not give a direct answer, but today, a @GrokAI bot actually appeared in Telegram, available for free to Telegram Premium users. Could a major collaboration with Elon Musk be in the works? Even if so, it's unclear what form it would take — we doubt Musk would shift his focus from X to posting in a personal Telegram channel.

⚫️ Lastly, there's the TON expansion into the U.S. market. When Manuel Stotz was elected as President of TON Foundation, he made it his primary goal, yet we have seen neither major U.S. exchange listings nor Toncoin being added to Trump’s crypto reserve. Could good news finally be on the horizon?

What do you think will happen in two days?

@thedailyton

👁 How the TON Core team views sidechains

⚫️ We’ve previously mentioned that the 2025 roadmap by TON Core includes the development of sidechains. Later, the team published a dedicated post titled “TON/TVM Sidechains Overview”, and we’d like to summarize its key points in simple terms.

⚫️ What exactly is a “sidechain”? The main idea is this: In addition to the familiar TON mainnet, it’s possible to launch additional networks that differ technically in some way (e.g., transaction speed) while still remaining connected to the main network. This would enable use cases that the mainnet’s parameters aren’t well-suited for—such as high-frequency trading, where standard transaction speeds may be insufficient.

⚫️ The TON Core team does not plan to launch sidechains themselves, as their focus remains on the main network. However, they aim to make it as easy as possible for others to create sidechains. For example, a gaming project on TON could launch its own sidechain tailored to its specific needs. To support this, the team is actively working on the necessary infrastructure.

⚫️ The post mentions TAC, a project we’ve covered before. TAC is an EVM-compatible sidechain designed to bring existing EVM applications to TON. However, the post emphasizes that the TON Core team is primarily interested in sidechains based on TON’s native TVM (TON Virtual Machine) rather than EVM or any other system.

⚫️The post also raises the question of how sidechains should exchange information with the main network, proposing three approaches:
1. Oracle-based bridge – the simplest option, but it requires trust in the oracles (which could theoretically relay incorrect data).
2. Trustless bridge – more complex but more secure (this approach was proposed in a recent contest).
3. Workchains – the most “native” solution for TON, as described in its whitepaper. However, this method requires significant development and will be available later than the others.

🪙 In Ethereum, aside from the mainnet, various Layer 2 solutions are also used. However, this has led to ecosystem fragmentation, where users must navigate multiple networks, which can be confusing. In contrast, the workchains approach aims to ensure a seamless user experience—users won’t have to manually select a network; instead, they will feel as if they are interacting with a single unified system.

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📈 How to stake your Telegram Gifts?

⚫️ Yesterday, Tonnel Gift Marketplace introduced the GiFi section, allowing users to stake their gifts in exchange for rewards in TON, USDt, or TONNEL tokens.

As Mr. Freeman himself put it:
Tonnel GiFi's goal is to increase the floor price of Gift Collections based on their popularity.

⚫️ Currently, four staking pools are available: 💎 Ion Gem, 🎁 Vintage Cigar, 🎁 Berry Box, and 🎁 Durov’s Cap. Аnyone can add a boost for a duration ranging from 1 hour to 1 month, and in return, you can become a referral of such a user by pressing the Support button.

⚫️ A separate GiFi Boosts channel has also been created, where users can track new boosts in real-time to quickly stake their gifts and farm maximum APR.

⚫️ While GiFi is built on decentralized principles, it remains a fully centralized tool, so users should be cautious when sending their gifts and tokens to the bot (there have been also scams where sellers request refunds for Stars, causing the gift to disappear).

🖊 At its peak, the APR in the Vintage Cigar pool reached 162%, with the collection floor price hitting 16.5 TON. It remains to be seen how popular gift staking will become and whether major players will add boosts to drive up the value of specific collections.

@thedailyton

🍌 The biggest cryptocurrency heists in history

⚫️ The recent $1.46 billion theft from ByBit has become the largest crypto heist in history. This got us thinking—what are the other top five? Who was targeted, how were the funds stolen, and how much was taken?

⚫️ Determining the exact financial damage in USD can be tricky. For instance, assets were siphoned from Mt. Gox over several years, with their value fluctuating significantly during that time. How should we calculate the losses? That said, before the ByBit incident, the largest thefts were typically around half a billion dollars. Here are some of them:

⚫️ Ronin Network (2022). This EVM-compatible network was created for the game Axie Infinity. Instead of exploiting a technical vulnerability, hackers took a social engineering approach. They sent a offer in a PDF file embedded with malware to a developer via LinkedIn. Once the file was opened, the attackers gained unauthorized access to the system.

⚫️ Poly Network (2021). A rare case with a happy ending. A hacker managed to steal over half a billion dollars but later agreed to return the funds after communicating with the platform. According to the hacker, the heist wasn’t motivated by money but by “ideological reasons.” As a token of appreciation, Poly Network dropped the lawsuit and ensured the anonymity.

⚫️ Coincheck (2018). This Japanese exchange may not be well-known globally, but it is popular at home. Hackers stole 500 million NEM tokens, each worth roughly $1 at the time. However, when they started selling the stolen funds, they significantly drove down the token’s price—hitting the exchange once again, as it still held a large amount of NEM.

⚫️ Mt. Gox (2014). One of the earliest high-profile crypto exchange collapses. Mt. Gox shut down due to lost funds at a time when most other exchanges hadn’t even launched yet. Investigations revealed that funds had been disappearing from its wallet as early as 2011. The exchange’s owner was accused of being involved, but the court ultimately dismissed these allegations.

💡 A key takeaway for users remains unchanged: large sums of crypto should be stored in a non-custodial wallet rather than on an exchange.

@thedailyton

⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

🔥 The biggest news of the week was Pavel Durov's departure to Dubai after receiving permission from a French court. On the same day, the price of TON surged by 25%, currently holding at $3.4 per coin.

Here’s what the Telegram founder himself wrote about it today.

⚫️ The decentralized exchange DeDust.io launched its own liquidity aggregator, enabling users to trade any existing ecosystem tokens within a single platform and without additional fees.

⚫️ The Telegram Gifts marketplace is now live on Fragment, featuring flexible filtering options, the ability to list NFTs for auction, or sell them at a fixed price. Pavel Durov has already made several big purchases there!

⚫️ The TON ecosystem welcomed TON Data HUB, a new community for data analysts sharing useful tools and insights for conducting research. A $6,000 competition hosted by DeDust.io is open for entries until March 24.

⚫️ Worried about Toncoin's price drop? We took a look back at how TON has behaved long before NFT gifts, clicker games, or even the Wallet integration. Who ended up in the red, and who multiplied their capital? Find out in our recent publication.

⚫️ After reading a post from a DeFi developer about trading volume on the TONCO exchange, we decided to discuss the concept of «Deceptive Numbers» and share examples of how statistics may not be quite what it seems at first glance.

⚫️ Tonkeeper Pro introduced gasless transactions for USDt TRC20, allowing users to send stablecoins while covering Tron network fees using Battery charges. Read more about the update here.

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🪙 Swap any token in the ecosystem via DeDust.io — Is it possible?

⚫️ As we all know, the life of any token begins with a listing on an exchange. However, if a token is launched through a launchpad or by a small team, its liquidity will likely be added to just one DEX. And there's no guarantee that it will be on the exchange you use most frequently.

⚫️ So what if you want to trade a new token but don't feel like switching between exchanges? Previously, DEX aggregators helped by automatically selecting the best route for users. Now, the DeDust.io team has integrated a similar tool directly into their exchange interface.

⚫️ You can buy or sell any existing token in the ecosystem without additional fees — the team has removed referral rewards to maintain the most favorable swap prices.

⚫️ There are also some useful upgrades: the liquidity aggregator supports a «split» feature, which breaks a large transaction into several smaller ones and routes them through different pools to minimize price impact.

👁 As we can see, DeDust.io continues to build a universal DeFi hub that benefits not just its own users but the entire TON ecosystem. Adding a liquidity aggregator is a logical step toward achieving this goal.

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💡 How to send USDt TRC20 without TRX in your wallet: New Tonkeeper Pro features

⚫️ Recently, we discussed the issues with centralized exchanges and explored safer ways to store and exchange assets. Thus, for TON users, non-custodial wallets like Tonkeeper are an obvious choice.

⚫️ Despite USDt on TON has already reached the 4th spot with a $900M net circulation, the most widely used stablecoin is still USDt on Tron. This means that for interacting with the «outside world,» you'll likely need USDt TRC20 and some TRX to cover blockchain fees.

⚫️ Can you avoid buying TRX? As of today, Tonkeeper Pro makes that possible. Thanks to gas-free transactions, network fees can now be covered using Battery charges. Here's how:

— Open Tonkeeper Pro and enable USDt TRC20 in Settings.
— Charge your Battery using TON, USDt, NOT tokens, or a bank card.
— Send USDt TRC20 to the desired address.

⚫️ Tonkeeper Pro itself is an essential tool for advanced TON users. Available on macOS, Windows, and Linux, the enhanced wallet version offers Ledger support, transaction Multi-Sending, and a number of other useful features.

Let us know in the comments which USDt you use more often: on the TON or Tron network?

@thedailyton

📈 A deceptive number: How statistics can be misleading

⚫️ A developer from DeDust.io noticed an unexpectedly high trading volume on the TONCO exchange. After investigating, he discovered that most of this volume was generated by arbitrage bots. Technically, the number was correct, but without proper context, it could paint a misleading picture.

⚫️ This isn’t the only case of “deceptive numbers” in TON. For example, when the “Open League” awarded prizes based on transaction volume, some users figured out they could swap funds in stablecoin pairs with minimal losses—repeating the process back and forth many times. This artificially inflated their transaction volume, even though they ended up with the same assets they started with. The tactic served no practical purpose other than gaming the system.

⚫️ A third example from the crypto world predates TON’s rise and occurred at the height of the NFT boom. Many sales with multimillion-dollar price tags took place, but later research revealed that, in many cases, the seller and buyer were the same person moving NFTs between their own wallets. This created the illusion of high demand, enticing real buyers to jump in. Even though blockchain is transparent and every transaction is traceable, the overall picture can still be deceptive.

⚫️ There are plenty more stories like these, leading to one clear takeaway: be cautious with statistics—especially when they’re being used to sell you something. If you’re relying on such numbers for important decisions, make sure you understand what’s truly behind them.

⌨️ This principle applies not just to TON but to the entire crypto world—and beyond. The phrase “deceptive number” comes from the title of a well-known late-Soviet article, which showed how statistics were sometimes manipulated to present wishful thinking as reality.

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📉 Toncoin price history: A remedy for panic

⚫️ Right now, both Toncoin and the broader crypto market are experiencing a downturn. This isn’t just a sharp, one-day drop—it’s been prolonged and significant. In times like these, it’s easy to panic and sell at a loss. While we can’t predict the future and we don't offer financial advice (whether to buy or sell is entirely up to you), we can look at history to help make more informed decisions.

⚫️ When the SEC prevented Pavel Durov from launching his own cryptocurrency, Gram, within Telegram, others stepped in to continue the project. However, at first, it was unclear whether it would succeed or fade away, so there was little interest in this “new asset” on the crypto market.

