[{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1238,"date":1781283307000,"forwards":"3","views":"484","comments":"1","text":"\ud83c\udf4c<\/b> What\u2019s really going on with the TON rename?<\/b>

\u26ab\ufe0f By the end of June, most of the TON ecosystem is expected to switch to the new GRAM ticker. This is the fourth step of MTONGA, and exchanges are handling the rename alongside ecosystem projects. That is the reason why TON pairs will be temporarily taken off and later brought back under the new name.

\u26ab\ufe0f The move has sparked debate in the community. At first glance, it really does look strange: if this is just a name change, why can\u2019t exchanges simply replace TON with GRAM in the interface? Why delist old pairs, close futures positions, cancel orders, and relaunch trading?

\u26ab\ufe0f The issue is that, on an exchange, a ticker is not just the name shown in a trading pair. It is tied to futures, margin, loans, Earn products, trading bots, deposits, withdrawals, APIs, and internal accounting. That is why transitions like this are usually handled by shutting down the old markets and cancelling open orders.

\u26ab\ufe0f Polygon went through a similar process in 2024, when MATIC was migrated to POL. As with TON, Binance and Bybit also paused<\/a> trading in the old pairs for several days, while OKX chose<\/a> a smoother path: it listed POL first and only removed MATIC afterward. In both cases, the chart history did not carry over.

\u26ab\ufe0f The logic is the same with TON and GRAM. The difference is that this transition will likely have a real market impact. Before GRAM launches, the market will effectively be reset: old orders will be cancelled, some futures positions will be force-closed, and the new pairs will likely open with blank charts. So the next few weeks may end up being more interesting than the rebrand itself.

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1676,"media":{"root":"\/003\/1gQAABfjhmkAAAAAZBppfUDryGM.fhxrG2k1YUmk8JR_qCxqcwI.AmmG4xcAAATWaiw8T2RIlmqErLqfC-BtqLvjp5I","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"RrHkRqsGho7LOu2tRQc4aQ&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"kNzvF0veg0CHo0VAcpYxrQ&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"zjuklOU6Qd86_u1cO6ex_A&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaeS4fAHH0pN8n939KAIzHIekxHHoeec0oSQxMrSYYtkEdhT98n90\/lTZ2dYM9CT1HYUACI4cEyEjJOKKihyk6orEhhzk57UUAXKKKKACgqGGCMiiigBqxJGSVUA0UUUAf\/9k="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1237,"date":1781196007000,"forwards":"5","views":"870","comments":"1","text":"\ud83d\udca1 TON wallets are moving toward a common standard<\/b>

\u26ab\ufe0f Today, Anatoly Makosov, co-founder of The Open Network and a key TON Core developer, published new guidelines<\/a> for wallets, SDKs, and libraries in TON Ecosystem. In short, the goal is to make wallet apps more compatible with each other and prevent user accounts from disappearing during seed phrase import.

\u26ab\ufe0f The issue is not new. In TON, the same seed phrase can correspond to several different wallet contracts: V3R1, V3R2, V4R2, V5R1, and others. As a result, when users import a seed phrase from one app into another, they may end up seeing a different address or only one of the accounts linked to that seed phrase.

\u26ab\ufe0f Developers are now advised to use Wallet V5R1 by default when creating new wallets. When importing an existing seed phrase, wallet apps should show users all related accounts from V3R1 to V5R1, even if some of them have a zero balance.

\u26ab\ufe0f There is also a separate section on seed phrases. Historically, TON wallets have shown users a 24-word recovery phrase when creating a wallet. Now the recommended approach is shifting toward greater compatibility with other blockchains: new wallets are advised to display 12-word phrases by default. The goal is simple \u2014 to reduce confusion during imports and gradually move TON wallets toward a more unified standard.

\u26ab\ufe0f Earlier, the community spotted Gram Wallet \u2014 a standalone TON wallet from the MyTonWallet team. It briefly appeared in the TON Connect list and app stores, then suddenly disappeared. We can cautiously assume that wallet unification and the Gram Wallet release may be part of the same process, with the official launch likely to happen by the end of the third week of June. That is when the transition period for renaming TON to Gram is expected to end.

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1810,"media":{"root":"\/00b\/1QQAABfjhmkAAAAA1ugu3yqV73w","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"xmt06yQAIt7NJR7e1X2wNw&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"S6jja37oPhNQA0kBr7wZQw&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"EzwRVt1iIXd3EKvBl6q5qQ&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdakbzM\/KARSHzPQUARNHIekxHHoeec0oSQxMrSYYtkEdhUg8zPIBHtUN9IY7bOSmSASOwoAeiOHBMhIyTiiqdsRFcxIkjHzM7lJz2NFAGnRRRQAUkiLIpR1DKRyDRRQBHFawwMDHGATxmiiigD\/9k="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1236,"date":1781116807000,"forwards":"5","views":"1.1K","text":"\ud83d\udcc8 TON Connect makes TON easier to use<\/b>

\u26ab\ufe0f Today, TonTech released<\/a> TON Connect v3 \u2014 the wallet connection standard used by apps across TON. The new version makes several important changes to how users interact with dApps.

\u26ab\ufe0f First: embedded requests. A dApp can now bundle wallet connection and an action, such as a swap or an NFT purchase, into a single request. Second: app-side gasless transactions. This will let developers cover gas fees for users, while users themselves can pay with another token \u2014 for example, USDT.

\u26ab\ufe0f In practice, it could work like this: a user opens an NFT marketplace, taps \u201cBuy,\u201d connects their wallet, pays for the NFT in USDT, and does not have to think about where to get TON for gas.

\ud83d\udc80 However, as some community members have pointed out, the shorter the path to a transaction, the more room there is for scams. If wallet connection and the actual action can now be shown almost on the same screen, it becomes easier for an inexperienced user to miss that they are signing the wrong swap, the wrong purchase, or interacting with the wrong app altogether.

\u26ab\ufe0f Looking at the bigger picture, though, this update directly addresses one of the main problems with TON products. If TON wants to become a real payment layer, the user journey has to be as simple as possible. In that sense, TON Connect v3 fits neatly into the narrative