⚫️ Things changed when the TON project reached a certain level of development, and Telegram transferred the domain ton.org to it—almost like a symbolic “blessing” from Durov. This signaled that the project had significant potential. As a result, in November 2021, Toncoin’s price surged from around $0.80 to $4, attracting investors eager to catch the “next Bitcoin.”

⚫️ However, the new currency couldn’t hold the $4 level for long. Soon, the price dropped, and by summer 2022, it had fallen below $1. Those who bought in at the peak saw their investments shrink drastically and remained in the red for over two years. Many were tempted to panic, label TON a scam, and sell at a loss.

⚫️ But much later, in the spring of 2024, Toncoin began to rise again. By June, it even set a new record high of $8.25.

⚫️ This created a story of “TON rewards the patient.” Those who panicked and sold after the 2021 peak locked in their losses. But those who doubled down when the price fell below $1, believing in future growth, ended up multiplying their investments.

📈 Of course, this story doesn’t guarantee that Toncoin will “definitely bounce back” to new highs this time. There are no guarantees in crypto—prices can move in any direction. However, this story teaches us that a prolonged market downturn isn’t just a reason to despair; it can also be an opportunity to “invest at a discount.” Whether that strategy is wise or not will only be revealed with time. One thing is certain: even if success comes, it may take years.

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🏆 $6,000 for Dune dashboards: Data analytics сontest by TON Data HUB

⚫️ Want to take a break from the red candles and dive into how blockchain works? The TON ecosystem now has a place for fans of data tables, charts, and graphs — TON Data HUB.

⚫️ This new community is useful for both experienced data analysts and beginners. The channel shares beginner-friendly guides, research tools, and today, they announced a contest from the decentralized exchange DeDust.io with a $6,000 prize pool.

⚫️ How to win? Participants need to create a detailed dashboard based on DeDust.io data, covering key metrics, daily and monthly reports, top traders, the most popular trading pairs, etc. There's also a bonus task from TON Foundation: identifying and labeling unknown addresses linked to TON-based businesses or apps.

>> The top three winners will receive: $3,000 for first place, $2,000 for second place, $1,000 for third place. Submission deadline: March 24. Winners announcement: March 27. Full contest details are available via the link.

⚫️ Time to put those online course skills to use! And even if you don’t win on your first try — don’t worry. From what we’ve heard, this won’t be the last contest from TON Data HUB.

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⭐️ The official Telegram Gifts marketplace is now live on Fragment!

⚫️ Just a few days ago, we were pondering the prospects of the NFT gift market and wondering, «When will a trading platform for Telegram Gifts launch on fragment.com?»

⚫️ Now, the official gift marketplace is finally available to all TON users. Of course, only those who have completed KYC can list and purchase gifts. But that’s not surprising — Fragment has long required verification for nearly every action on the platform.

⚫️ Currently, the marketplace features 51 collections, and NFTs can be filtered by model, symbol, background color, price, listing time, and auction end time.

⚫️ Users can also toggle between all gifts, gifts sold at a fixed price and those available through auctions.

Do you think Tonnel Gift Marketplace will be able to maintain its position?

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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

🔥 A new version of Telegram has been released, introducing paid messages in chats, detailed information on unknown users, and the ability to pin gifts to your profile cover.

⚫️ We published the second part of our review on the latest update to the Tact programming language, where developer Anton Trunov explains how the fee reduction, discussed in part one, was achieved.

⚫️ MyTonWallet introduced its own Telegram Mini App, a Help Center section, and several UI improvements in update 3.4. Read more about each new feature here.

⚫️ Additionally, we asked the MyTonWallet team about the challenges they face when implementing new technologies. The interview is available here: Part 1, Part 2.

⚫️ How could the new paid messaging feature in Telegram be linked to AI and TON Blockchain? We explore different methods of fighting spam bots and where BoltFather fits into the picture.

⚫️ In honor of International Women’s Day, Telegram released six new limited-edition gifts: 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁 🎁. We analyze the current state of Telegram Gifts and whether they are worth investing in.

⚫️ New validator monitoring bots have been launched. We explain how blockchains differ from online banks and how these bots could help prevent issues during large-scale airdrops.

⚫️ The TON Core team has presented a new blockchain optimization plan, outlining priority development area and analyzing which technologies could be applied to TON.

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👁 How TON features appear to MyTonWallet developers (part 2)

This is a continuation of our previous post, where we ask those responsible for supporting TON features in wallets about their experiences.


TDT: You recently updated how fees are displayed, but newcomers might still find them confusing. In your opinion, is the TON system inherently difficult to understand?

MTW: Yes, different types of fees (for gas, storage, and transfers) can be confusing, especially for those new to blockchain. We strive to make this information clearer in the wallet interface.

The good news is that the latest TON Core roadmap already includes UX improvements for the ecosystem. The team plans to collaborate closely with independent projects like MyTonWallet, Tonscan, DeDust, and others to simplify transaction displays, make interfaces more intuitive, and introduce instant visual feedback for user actions. This is a crucial step toward making TON more user-friendly and accessible.


TDT: What do you think of the new W5 wallet standard? Was it difficult to implement?

MTW: W5 is a major step forward, particularly in optimizing smart contracts and blockchain interactions. It has made transactions more flexible and cost-efficient, which is great for users.

Our favorite feature? Gasless payments—although we had already implemented them in previous wallet versions before W5.

The challenging part? The new mechanisms require adjustments to parsing and UI, as well as additional checks to ensure all operations run smoothly.


TDT: What's the most unexpected bug or difficulty you've encountered?

MTW: When launching our utility token MY, we distributed 40% of the supply to active users for free as a token of appreciation. The airdrop was conducted through Community Bot, where users earned points for various activities, including swaps within the wallet.

Some users found a loophole: they exchanged TON for WTON and back with zero fees, farming unlimited points. This was possible because of an old DEX (Megaton) that had been abandoned for some time. Later, we shut it down entirely due to bugs.

Once we discovered the issue, we focused on finding a fair solution. Rather than penalizing these “clever” users, we took responsibility and increased the reward pool to cover their extra earnings. To ensure fairness, we split participants into two groups so that honest users received rewards as if the loophole had never existed.

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Got questions? Ask in the comments! And if you want us to interview someone else in the TON ecosystem, let us know there too.

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👁 How TON features appear to MyTonWallet developers

We often cover new TON features, such as extra currencies. TON wallet developers are especially familiar with these, as wallets must be able to interact with them. For those interested in the technical details, we asked the MyTonWallet team a few questions — here’s the first part of their answers.

TDT: The emergence of extra currencies means you need to support them?

MTW: Yes, our team is already working on it. Extra currencies represent the first real-world use case of TON’s built-in technology for additional currencies, allowing multiple assets to be sent in a single transaction without creating wrapped tokens.

We’ve already implemented transfers and balance displays for tgBTC (TON-native BTC) in the wallet, but we still need to test how it works with Ledger and refine transaction history. If any bugs are found, they will be fixed before updating the library.

Since extra currencies haven’t been widely used in TON yet, much of the support work is being done from scratch. However, we see great potential in this technology as it makes TON more flexible and convenient for storing and transferring different assets. Additionally, it offers lower fees and faster transactions, as transfers happen directly without involving smart contracts. And of course, we’re happy to contribute to the development of our favorite blockchain! 😊

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TDT: The Hamster Kombat airdrop used the new Mintless Jetton standard. To users, they appear “just like a regular Jetton,” but did it require much effort on your end?

MTW: Displaying Mintless Jettons correctly did require some modifications. In the standard model, each Jetton has an issuer contract, but in the mintless model, a wallet contract is only created upon the user’s first transaction. This required adapting blockchain parsing logic, balance processing, and transaction handling.

The work involved updating mechanisms, ensuring these tokens displayed correctly alongside regular ones, and testing to ensure smooth operation. Overall, it wasn’t the most difficult task, but it did require rethinking the standard approach to handling tokens in TON.

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We’ll be publishing the second part of the answers soon! If you have questions for the MyTonWallet developers or other projects, drop them in the comments — we’ll try to pass along the most interesting ones.

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👁 How TON features appear to MyTonWallet developers

We often tell you about new TON features, such as extra currencies. TON wallet developers are especially familiar with these, as wallets must be able to interact with them. For those interested in the technical details, we asked the MyTonWallet team a few questions—here’s the first part of their answers.

TDT: The emergence of extra currencies means you need to supporth them?

MTW: Yes, our team is already working on it. Extra currencies represent the first real-world use case of TON’s built-in technology for additional currencies, allowing multiple assets to be sent in a single transaction without creating wrapped tokens.

We’ve already implemented transfers and balance displays for tgBTC (TON-native BTC) in the wallet, but we still need to test how it works with Ledger and refine transaction history. If any bugs are found, they will be fixed before updating the library.

Since extra currencies haven’t been widely used in TON yet, much of the support work is being done from scratch. However, we see great potential in this technology as it makes TON more flexible and convenient for storing and transferring different assets. Additionally, it offers lower fees and faster transactions, as transfers happen directly without involving smart contracts. And of course, we’re happy to contribute to the development of our favorite blockchain! 😊

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TDT: The Hamster Kombat airdrop used the new Mintless Jetton standard. To users, they appear “just like a regular Jetton,” but did it require much effort on your end?

MTW: Displaying Mintless Jettons correctly did require some modifications. In the standard model, each Jetton has an issuer contract, but in the mintless model, a wallet contract is only created upon the user’s first transaction. This required adapting blockchain parsing logic, balance processing, and transaction handling.

The work involved updating mechanisms, ensuring these tokens displayed correctly alongside regular ones, and testing to ensure smooth operation. Overall, it wasn’t the most difficult task, but it did require rethinking the standard approach to handling tokens in TON.

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We’ll be publishing the second part of the answers soon! If you have questions for the MyTonWallet developers or other projects, drop them in the comments—we’ll try to pass along the most interesting ones.

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🔥 Paid messages, anti-scam features, and gifts on your profile cover: the latest Telegram update is here

⚫️ Starting today, any channel, chat, or user can enable paid messaging and earn 85% of the Stars collected. Even though our comments are often flooded with bots, we’re not planning to enable this feature just yet. Paying per message instead of a subscription — a questionable move.

⚫️ Great news on the anti-scam front. From now on, when you receive a message from an unknown user, you’ll see details about their country, Telegram registration date, whether you share any common groups, and how recently they changed their uername or profile picture.

⚫️ Telegram Premium can now also be purchased with Stars. This will be especially useful for channel owners and users earning Stars through referral programs. You can buy a subscription for yourself or send it as a gift via the relevant menu in Settings.

⚫️ A nice addition for Telegram Gift fans. You can now pin up to 6 collectible items to your gift list. The pinned gifts will also appear on your profile cover, meaning you no longer have to set them as your status to show them off.

⚫️ We also noticed an interesting wording in the Telegram blog section about withdrawing Stars via Fragment:

«Users and groups that earn Telegram Stars through Star Messages can withdraw these Stars via Fragment, converting Stars into valuable rewards».

⚫️ Why they chose to discreetly hide Toncoin behind the word «rewards» remains a mystery — and whether Stars will soon be directly exchangeable for ads and gifts is something we’ll find out soon.

Don’t forget to update your app to the latest version and let us know in the comments (for free) which new feature you find the most useful.

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🚀 How does TON Core plan to optimize TON?

⚫️ The TON Core team has published an optimization roadmap for TON. While it’s primarily aimed at developers, we’ll break it down in simple terms, focusing on what matters most for regular users.

⚫️ The plan highlights two key metrics:

1. Latency – the time between when a user initiates a transaction and when the result is delivered.

2. Throughput – the number of transactions the blockchain can process per second.

The first metric is crucial to ensure users don’t have to wait too long for their transactions to complete. The second is essential for TON to remain stable even if a billion users join the network.

⚫️ From the start, TON has prioritized throughput to avoid issues like those seen in Bitcoin and Ethereum, where networks struggle under heavy traffic. However, the new optimization plan shifts focus to latency—making sure users spend as little time as possible waiting for their transactions to go through.

⚫️ The plan sets specific target numbers for latency:
• No more than 20 seconds for token swaps on DEX.
• No more than 10 seconds for transfers.

You may have previously encountered long wait times for token swaps on DEX. This delay is understandable, given the technical complexity and the involvement of multiple smart contracts. However, users are accustomed to the speed of Web2 services and expect similar performance in blockchain. The new plan aims to meet these expectations.

⚫️ How will TON achieve this? The TON Core team has analyzed solutions from other high-performance blockchains (Aptos, Sui, Solana, Tycho, NEAR) to identify approaches that can be implemented in TON. The full list of optimizations won’t fit in this post, but one example is the “optimistic” approach—where transaction results can be displayed and used even before they are fully finalized.

💀 And finally, a bit of humor: the document refers to other blockchains as “pretending to be high performance.” Even in a serious technical paper, the TON Core team couldn’t resist a little friendly trolling of their competitors!

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✈️ Why do we need the @validators bot?

⚫️ Recently, two new bots emerged in the TON ecosystem: Ton Validators Monitoring and MyTonCtrl Alerting Bot. Most of our subscribers will likely never need to use them. However, to help you better understand how TON works, we want to explain their purpose and revisit some core principles of the network.

⚫️ How is a blockchain technically different from a traditional online bank, which also allows money transfers? A bank operates its own servers and maintains full control over them. In contrast, blockchain validators—servers that support the network—are owned by independent individuals. Anyone willing to stake a significant deposit can become a validator. Because of this, decisions in the blockchain are made by a consensus of validators rather than a single controlling entity, as in a bank.

⚫️ Many people appreciate this decentralized approach, but it also comes with challenges. In a bank, staff experts monitor all servers, quickly fixing any technical issues. In a decentralized system with multiple validators, some may overlook problems with their servers. Even if the TON Core team detects an issue, they cannot resolve it without the validator’s involvement.

⚫️ This becomes especially critical during major airdrops, which create high network loads. The number of issues rises significantly, and resolving them quickly is essential. Coordination between TON Core and other ecosystem participants is necessary to ensure everyone takes action promptly. Efforts to improve this coordination have existed for some time—for example, the @tonstatus channel shares important updates for validators.

⚫️ The new bots are another step in this direction. Their purpose is to alert server owners to any issues. If there’s an overload—whether in CPU, disk usage, or network capacity—the responsible parties immediately receive a Telegram notification, allowing them to act right away instead of missing the problem.

✔️ Regular users don’t need to know about these bots. However, improvements in validator operations help the blockchain handle technical loads more effectively over time. And that, in turn, directly benefits users by ensuring the TON network runs smoothly and reliably.

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👁 What’s the future of Telegram NFT Gifts?

Over the past couple of months, there’s been a lot happening around NFT Gifts. Upgrade to collectible items, NFT conversion via Fragment, ultra-expensive collections, gifts with supply in the hundreds of thousands, and themed collections that made people question whether investing in Telegram Gifts even makes sense.

⚫️ So what exactly are NFT Gifts: a promising asset, fun digital postcards for friends and family, or just another way for Pavel Durov to make some money?

⚫️ We’ve gotten used to comparing gifts to anonymous numbers, hoping they could appreciate in value just as much. But it’s important to understand the difference: anonymous numbers were introduced to promote TON Blockchain and connect it with Telegram through real utility. Gifts, on the other hand, are a global feature for all Telegram users, with a nice bonus for collectors and NFT traders.

⚫️ By aggressively buying up new collections in hopes of flipping them for a profit, users not only delighted Pavel Durov with $5 million, but also forced him to experiment with gift pricing and supply to prevent them from selling out instantly. Soon after, it became clear that new collections would drop for every major holiday — meaning the NFT market would become oversaturated, and even Pepes and Caps would eventually lose value.

⚫️ Does this mean Telegram’s founder misled TON users? On one hand, it’s easy to get lost in Durov’s promises. We’re still waiting for the NFT stickers announced at TOKEN2049, the official gift marketplace on Fragment, and the ability for independent artists to create emojis and stickers, earning a cut from their sales. On the other hand, no one ever claimed that limited collections would be rare or that gifts were meant to breathe new life into the NFT space.

⚫️ We talk a lot about mass adoption, but when a real tool with that potential finally appears, we end up frustrated because gifts didn’t meet our investment expectations. Maybe limited collections aren’t a signal that prices will rise — maybe they’re just a marker showing that a gift is tied to a specific holiday and only available for a limited time.

🖊 Don’t forget, it’s people who give any asset its value — whether it’s gold, US dollars, or NFTs. Gifts have already injected energy into the ecosystem and even let some users make money. Still, we believe their primary purpose is to enhance social interaction on Telegram and introduce new users to TON Blockchain.

Let us know what you think

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✈️ «Paid messages in Telegram»: what do TON and AI have to do with it?

⚫️ Telegram is reportedly testing a «paid messages» feature for chats and direct messages. Users will be able to set a price in Telegram Stars for others to message them or participate in a chat they administer. But what does blockchain or artificial intelligence have to do with this, and why are we writing about it?

⚫️ While the news doesn’t mention TON, it’s worth considering in a broader context. For instance, Anatoly Makosov from the TON Core team recently shared an interesting perspective in a podcast:

«With the development of AI, we will see a massive influx of AI-generated content and will eventually lose the ability to distinguish it from human content. Perhaps blockchains will become useful for verifying real authors and their work.»

⚫️ AI-generated content is already flooding the Internet, often in the form of spam. For example, we constantly have to delete spam comments under posts — many of which are AI-generated. Sometimes, it takes a careful look to distinguish them from real ones. The problem is evident, and «paid messages» could offer a partial solution. If commenting on a popular channel requires payment, it could deter spammers. The downside? It may also discourage genuine engagement — many users simply won’t want to pay to comment.

⚫️ Could blockchain provide a better alternative? The TON ecosystem already offers an interesting approach via the @BoltFather bot: users must own a specific Jetton to comment or join a chat. This creates an «entry threshold» without requiring users to spend money — the bot simply checks token ownership rather than deducting tokens per message.

⚫️ Some TON communities successfully use this bot, especially where members are accustomed to «HODLing tokens.» However, requiring users to acquire tokens just to leave a comment may alienate casual participants. Like «paid messages,» this method also has limited applicability.

💡 This raises an open question: Can blockchain enable a more widely adopted solution? Is there an untapped opportunity in TON for a new project to fill this gap? Or does such a project already exist, and we just don’t know about it yet? If you have any insights, let us know in the comments!

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✔️ Telegram Mini App and Help Center: MyTonWallet releases update 3.4

⚫️ It’s not just Telegram rolling out frequent releases of new versions — on Friday, the MyTonWallet team introduced the second wallet update for 2025. We tested the changes firsthand and are ready to share the details:

⚫️ MyTonWallet now has its own Mini App, fully replicating the functionality of the main wallet. To access your funds directly within Telegram, simply enter your seed phrase, set up a security code, and optionally enable biometric login. You can also pin the app icon to your home screen and use MyTonWallet without needing to download a separate app.

⚫️ Several interface improvements have also been added. In the transaction details window, you can now copy addresses, save them with custom labels for quick access, or open them directly in Tonscan with a single tap. The app also now displays detailed information about fees while completing transaction, even if your balance is low.

⚫️ And finally — Help Center. MyTonWallet has compiled a full set of helpful materials for newcomers, available in both English and Russian. You can access it via the Settings menu in the MyTonWallet app or through a direct link. Swaps, staking, transfers, and security tips — looks like our howtoton series has found a worthy competitor!

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💡 Lower fees with Tact: Technical details

⚫️ We’ve previously explained in simple terms how the new version of the Tact language reduces fees for code execution. However, this update raises an intriguing technical question. For those interested in diving deeper, we asked Anton Trunov, who leads the development of Tact, to share his insights.

⚫️ The question is as follows: Currently, Tact is compiled into FunC. This means developers write code in the “simple and intuitive” Tact language, which is then automatically converted into the more complex FunC. This abstraction spares developers from dealing with low-level intricacies. But this leads to an interesting dilemma — if Tact is ultimately converted into FunC, how can its execution fees sometimes be lower than those of FunC? Wouldn’t it always be possible to write the same code directly in FunC and achieve the same fee reductions?

⚫️The answer is nuanced. While it’s technically possible to write highly optimized FunC code that matches or even surpasses Tact in efficiency, achieving this level of optimization manually can be extremely difficult. In practice, developers often take shortcuts, leading to suboptimal smart contracts. However, when a developer writes a contract in Tact, the automatic conversion to FunC may produce a more optimized version than what they would have written manually.

✈️ Anton’s full comment on Tact 1.6.0:

“For this release, we:
• Started generating more efficient code in both FunC and Fift (yes, Fift too).
• Rewrote critical standard library functions in Fift, further boosting performance.

FunC can still be used for manual optimizations, and it can outperform standard Tact, BUT:
• You need to be an expert in FunC and low-level TVM programming.
• You must manually serialize and deserialize contract cells and incoming messages — Tact handles this automatically, reducing code size by about 30%.
• You have to write complex functions for interacting with child contracts, whereas Tact provides built-in support for this.

In other words, we offer an ‘out-of-the-box’ solution that is accessible to everyone — making code easier to write, read, and audit!”

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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

⚫️ The TON Believers Fund initiative has lost access to the believers.ton domain. We explain why this happened, how often TON domains need to be renewed, and which tools can help you keep track of that.

⚫️ The $MEMHASH token from the Mine-to-Earn app Memhash, which was mentioned twice by Pavel Durov, has officially listed. The token is currently trading around 0.004 TON, and the project is now shifting focus to developing Hashcash Blockchain.

⚫️ From February 26 to March 12, users familiar with the xRocket web-exchange can support the project by voting for its validation on the Magic Square platform. As of now, the Yes/No ratio stands at 88% to 12%.

💀 One of the largest crypto exchanges, ByBit, was hacked, resulting in the loss of around $1.5 billion in $ETH. How to protect your funds and how CEX differs from DEX — we cover this in our howtoton series.

⚫️ The Tonkeeper team introduced a new token distribution technology — TONAPI Airdrop. We break down its key advantages and explain how to launch an airdrop in just a few clicks.

⚫️ What’s the difference between a coin and a token? Where did the idea of creating multiple cryptocurrencies within a single network come from? And what’s the token standard on TON called? We answer these questions in another howtoton post.

⚫️ A new version of the Tact programming language has been released, significantly reducing network fees. Why this is great news not only for users but also for developers — read all about it in our latest review.

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🔥 Tact language reduces fees for users

⚫️ The Tact programming language has released version 1.6.0, introducing gas optimization. For projects using Tact, this update may lower transaction fees. Here’s a simple breakdown of what changed and how it impacts the TON ecosystem.

⚫️ When users interact with a service on the TON blockchain (e.g., swapping tokens on a DEX), a smart contract executes an algorithm. Running this code requires a gas fee, which is part of the overall transaction fee.

⚫️ Programming language developers can optimize code execution to use fewer computing resources, thereby reducing gas fees. This is exactly what the creators of Tact have done.

⚫️ In TON, smart contracts can also be written in FunC (or its new version, Tolk). While FunC is more gas-efficient, it is significantly more complex. A simple analogy: using Tact is like driving a car, while FunC is like manually fine-tuning the engine. The latter demands more effort and expertise but offers greater optimization.

⚫️ Previously, FunC was far more gas-efficient than Tact. As a result, Tact was often recommended for prototypes and small projects, while large-scale projects were advised to use FunC. However, with this update, the gap has narrowed—so much so that in some cases, a Tact contract can now outperform an existing FunC contract. This is said to have happened with the standard Jetton contract, possibly slightly reducing fees for token transfers.

🚀 For the TON ecosystem this means two things. First, users may sometimes experience lower fees than before. Second thing may be even more important: FunC’s complexity has long been a barrier for developers, slowing ecosystem growth. If the more user-friendly Tact is now viable for large-scale projects, it could attract more developers and accelerate innovation on TON.

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🪙 What is the difference between a «coin» and a «token»?

⚫️ The crypto world is full of similar concepts, which can be confusing at first. In today’s #howtoton section, we’ll explain two key distinctions for beginners.

⚫️ First, the basics: the difference between a «blockchain» and a «cryptocurrency.» A blockchain is a technical system: someone wrote code, and now it runs on servers worldwide, storing transaction data in a single ledger. Transactions are grouped into «blocks» and linked in a «chain,» hence the name «blockchain.» Cryptocurrency, on the other hand, is a type of digital currency whose transactions are recorded on a blockchain.

⚫️ Generally, each blockchain has its own main cryptocurrency: Solana has SOL, Tron has TRX, Ethereum has ETH, and so on. TON is a bit unique — its name already looks like a three-letter ticker, so «TON» can refer to both the blockchain and its currency. To clarify, the currency is often written as Toncoin rather than just TON.

⚫️ Early blockchains only supported their main currency. For example, Bitcoin blockchain only works with Bitcoin currency (BTC). Later, people thought: What if we could create other currencies without building a new blockchain every time?

⚫️ Modern blockchains now allow this. On TON, this is done through the Jettons standard. Using services like GasPump and minter.ton.org, anyone can create their own Jetton. Other blockchains have similar systems — Solana, for example, has the SPL standard. The concept remains the same: in addition to the main blockchain currency, additional ones can exist.

⚫️ This is where the terms «coin» and «token» come in. A «coin» is the main currency of a blockchain (like Bitcoin or Toncoin). A «token» is an additional currency (like USDT, which doesn’t have its own blockchain and exists on multiple different blockchains). However, not everyone uses these terms precisely, so they’re sometimes used interchangeably.

🖊 Why does this matter to users? One key difference is transaction fees. By defalut, each blockchain requires its native coin for fees. For example, if you want to send USDT on the Tron blockchain, you’ll need both USDT and TRX to cover the transaction fees. This makes coins inherently useful — while a token’s value (e.g., a memecoin) can drop to zero, a blockchain’s main currency retains some value as long as the blockchain remains active.

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🔥 Airdrops reach a new level: Tonkeeper team introduces TONAPI Airdrop

Back in December, we took a deep dive into a TON blog article, where developers shared the challenges the network faced during large-scale token distributions and the tools that helped overcome them.

⚫️ But progress never stops: today’s airdrop from the Memhash Mini App will test a new TONAPI Airdrop technology, designed to make token distributions even simpler, more efficient, and with lower network fees.

⚫️ The new distribution method was introduced by the Tonkeeper team, the creators behind TON Connect, Tonkeeper Battery, and TONAPI, the largest developer platform on TON, used by over 80% of decentralized applications (you can check out more about each product via the links above).

⚫️ What are the benefits of TONAPI Airdrop? The technology is  integrated into TONAPI, which helps avoid extra costs during distribution (only token deployment fees apply). The platform supports up to 10 million claims, offers a user-friendly interface, and comes with built-in security features.

>> The airdrop process takes just a few clicks: upload a .csv file with recipient addresses, select your token, and launch the distribution. You can manage the process and withdraw tokens anytime.

⚫️ If you’re a mini-app creator, TONAPI Airdrop could be the perfect way to reward your users. Meanwhile, we’re closely watching the $MEMHASH distribution and hoping everything runs smoothly this time.

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🍌 What lessons does the ByBit hack teach us?

⚫️ Recently, over a billion dollars were stolen from the well-known ByBit exchange, in what has been called “the biggest crypto theft in history.” So far, ByBit users have not suffered losses, but similar situations can put clients’ funds at risk. In the #howtoton section, I want to remind you of the basic principles of security, especially for those unfamiliar with them.

⚫️ The core idea behind cryptocurrency was to eliminate the need to trust intermediaries like banks. A bank can block or even erase a transaction, depriving depositors of their money. Satoshi Nakamoto designed a system where not even he could take Bitcoin from someone or prevent a transaction.

⚫️ This principle still holds, including in TON: if you store Toncoin in a non-custodial wallet, no one can access them without your seed phrase.

⚫️ However, over time, many entities in the crypto world have emerged that resemble traditional banks. Centralized exchanges control users’ funds, meaning they can be lost either accidentally (as with ByBit) or maliciously (as with FTX). Custodial wallets like @wallet and stablecoins like USDT also have built-in controls and comply with regulatory requirements.

⚫️ This doesn’t mean these services are inherently “bad.” They are often useful and convenient. However, it’s important to understand that by using them, you are entrusting your assets to third parties and accepting the associated risks.

⚫️ Fortunately, there are decentralized alternatives that provide similar benefits without controlling your funds. For example, instead of swapping tokens on a CEX (centralized exchange like ByBit), you can use a DEX like DeDust.io or a bridge like Stargate.

🖊 How can one manage risk while still enjoying the convenience of centralized services? A reasonable compromise is possible: by default, store your funds in a non-custodial wallet and prioritize decentralized services. If you need to use a custodial or centralized solution, do so selectively—only deposit the amount necessary for the specific operation. This way, even if something goes wrong, you won’t lose everything.

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✔️ Vote for xRocket on the Magic Square platform

⚫️ A key collaboration for one of TON’s fundamental projects: The web-exchange @xRocket is participating in a validation vote on the Magic Square platform. Currently, the ratio of «Yes» to «No» votes stands at 91% to 9% (at least 60% «Yes» votes are required to secure validation).

⚫️ To support xRocket, you need to create an account on Magic Square, follow this link, and click «Vote». Currently, registration requires linking an EVM wallet, but the presence of a «TON Connect» button (which isn’t active yet) suggests that TON wallet integration is coming soon.

⚫️ The voting period runs from February 26 to March 12. If you've ever used the bot, launched fires or sent checks, now is the time to support xRocket in securing community validation.

💡 We’ve encountered Magic Square before during the preparation for the TGE of $STORM from the derivatives exchange Storm Trade. The platform hosted allocation sales for vouchers and launched an OTC-market for $STORM, allowing token trading before its official listing on exchanges.

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🚀 Memhash listing in just two days. What’s Next?

⚫️ Token distributions from Mini Apps have become increasingly rare, so it’s no surprise that the upcoming $MEMHASH listing is generating a lot of buzz. Moreover, Memhash is one of the most popular Mine-to-Earn projects, meaning its TGE will likely set the tone for the future of similar apps.

>> Details: The listing will take place on February 28 on Bitget, KuCoin, MEXC, and STONfi. Tokens can be claimed until February 26, 18:00 UTC. For on-chain claiming, link your TON wallet in the app.

⚫️ What happens after the listing? The team recently announced Hashcash Blockchain — the first custom blockchain within the Memhash ecosystem, featuring on-chain mining mechanics.

⚫️ How does it work? When claiming tokens, you lock 50% to 100% of your $MEMHASH and begin mining a new token, $HASHCASH, which can either be exchanged for USDt at a 1:1 ratio or claimed during its TGE. The total reward pool is 150,000 USDt.

⚫️ This marks a shift from a Mine-to-Earn model to a Stake-to-Earn approach. However, Hashcash is just the first of many «blockchains» the team plans to launch, with new farming mechanics and token holder benefits coming in the future.

🖊 One way or another, $MEMHASH remains the core token, making its listing a pivotal event in shaping the project’s economy.

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🍌 How (and why) to renew .ton domains

⚫️ A funny thing happened the other day: the TON Believers Fund project forgot to renew the believers.ton domain—linked to a smart contract holding over a billion Toncoins. The funds remain safe, and nothing critical happened, but this serves as a good reminder of how .ton domains work and why renewing them is essential.

⚫️ We’ve already covered .ton domains before. These addresses can be assigned to non-custodial TON wallets or TON Sites. If linked to a wallet, they make transactions easier—you can send funds using a simple, memorable address.

⚫️ Domains are initially purchased through dns.ton.org and function as NFTs, meaning they can be traded on NFT marketplaces. Prices depend on length: domains over 10 characters (excluding “.ton”) cost just 1 Toncoin, while four-letter domains cost 100 Toncoins.

⚫️ Like regular website domains (e.g., google.com or ton.org), .ton domains must be renewed annually. However, unlike traditional domains, which require a significant renewal fee, here you only need to send a symbolic transaction of 0.01 Toncoin. If you fail to renew, the domain becomes available for anyone to purchase.

⚫️ Why is this renewal required? Without it, people could hoard attractive domain names indefinitely, even if they no longer use them. The renewal system ensures unused addresses return to the market, making them available to others who need them.

⚫️ However, sometimes active domains are lost simply because the owner forgets to renew them—this seems to be what happened with believers.ton. And if a domain linked to your wallet expires and someone else buys it, others might mistakenly send funds to the new owner.

🖊 To avoid this, remember to renew your .ton domains. Visit dns.ton.org, go to the “My Domains” section to check expiration dates, and renew them in time. Tonkeeper can also notify you about upcoming expirations.

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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

⚫️ We continue our regular howtoton series with a post about the TON whitepaper. What are smart-contracts really for, and is it possible to launch an entire game or social network on the blockchain?

⚫️ What new features does Bidask Protocol offer liquidity providers? In our overview, we break down the project’s unique aspects, its name origin, and when the exchange plans to launch on mainnet.

⚫️ The modular lending protocol Factorial Finance has introduced the TON Rewards program, allowing users to fully cover the cost of a USDt loan while earning regular Toncoin rewards.

⚫️ We compiled the most important takeaways from Steve Yun and Jack Booth’s speeches at Consensus 2025 in Hong Kong. Additionally, we analyzed the key trends that, according to Steve, will shape TON’s near future.

⚫️ Telegram has released another batch of limited gifts 🎁 🎁 🎩 🎁 🎁 🎁 . Plus, it’s now possible to convert one of the new 🎩 and some of the older ones 🎁 🎁 🌸 into a unique collectible elements.

⚫️ Why do crypto expectations often fall short, and what two questions should you always ask when evaluating the next big trend? We explore the Gartner hype cycle and look back at how past trends have played out.

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📉 What is a “hype cycle”?

⚫️ The memecoin craze in the crypto world has led to some unfortunate events, like the story of LIBRA token that was promoted by president of Argentina and got rug pulled after that. Now, a wave of criticism is emerging, with some claiming that “the bubble will soon burst, and memecoins will be forgotten.” We’re not here to predict the future, but we decided to talk about the concept of the Gartner hype cycle.

⚫️ Analysts at Gartner observed a recurring pattern: when a new trend emerges, people tend to have unrealistic expectations, creating excessive hype. Then, when these expectations aren’t met, disappointment sets in, and the innovation is prematurely dismissed. However, over time, it often turns out that the technology is actually valuable—it just wasn’t the miracle people initially hoped for. In other words, both the initial excitement and the subsequent backlash tend to be exaggerated.

⚫️ The crypto world has seen this pattern play out many times. Take DeFi, for example: in 2020, the so-called “DeFi Summer” saw explosive growth, with many believing DeFi was the new gold rush. Then, many projects failed to deliver, leading to the “DeFi Winter”—investors lost money, and the sector faced heavy criticism. However, DeFi didn’t disappear; it simply matured into a more sustainable industry rather than a quick-profit scheme.

⚫️ The NFT market followed a similar trajectory. In 2021, there was a massive boom—“monkey pictures” were selling for millions. Later, the sales declined, with many dismissing NFTs as a passing fad. However, instead of disappearing, NFTs found new use cases, from Telegram gifts to concentrated liquidity tokens.

⚫️ Even memecoins themselves have been through this cycle long before Solana. After Bitcoin’s rise in 2013, many rushed to launch their own cryptocurrencies, including some of the first memecoins—like “Coinye West,” named after Kanye West. Most of these projects faded into obscurity, leaving their investors with losses. Yet, Dogecoin has survived for over a decade and continues to bring substantial profits.

⚫️ So, will today’s memecoin frenzy follow the same pattern, where the hype dies down, and only the strongest projects survive? Not necessarily—some trends don’t fit neatly into the Gartner framework. But the Hype Cycle suggests two useful questions to always ask:
• When something is “on the hype,” and you fear missing out: “Is the excitement overblown?”
• When the hype fades, and people dismiss it: “Is this truly worthless, or just going through a natural cycle?”

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💎 Trends that could lead TON to success

⚫️ On Thursday, we shared key takeaways from Steve Yun and Jack Booth’s speeches at Consensus HK 2025. Beyond the humorous bit about bananas, Steve also presented his vision for the ecosystem’s development — let’s break down his insights together.

⚫️ The first and most obvious point is the inseparable connection between Telegram and TON Blockchain. Pavel Durov’s messenger is TON’s biggest competitive advantage, and its further development should be built around this synergy. There’s no need to blindly chase trends from other blockchains — 2024 already saw attempts to dominate the memecoin sector, which didn’t yield the expected results.

⚫️ So, what exactly makes Telegram valuable? According to Steve, social interaction is the key factor that can make DeFi tools go viral. Our friends, message history, and the channels we subscribe to and trust — these are the core assets that Mini Apps should leverage to achieve success.

🖊 Steve Yun gave a concrete example: There are around 40,000 Telegram channels covering crypto. Many of them produce high-quality content, people trust these creators and follow their recommendations. So why not build a tool that allows users to copy the trading or farming strategies of their favorite influencers with a single click under their post?

⚫️ One-click engagement, built on trust, could drive mass crypto adoption, Steve Yun believes. «If you think about how we all got into crypto, you’ll realize there was just one person who influenced us — who convinced us to learn more about it.»

Integrating a simple, intuitive interface with the social capital of Telegram — that’s the main challenge and opportunity for TON in the near future.

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🪙 Steve Yun and Jack Booth's speeches at Consensus HK 2025

⚫️ Today marked the final day of the Consensus 2025 conference in Hong Kong, where among other speakers, Steve Yun, board member of TON Foundation and founder of TVM Ventures, and Jack Booth, co-founder of TON Society, took the main stage.

⚫️ Were there any exclusive insights? If you want to listen to the speakers yourself, follow the links above. For everyone else, we’ve prepared a brief summary of what we believe were the most important quotes.

⚫️ Steve Yun:

— In 2023 Telegram and TON Blockchain launched an exclusive partnership to solve two main issues: lack of distribution channels and difficulty of using on-chain products prohibiting new users from coming onboard.

— I would like to focus our attention on one particular use case: it’s social trading. Top five trading bots in Telegram today have generated two billion dollars annualized revenue at the peak of this month.

— I believe that the next adoption of DeFi and trading requires a new interface, a mobile interface making it accessible to a new audience.

— Instead of teaching people to use app, we should make it available for them in one click inside social context (for example, via a button right below the post in a Telegram crypto channel).

— We are spreading copy trading strategies across all Telegram channels but leveraging the trust relationship. New users are much more likely to try the DeFi product if someone they trust created the strategy.

— It is not only about copy trading; there is also copy farming, so you can curate your own farming strategies that generate the highest yields based on your risk appetite. And when you see one curated by your friend, or by your influencer or channel content creator, you’re much more likely to try it. Especially, all you need to do is one click.

⚫️ Jack Booth:

— We’re in a place where we’re still kind of talking about crypto through these three lenses which I don't think are potentially beneficial to mass adoption: philosophical lens, technological lens, and the financialization lens.

— Normal people don't care about these things (price movements, philosophy, technology), they just want to go straight to whatever the application should be doing for them.

— In just 6-7 months after the launch of USDt on TON, it’s now already doing more volume than some of the fintech companies that are building in that digital transfer space.

🍌 Bonus from Steve:

— I tried this app, it’s a Shake-to-Earn game directly inside Telegram Messenger. The more I shake, the bigger my banana becomes. So, I tried it like twice, and then my friend — actually, my colleague — posted this in the stories. So, he says his banana is four or five times bigger than mine.

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🏆 Borrow with benefits: New reward programs from Factorial Finance

⚫️ Today, the modular lending protocol Factorial Finance launched the TON Rewards program. The concept is simple: take a loan in USDt using your TON, tsTON, or stTON as collateral, and receive additional TON tokens as a reward, fully covering the cost of the loan (1.77% APY) with rewards of up to 8.94% APY.

⚫️ Additionally, next week, the platform is set to introduce Point System, which will allow users to earn bonuses for their activity.

⚫️ In February, Factorial Finance secured $1.8M in funding through Steve Yun’s TVM Ventures. The platform aims to compete with EVAA Protocol, which is nearing the end of its point farming program.

💡 Factorial Finance is more than just a lending and borrowing platform for TON, USDt, tsTON, and stTON. Its modular system offers users isolated markets with customized lending conditions, while assets in vaults (currently, TON Vault and USDt Vault) are managed by professional curators.

⚫️ As we've repeatedly mentioned, 2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for DeFi growth and long-term liquidity strategies in TON. The rise of competition in the lending protocol space is yet another sign of this expansion.

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💡 Maximum profit for liquidity providers: What to expect from Bidask Protocol?

⚫️ Active development is underway on the Bidask project, which is bringing concentrated liquidity ideas to TON. Rather than wait for the official launch, we’ll share what to expect from it now.

⚫️ As is known, on DEXs, you can not only trade tokens but also earn by providing liquidity: depositing funds to be used for trades. Concentrated liquidity allows you to specify «use my funds only for trades within a certain price range.» This helps to earn more from fees if you’ve managed to predict an active range. We’ve explored this in detail before.

⚫️ In Bidask Protocol, liquidity providers will also be able to add conditions like «especially use my liquidity in the middle of the selected range,» aiming to increase profits even further. Alternatively, one can choose the most active range at the «edges of the range» (which is useful for volatile scenarios). The second option is called «bid/ask,» and that’s where the protocol gets its name.

⚫️ These ideas were already implemented in Uniswap on Ethereum. However, bringing them to TON is a complex task: TON's asynchronous architecture doesn’t allow these concepts to be implemented in the same way as on Ethereum. Therefore, it requires a team skilled both in concentrated liquidity nuances and TON-specific development.

⚫️ One of the latest updates on Bidask Protocol is a partnership with DWF Labs. This company, long involved in the TON ecosystem, has concluded that the project is promising and deserves their support.

⚫️ The next steps are as follows. The first version of Bidask will soon be available on the testnet (we recently explained what that means). A full mainnet release is expected in April, with version v2.

🖊 By the way, the Bidask team is also sharing insights on TON development in the @TheOpenDevBlog channel. Previously, with their help, we discussed whether MEV bots are possible on TON.

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⌨️ #howtoton: What can be uploaded into a blockchain?

⚫️ The technical foundations of TON were laid by Nikolai Durov in a whitepaper. This 126-page document is freely available to everyone, but usually only persistent techies are ready to read it. Therefore, we decided to retell some interesting places in understandable language for beginners. Let's start with the question "what can be placed in the blockchain".

⚫️ The TON blockchain is a system that not only stores wallet balances, but can also store and execute code (the so-called "smart contracts"). Anyone can write their own smart contract, upload it to the blockchain and launch it, paying a fee for storing and executing this code.

⚫️ And the question arises: what can be coded with smart contracts? How complex can you do? For example, is it possible to write a whole social network, upload it entirely to the blockchain and launch it there?

⚫️ Whitepaper gives an answer. There are no categorical technical prohibitions, so hypothetically it is possible — but hardly anyone would want to do it. Blockchain does not prohibit launching complex systems, but it is not well suited for them.

⚫️ Why? One of the reasons: the blockchain consists of participating servers from different owners, and the data is duplicated between them all. Because of this, maintaining a social network like this will cost tens of times more than on regular servers that do not require such levels of duplication. No one wants to overpay like that.

⚫️ Therefore, people usually go another way: only the parts of the project that have to interact with the blockchain are made into smart contracts. A random example: if a Telegram game allows you to turn a virtual pet into an NFT, then a smart contract will be used to generate the NFT itself — but everything else in the game can be coded in the “usual” way without using a blockchain.

🪙 Finally, the whitepaper reminds us that the TON project includes not only a blockchain, but also TON Storage, where projects can store files. However, in the years since the document was written, this service has not yet fully developed.

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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

⚫️ Steve Yun's TVM Ventures has raised a total of $5.75 million for Memes Lab, a memecoin platform, Torch Finance, a stableswap protocol, and Factorial Finance, a lending protocol, as part of recent investment rounds.

⚫️ Pavel Durov sent 100 TON to the TonnelGift marketplace contract and also left 500 star reactions under Mr. Freeman’s post criticizing TON Foundation. What could this possibly mean?

🔥 15 new limited-edition Telegram Gifts have been released, 4 of which 🎁🎁🎁🎁 are already available for upgrade. This batch is dedicated to Valentine’s Day, and the upgrade cost is now proportional to the gift’s original price.

⚫️ TON is integrating with LayerZero protocol, enabling interoperability with 12 other blockchains and unlocking access to various omnichain projects, tokens, and stablecoins.

⚫️ Telegram’s latest update introduces AI-powered sticker search, several enhancements for video content, and the ability to send star reactions on behalf of channels.

⚫️ We’ve published a new post from the howtoton series, explaining what Testnet is, why blockchains need test tokens, and how everyday users can benefit from this.

⚫️ TVM Ventures investment fund has partnered with Trail of Bits to establish core DeFi standards on TON and conduct in-depth security research.

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🚀 Quests and reward pools combined: xRocket launches xQuest platform

⚫️ Today, a new xQuest section was introduced just inside the Earn tab of the xRocket Mini App — a quest-based platform where users can earn tokens from reward pools by completing special tasks.

⚫️ Each quest consists of five phases: Prepare, Earn, Calculation, Claim, and Archive.

The key feature: rewards from the pool start accumulating immediately when the Earn phase begins, based on each participant's level. You can increase your level by completing Boost tasks — the more points you earn, the bigger your rewards.

⚫️ The first campaign is dedicated to the end of the $XROCK vesting period.

To participate, users need to subscribe to xRocket's Telegram channels. However, to earn additional points and boost your level, you'll need to complete more advanced tasks, such as trading in the XROCK/USDT pair, staking $XROCK on swap.coffee, and making P2P deals.

>> You can join the quest here

⚫️ Total reward pool: 300,000 $XROCK. Prepare phase lasts only 24 hours, until February 14 14:00 UTC. Campaign deadline: March 10 14:00 UTC, while tokens can be claimed starting from March 3.

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🍌 The crucial DeFi aspect to be addressed by TVM Ventures and Trail of Bits

⚫️ Last week, we covered the launch of the TVM Ventures fund, and now its first announcement has arrived: a partnership with Trail of Bits to enhance security.

⚫️ The fund primarily focuses on DeFi, where security is crucial, since any vulnerability in a project can lead to losses of millions of dollars. To ensure maximum protection, it’s not enough for project teams to handle security internally; external experts specializing in security audits are often brought in.

⚫️ Trail of Bits fits this role perfectly. The company has been working on security in TON since 2022 and has extensive expertise in TON-specific technologies, including the FunC smart contract language and the TVM.

⚫️ According to the press release, Trail of Bits will not only enhance security for individual DeFi applications in TON but also contribute to developing ecosystem-wide security standards. These standards will facilitate seamless interaction between applications.

🖊 As we recently reported, TON is expanding its interoperability with other blockchains, which could drive liquidity into the ecosystem. However, for liquidity providers to confidently participate, they must trust the security of the ecosystem—making this partnership a key step in strengthening that trust.

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What is a testnet? An explanation for beginners

✔️ You may have seen us mention that a project “was launched on a testnet”—for example, TON Teleport. Today, in the #howtoton section, we’ll explain what this means for those unfamiliar with the concept.

⚫️ Before any software is released, it must be tested. This is especially important for crypto projects, as they involve money—meaning a bug or vulnerability can be costly. There have been many cases where hackers exploited flaws in a project to access its funds.

⚫️ This brings us to a key challenge. Imagine a developer creates a new DEX and writes code for token swaps. To test it properly, they need to deploy the smart contracts on a blockchain and execute transactions. However, blockchains are public, so once the code is uploaded, anyone can interact with it. This poses a risk—what if the code is flawed?

⚫️ That’s why TON and other blockchains have not only a main network (the “mainnet”) but also a testnet. The testnet functions similarly to the mainnet but uses “fake” test coins that can be obtained for free and have no real-world value. This allows developers to test their code without financial risk—if they lose funds due to an error, it’s only “play money.”

⚫️ A typical development process looks like this: first, the developer tests the code on their computer. Then, they deploy it to the testnet to run test transactions. After that, they may invite others to participate in testing. Once all bugs are fixed, the final version is deployed to the mainnet for real-world use.

💎 Why should users care about a “fake” network?
1. Early access – You can try out new projects (like TON Teleport) before their official launch and provide valuable feedback.
2. Risk-free learning – You can experiment with a platform’s features without spending real money on transactions.
3. Potential rewards – Some projects may later reward early testers with real incentives (though there are no guarantees).

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✈️ New features for videos and AI-powered sticker search: Another Telegram update

Since the start of 2025, Telegram developers have already rolled out their third update. While this one doesn't introduce new features related to NFT gifts or TON Blockchain, it still brings some useful enhancements worth checking out.

⚫️ A major focus of the update is video improvements. Now, you can create links to specific moments in a video, set a custom thumbnail by selecting any frame you like, and resume playback from where you left off — the player will remember your last position.

⚫️ Another standout feature is AI-powered sticker search. This functionality was first introduced in December 2024 but was limited to official sets. Now, AI search works across all user-created stickerpacks on Telegram.

⚫️ Additionally, Star reactions can now be sent on behalf of channels (feel free to test it under this post), and bot profiles now feature a «Similar Bots» section, displaying related services and Mini Apps.

🖊 AI integration has been a dominant trend in recent years. At this rate, we wouldn’t be surprised if, in a few months, Telegram’s AI could read news summaries, assist with chat replies, buy and sell TON via Wallet, and all this without ever leaving the app.

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🪙 TON integrates LayerZero to better interact with other blockchains

⚫️ Yesterday, TON Society published a blog post emphasizing the importance of blockchain interoperability. Today, a press release announced TON’s latest step in this direction: integration with the LayerZero protocol. But what is LayerZero?

⚫️ The core idea behind LayerZero is: “We enable different blockchains to interact by exchanging data and assets. It creates multiple opportunities. Developers can make web3 applications accessible to users of multiple blockchains. Liquidity can be unified across all chains rather than fragmented. Omnichain tokens can be universally available.”

⚫️ One of the projects coming to TON through LayerZero is the USDT0, designed to facilitate seamless USDT transfers between blockchains. Additionally, TON is set to support USDe, a stablecoin from the Ethena project. Unlike USDT, USDe is backed by cryptocurrency rather than funds in traditional banks.

⚫️ The arrival of Stargate, a transport omnichain protocol for transferring funds between different blockchains, has also been announced.

⚫️ Currently, TON is set to interact with 12 other blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, and TRON, with the potential for further expansion.

👁 This news is promising for TON, though the scale of its impact remains uncertain for now. We’ll keep an eye on developments and share any significant updates.

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⌨️ The weekly TON: highlights of the week

🔥 The biggest event of the week was the launch of Steve Yun’s $100 million TVM Ventures fund. Not only did we report on it, but we also interviewed Steve. By the way, CNBC also released a short interview with him—but after us!

⚫️ A new StepMania project emerged, where steps are counted, and the more you walk, the more points you earn. Refreshing to see a crypto project that encourages people not to stare at their screens but instead adopt a healthier lifestyle.

⚫️ Memhash has completed its first phase. For most projects, this might have been a minor event, not even newsworthy, but here they took it to the next level—organizing a full live broadcast.

⚫️ TON is introducing the extra currencies format. The concept is similar to Jettons but differs technically. What sets them apart, and why does the ecosystem need two standards? We broke it down for you.

⚫️ For newcomers to TON, we explored the level of privacy you can expect when using the blockchain. (Spoiler: it’s only partial.)

🍌️️️️ We regularly cover different types of fraud and schemes lurking in TON. Last week, we wrote about the concept of a “rug pull.”

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🍌 What are rug pulls and how can you avoid them?

⚫️ We’ve previously discussed various types of crypto fraud, and now we’ll take a closer look at one in particular: the rug pull.

⚫️ A rug pull occurs when project creators abandon their promises and disappear with users’ funds. Imagine completing in-game tasks for a promised airdrop, making purchases—only for the game to suddenly stop working one day, with no airdrop in sight. Your time and money are wasted, and the anonymous developers are nowhere to be found.

⚫️ Rug pulls come in two types: hard and soft. In a hard rug pull, the creators vanish suddenly, taking all the funds with them. In a soft rug pull, the project slowly declines as activity decreases over time. In the latter case, it’s often unclear whether the project was a scam from the beginning or simply failed due to a lack of resources or interest.

⚫️ How can you avoid rug pulls? While there are no hard guarantees, here are a few key factors to consider:

1. What does the project promise? If the creators only say, “We have a sensational token with massive hype,” without any real plans, they don't even promise not to vanish.

2. What is the team’s reputation? Have they successfully launched projects before? If not, are they at least known, or is the project completely anonymous?

3. Is there a vesting period? If the team’s tokens are locked for a certain period (e.g., a year), they have an incentive to keep the project running long-term.

4. Does the project have other revenue sources? If the token is tied to a successful business—like an exchange—the creators are less likely to disappear, as they have more at stake.

🖊 Have you experienced a rug pull? Share your story in the comments—it could help others stay safe!

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👁 How anonymous is the blockchain: what can other people find out about your transactions?

⚫️ This is a #howtoton post, it's unlikely to tell anything new to TON old-timers, but it might be useful for newcomers. When people hear that cryptocurrencies are “anonymous”, it's unclear: what exactly does this mean?

⚫️ The TON blockchain itself is quite transparent: with the “explorer” tools you can view all the transactions in it. If you enter the address of any non-custodial TON wallet into an explorer, its balance and activity are visible (here's an example). Most other blockchains work the same way.

⚫️ Why do people talk about “anonymity”? By default, it is not known who owns which wallet. If John sent 10 Toncoins to Michael, an outside observer will be able to see in the explorer “10 Toncoins were sent from one address to another”, but not the names of John and Michael. This approach is sometimes called “pseudonymity”: the identities are not blurred into a single “anonymous”, but are hidden behind different “pseudonym addresses”.

⚫️ In some cases the “pseudonym” might be revealed. If someone knows your wallet address and publishes it on the Internet, then everyone will be able to see the history of all your transactions made with that wallet. People who don't want that to happes usually create a number of wallets. If one of the addresses “leaks”, it will allow everyone to see only part of the activity (so it will be impossible to understand, for example, “how much money a person has in total”).

⚫️ The situation is different with custodial wallets like @wallet or @xrocket. These are centralized services that tell less info to the blockchain, but often collect even more of it themselves. Some require you to present documents to complete the KYC procedure, while others simply know your Telegram account.

⚫️ In this case, the information is less public and an outsider cannot see the full picture through an explorer, but there are risks. For example, if such a service is hacked, hackers can obtain (and publish) the data telling “which user did what”.

💡 So, it could be said that partial anonymity is available in TON. If you invested a small amount in Toncoin and have already told everyone about it, then you have nothing to fear. But if you make a lot of transactions and worry about your privacy, then you should consider the restrictions and think about the information that may be available to others.

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💡 TON is getting “extra currencies”. What does that mean?

⚫️ The TON Core team recently published a report for December-January, and the words “extra currencies” appear there more than once. This novel thing is similar to Jettons but has some technical differences. So, what are they?

⚫️ The idea of "alternative tokens" (in addition to the main currency) has been part of TON from the very beginning. The whitepaper mentions "extra currencies,"which are technically similar to Toncoin itself.

⚫️ However, some tokens require features that Toncoin does not provide. For example, the issuers of stablecoins like USDT need the ability to block the coins they issue to comply with the regulations.

⚫️ The Jettons standard introducing such capabilities. Instead of being built into the blockchain's core, Jettons operate "on top" of it using smart contracts, allowing for custom logic. This approach offers flexibility, which is why, until now, the ecosystem has relied solely on Jettons for alternative currencies.

⚫️ However, Jettons also have drawbacks: sending them requires higher fees and takes longer compared to sending Toncoin or extra currencies. Both the options are good fits in different cases. So, the idea of "extra currencies" has regained attention after a period of obscurity. The TON Core report shows ongoing work to support it, and another post reveals that the new tgBTC token from the TON Teleport project will be implemented as an extra currency.

🖊 What does this mean for TON users? Well, it depends on the level of support the extra currencies will receive in TON ecosystem. But in general, users shouldn't have to worry about different coin formats: some new tokens will simply require less money and time to send than we are used to today.

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💀 The worst days in crypto history

⚫️ On Sunday, a crypto market crash triggered a massive wave of liquidations. Many panicked, thinking, «This is it, everything's over.» But seasoned traders smirked: «This doesn’t even make it into the top 10 worst days for crypto.» To put things into perspective, let’s revisit other moments when people lost huge sums of money.

⚫️ For Ethereum, one of the biggest shocks came on June 17, 2016, when The DAO was hacked, and nearly a third of its funds were stolen. The ecosystem was still young, and events like this raised serious doubts about its future. The crisis was ultimately resolved through a hard fork, with the community deciding to recognize a version of the network where the hack was reversed.

⚫️ 2017 saw the rise of «ICO fever», with projects launching left and right, raising millions through token sales. But the hype didn’t last — by 2018, the crypto winter hit hard. Investors pulled back, projects shut down, and Bitcoin’s price plunged from $20,000 to under $10,000 — not just for a few days, but for years. The market only fully recovered in 2021.

⚫️ In March 2020, Bitcoin’s price dropped 30% in just a few days. The date can give you an idea of the reason: the world was gripped by the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, and no one knew how badly it would impact the global economy. As we can see, crypto prices don’t just react to industry events but also to major global crises.

⚫️ 2022 brought two massive disasters: the collapse of Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin and the bankruptcy of FTX. Crypto trader Ruslan Khairullin once shared on a podcast how poor decisions during Terra’s crash cost him over a million dollars. And he wasn’t alone — entire fortunes were wiped out when the stablecoin lost its peg.

⚫️ Against this backdrop, Sunday’s crash seems minor. Yes, almost every cryptocurrency dropped in value. But Bitcoin, for example, fell from around $100,000 to $93,000 — only to bounce back the next day. Compared to the 2018 crypto winter, where prices halved and stayed low for years, this was nothing more than a small dip — and, as many joke, an opportunity to «buy the dip at a discount.»

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🐤 Coins for steps: The first Move-to-Earn app launches on Telegram

⚫️ Back in November, we wrote about a major Telegram update that significantly expanded the capabilities of Mini Apps, introducing not only full-screen mode and home screen icons but also access to geolocation and even phone movement data.

⚫️ So far, we haven’t seen an explosive growth in projects leveraging these new features — some developers need more time, while in other cases, Telegram itself has yet to provide the necessary tools. However, other applications have started emerging, including ones that reward users with points for the steps they take.

⚫️ The Move-to-Earn mechanic is not new to the crypto world: many services have been around for years, some require purchasing NFTs to get started. Some projects reward users with in-game currency, while others distribute real tokens.

⚫️ And now, just today, such an app launched on TON — StepMania. The project smartly integrates Telegram’s capabilities, combining the Move-to-Earn model with elements from popular clicker games. While users still need to install a separate app from the App Store or Google Play to track their steps, they can monitor their progress and rewards directly within Telegram.

⚫️ The main in-app currency is coins, which can be earned not only by walking but also by completing tasks and inviting friends. These coins can then be exchanged for tickets to enter prize draws (featuring TON, Telegram Stars, gadgets, and more) or saved for the future token listing, which is also in the developers’ plans.

👁 It’s great to see the Telegram Mini Apps ecosystem evolving. We’re confident that with every new app, the messenger’s capabilities will be utilized more effectively, and projects like StepMania will carve out their niche while driving new users to the TON ecosystem.

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🖊 Interview with Steve Yun, the founder of TVM Ventures, a $100-million fund for TON financial products

As we shared earlier, we’ve asked Steve several questions about his recently launched TVM Ventures. This turned into a short but informative interview which we are happy to share with you.

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TDT: Where does the money come from?
S.Y.: My personal money + one of the Toncoin miners.

TDT: What is the difference between TVM Ventures and TON Ventures?
S.Y.: TVM focuses on expanding TON as a global financial network rather than games. Telegram is an instant messaging, where p2p interactions are happening as a mass scale. This is the best place to use blockchain, which allows p2p payment and interactions. I can't speak for TON Ventures.

TDT: Have you stepped down from the presidency to launch this fund?
S.Y.: These are two separate events. I stepped down for the new management to take over in order to bring efficiency by empowering the right people to lead TON Foundation. I launched this fund to support courageous founders more hands on, selectively and comprehensively.

TDT: Is this your personal initiative, or do you feel that TON needs such a fund and no one else is launching it?
S.Y.: Both. TVM Ventures is for-profit, but not for profit maximizing. It will take more time for TON ecosystem to become the best place to accept investments. There are many reasons, but one of them is that we have to create more disruptive products. Only a select few have the disruptive skills and courage to outcompete. This is the type of projects I will be backing. With this said, after spending 7.5 years in TON ecosystem, I take TON personal and am ready to bet on the future that TON will evolve to go beyond this stage. I guess this is exactly how Ethereum also developed beyond its early days led by Consensys.

At the same time, I also have absolute firm belief in the power of community. I believe there are genius founders in TON. I bet these founders from the community will win over time. So in some ways, I also want to witness that my belief in community from the very beginning was indeed right. A blockchain ecosystem with such vibrant competition will make TON, not only Toncoin as Telegram-associated asset, the world's leading blockchain.

I believe investors betting on the winner is always expected to make profits, but the focus is on winning, not making money or trying to benefit while not taking any risk.

TDT: Your press release mentions «PayFi», that's a little-known concept in the TON ecosystem. What's its main idea?
S.Y.: The main concept of PayFi is to unlock idle money existing in the world and to use that in DeFi to generate more yield. It's interesting that TVM also stands for Time Value of Money, which means that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow. This is the main principle in PayFi.

TDT: The press release mentions «TVM-based workchains». What do you expect in this regard?
S.Y.: I do believe there will be more workchains in the future. I am against sidechains, because Ethereum L2 ecosystem has shown its limitations already.

The first workchain I expect to emerge is one with faster finality. It is achieved by, most likely, reasonably compromising the security by reducing the number of validators who needs to validate each block of this particular workchain. The second workchain I see is perhaps a synchronous chain specialized for DeFi although this will need to be scalable enough to handle the bottleneck issue.

The second workchain I see is perhaps a synchronous chain specialized for DeFi although this will need to be scalable enough to handle the bottleneck issue. I don't have enough conviction to push this one through yet, but I hear some voices in the community about the need for such workchain.

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We hope this helps clarify things. If you have any further questions for Steve, please leave them in the comments. If we receive many interesting questions, we might try to perform a second round of Q&A.

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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

🔥 Another 21 Telegram Gifts are now available for upgrading into unique collectible items. This time, the gifts were added gradually over several days in batches of 5-6.

Additionally, an unusual anti-bot mechanism was introduced: initially, the upgrade price is set at 25,000 Stars, but then it gradually decreases until it returns to the standard 25 Stars after 18 hours.

⚫️ How could the release of the Silk Road founder and the lifting of sanctions on Tornado Cash impact the TON ecosystem? We revisited the history of these projects and explored what has changed with Donald Trump’s return to power.

⚫️ What is the Payment Network technology that the TON Core team is working on this year? Can transactions on TON become even cheaper and faster? We broke it down in a dedicated post.

⚫️ The AI-agent platform ElizaOS has added support for TON Blockchain. How can you create your own plugin, and can artificial intelligence already launch a memecoin on Gas Pump? Find out here.

⚫️ MyTonWallet has been updated to version 3.3. Full support for Telegram Gifts, detailed transaction analysis, and the foundation of the MyTonWallet Pay system — read all about it in our review.

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📈 Steve Yun aims to invest $100 million into TON projects

⚫️ Former president of TON Foundation, Steve Yun, has launched TVM Ventures to invest in DeFi, PayFi, infrastructure, and security projects on TON. The fund primarily focuses on developing the financial side of the TON ecosystem (rather than hyped gaming projects).

⚫️ You’ve probably seen many headlines about «some fund planning to invest millions,» so it might be easy to dismiss this news as «just another fund.» However, we believe this one stands out for two key reasons. First, the impressive amount of money. Second, and perhaps even more importantly, the founder himself. Despite never being highly public, Steve has been deeply involved in the community and has had a direct impact on its development.

⚫️ Beyond his former role as President of the TON Foundation, he has also participated in the ecosystem as a private individual — for example, personally investing a significant amount of money in NFTs. As he later shared in conversations (including with popular influencer Vudi), he did this to support the emerging NFT market and active creators. While many of those collections ultimately went nowhere, for some authors, this support was significant and deeply appreciated.

⚫️ «TVM» in TVM Ventures stands for «TON Virtual Machine,» which executes smart contracts on TON. The fund focuses on projects running on TVM, including not just the TON mainnet but also potential new workchains designed for specific use cases. (Check out our recent post about Fastnet for a basic introduction.)

🖊 While we see this news as extremely positive for TON, it leaves a lot of space for questions. Where do these $100 million come from? Did he step down from the presidency to launch this fund? What exactly does «PayFi» mean in TVM Venture’s vision? What new workchain does Steve expect in the future?

We asked Steve all these questions. We’ll be glad to share the answers in the upcoming post and who knows, maybe leading a commercial fund will allow (or require) him to be more public. Stay tuned!

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🚀 Is there life after mining? Major livestream by Memhash

⚫️ We've long talked about the evolution of the Mini App ecosystem — from quantity to quality, from mindless tapping and ad-watching to more complex gameplay mechanics.

⚫️ Now, due to increasing turbulence in the crypto world, this transition has accelerated: simply being another clicker is no longer enough to attract an audience, and even those that remain afloat are often delaying the listing of their tokens. This brings true utility to the forefront — not just engaging gameplay.

⚫️ For example, the first phase of Memhash, an app once mentioned by Pavel Durov, is coming to an end today — after three months of mining, the last 10 blocks will be mined live on air.

⚫️ Memhash made history as the world's first DePIN project (where players use their device’s computing power to mine tokens), gathering an audience of 2M users and sparking the trend of mining-based Telegram apps.

⚫️ Now, it's time for the next phase, where Memhash holders will play a key role. The anti-cheat system will filter out as many bots as possible to ensure that only real players have access to token distribution.

>> All the major announcements (we can only hint at them with this post) will be revealed today, February 3, at 15:00 UTC during a livestream on Telegram and Twitch. Additionally, more than $50,000 in prizes will be given away to participants.

Let's see what Memhash has in store for its users and how the team plans to tackle the challenges of this new era.

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✔️ MyTonWallet got updated

The popular MyTonWallet app has been updated to version 3.3. Some changes are immediately noticeable, while others are hidden deeper in the UI. We will describe all of them so that you do not miss anything.

⚫️ The most noticeable change is the redesigned navigation. The app got a bottom panel with three main sections "Wallet", "Explore" and "Settings". And in "Explore", where various TON applications are collected, they are now grouped into categories for easier browsing.

⚫️ Less noticeable, but no less useful: the display of fees has been improved. When swapping tokens in the wallet, you can first click on "details" and see information like "how much the blockchain fee will be". Tap "blockchain fee" for even more details: how much will be charged initially, and how much will then be refunded back to your wallet.

⚫️ The hot topic in TON is Telegram gifts, and MyTonWallet is the first wallet to support animation while displaying them. Some gift collections like Spy Agarics have their charm in animation, so such NFTs lose half of their appeal if they are only shown as static images.

⚫️ Also, the official announcement mentions a new payment system called MyTonWallet Pay. For now, this is mostly relevant for the online store owners: first, they have to implement this system on their side so that users can conveniently pay from the wallet. So this hasn't changed the user experience for now, but the work is already underway.

🖊 To summarize, if you want to test out the update and join the gifts craze at the same time, you can open MyTonWallet, go to the second tab "Overview" in the new navigation panel, select the NFT category, open one of the marketplaces, buy the gift that catches your eye - and then watch it "come to life" with animation in your wallet. Not financial advice!

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🤖 AI project ElizaOS got TON wallet integration

⚫️ We described recently the DeFAI trend which integrates DeFi and AI. Now it's coming to the TON ecosystem: ElizaOS project got a plugin for TON, and there's a new incentive program to improve this plugin. What's this project?

⚫️ Eliza generates "AI agents": chatbots that not only respond to messages, but can also perform certain actions. A user can grant an "agent" access to a social network accounts (for actions like tweeting), databases, and crypto wallets.

⚫️ The TON plugin lets a user provide a seed phrase of a TON wallet and the give agent commands like “send 2 Toncoins to this address.” The agent will be able to sign this transaction on behalf of the user.

⚫️ But sending Toncoins is easy, it doesn't really require AI. There are more promising and sophisticated scenarios, such as “Eliza, if an influencer tweets about a certain token, immediately buy it.” So far, the TON plugin is limited to the most basic actions, so these sophisticated scenarios stay out of reach. But a bounty program was introduced to fix that: any developer can receive a reward if they add certain features to the plugin.

⚫️ The ElizaOS code is freely available on GitHub, and this repository has already gained more than 10 000 stars. However, using this project requires development experience. For those who lacks experience but would like to try nonetheless, there is a video course starting from the basics.

⚠️ We remind you that AIs sometimes "hallucinate." So we do not recommend granting an AI access to your main wallet; it is better to create a separate one for that. ElizaOS should spend funds only the way the user tells it to. But can anyone guarantee that one day it will not arbitrarily spend all your savings on a failed memecoin?

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🪙 Payment Network: What Is It and Why Is It Needed?

⚫️ Last week, we discussed TON Core's plans for 2025, where Payment Network is mentioned as one of the points. What is this technology, and why is it needed? This point deserves a separate explanatory post: if it's being worked on extensively for 2025, let's explain it in more detail.

⚫️ The commissions in the TON blockchain are not well-suited for microtransactions. If you're sending thousands of dollars, the commission is barely noticeable. However, if you and your friend decide to play chess and wager a symbolic 0.01 Toncoin, the same commission becomes significant compared to the transaction amount. If you play frequently, the total commissions you pay could add up significantly, while the prize just moves back and forth. People dislike such situations.

⚫️ The basic idea of the Payment Network is as follows. Imagine you and your friend deposit into a special smart contract a "prize fund," owned equally by both of you. After each chess game, you record that the winner now owns 0.01 Toncoin more, and the loser owns less. This way, you don't have to move funds on the blockchain, incurring commissions each time. You only encounter them when withdrawing money from the "fund."

💡 You could say that you and your friend have created a "payment channel." This principle can be applied not just to two participants. The idea is to build an entire network of channels "on top" of the primary blockchain. In this network, a variety of participants can transfer funds almost instantly and almost for free.

⚫️ In Bitcoin, a similar concept has long been realized under the name Lightning Network. In the TON whitepaper, it was described as TON Payments, and it is now being implemented as Payment Network.

⚫️ Theoretically, this could be useful for different TON projects: from games to the distributed storage TON Storage (where you could provide storage space for others' files for money, and even charge for each individual kilobyte with microtransactions). For some scenarios like trading, what's more important is not even the commissions but the high speed of operations.

⚫️ But practically, only time will tell. The roadmap for 2025 does not specify the release dates for the Payments Network. However, it mentions that there is already a "beta version": a working prototype that still needs testing and auditing. This prototype currently works only with Toncoin, but later plans include adding support for Jettons and swaps.

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👁 Silk Road and Tornado Cash cases take a turn: What does it mean for TON?

Two significant events related to the legal prosecution of crypto projects recently unfolded in the U.S.: Ross Ulbricht was released, and sanctions against Tornado Cash were deemed unfounded. Here's a breakdown of the original accusations and what these developments could mean.

⚫️ In 2011, American Ross Ulbricht created Silk Road, a darknet marketplace that operated with Bitcoin payments. The platform hosted the sale of various goods, but drugs became its most popular category. As a result, Ulbricht was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2015. This sparked a public debate: how accountable is the creator of a platform for the actions of its users? While he was aware of the activities, Ulbricht wasn’t directly involved in the trades.

⚫️ A similar debate arose around the Ethereum-based Tornado Cash project. This «mixer» complicates transaction tracing, making it a useful tool for money laundering but also a means of preserving privacy. Should its creators be considered accomplices to those laundering money? Opinions vary, but in 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Tornado Cash for «facilitating money laundering,» prohibiting Americans from interacting with the protocol.

⚫️ Now, Ross Ulbricht has been released through a personal decision by the new U.S. president, Donald Trump. Meanwhile, in the Tornado Cash case, a court ruled that the project’s blockchain-deployed smart contracts, accessible to all, do not qualify as «property» and therefore cannot be sanctioned.

⚫️ Many see these decisions as a shift in U.S. policy, which under Trump’s administration appears more crypto-friendly. This change could mean that «controversial cases» will be more often interpreted in favor of project creators, potentially granting them greater freedom. This could encourage both innovation and a rise in illicit activities.

⚫️ What does this mean for TON? The Daily TON editorial team cannot confirm whether TON hosts marketplaces for prohibited goods, but questions of «responsibility for others' crimes» are not unfamiliar. For instance, NFT-based Anonymous Numbers have already drawn criticism toward Pavel Durov, while the TONNEL mixer was excluded from The Open League due to legal risks. It’s possible that the ecosystem may now allow greater anonymity tools and fewer restrictions.

⚫️ However, keep in mind: these developments are specific to the U.S., and other countries may still prosecute similar activities. Additionally, laws can change at any time. We do not advocate for any illegal activities — if you plan to create a crypto project, assess risks carefully. The principle of DYOR is more critical than ever: in the worst-case scenario, you could lose not only your money but also your freedom.

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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week

🔥 The long-awaited release of NFT gifts has finally happened! Collectibles can now be set as a Telegram profile status and converted into NFTs through the Fragment platform. How the launch went and what challenges users faced — read more in our post.

⚫️ Pavel Durov attended the Tonkeeper Talks event in Paris, and our correspondent had the chance to speak with him personally and ask a few questions. What did the Telegram founder share on stage, and does he follow TON influencer channels? We’ve gathered the key highlights here.

⚫️ Telegram has entered into an exclusive partnership with TON Foundation, making TON Blockchain mandatory for all Mini Apps integrating cryptocurrency. We break down the details of the new agreement.

⚫️ The TGE of the $PX token created a stir in the ecosystem, raising questions again about TON’s ability to handle high loads. Here you can read about $PX and its listing on DeDust.io, and here we explain why issues arose during the token’s airdrop.

⚫️ TON Core developer Anatoly Makosov appeared on the «Should Have Bought It» podcast, where he shared his thoughts on the AI trend. Will AI tokens make their way to TON, and could artificial intelligence start writing smart contracts? Find out in our post.

⚫️ The TON Core team has published its 2025 roadmap, outlining the focus areas for TON developers in the near future. We explain what changes to expect for projects, validators, and users.

⚫️ The results of the first season of the TON Memlandia program were announced, with the meme token Jetty winning the Cabal Arena competition. Shortly after, the JETTON team hosted an AMA session on their channel, sharing their achievements and future plans.

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📒 Solana Bridge and record prize pool: Highlights from the JetTon AMA session

Earlier, we wrote about the live stream with the JETTON team — the creators of the Jetty memecoin, which secured first place in the Cabal Arena competition by the TON Foundation.

🖊 Now, let's delve into the most interesting highlights from the broadcast:

⚫️ This year, a bridge to Solana will be launched. This will allow users purchasing tokens on Solana to seamlessly transition into the Telegram ecosystem, attracting new investors, increasing liquidity, and expanding the audience for the JETTON and TON holders.

⚫️ The JETTON team announced the development of a new game, marking an important step in enhancing the utility of the token. The game will be integrated into the farming bot ecosystem, providing users with more opportunities to earn bonuses in TON and USDt.

⚫️ Furthermore, the game will feature a massive activity with the largest prize pool in the project's history, making it a key element for boosting engagement and the value of the $JETTON token. The game's release is expected soon, with more details to be revealed in future announcements.

⚫️ Plans related to JETTY include burning and boosts in the liquidity pool:

— A complete burn of the remaining JETTY supply, exceeding 200 million tokens, is scheduled for February. This move aims to create scarcity and enhance the value of the remaining tokens in the market.

— Farming rewards in the TON/JETTY pool on DeDust.io are ongoing. The reward pool will be replenished until the end of February, and the current yield already exceeds 130% APR, making farming attractive for participants.

Stay updated by following the official Telegram channel.

🍌 A rocky launch: How did the NFT gifts release go?

⚫️ Recently, Telegram rolled out the long-awaited update that the entire ecosystem had been anticipating since early January: users can now convert unique gifts into NFTs on TON Blockchain. However, despite the release being delayed by several days, it didn’t go off without a hitch.

⚫️ The biggest disappointment for many was the mandatory KYC on Fragment, coupled with the complete lack of a marketplace for trading gifts on the platform. Additionally, developers initially forgot to fund the special account with TON tokens required to pay blockchain fees, causing the minting process to be interrupted a few times.

⚫️ Another major concern is the lack of anonymity: Fragment allows users to access metadata for each unique gift — even if you’ve hidden it in your Telegram profile. This means anyone can uncover details about the sender, recipient, their Telegram IDs, and even the full text of the accompanying message. Planning to send a thoughtful gift to a friend or loved one? Be prepared for nosy data miners to potentially read your private note.

⚫️ On a brighter note, MyTonWallet became the first non-custodial wallet to support the NFT gift format. You can already view fully rendered backgrounds and animations in the NFT tab. We’ve checked — it works flawlessly.

Share your experiences in the comments: how much have you earned from buying and selling gifts, which marketplaces did you use, and did you go through KYC on Fragment?

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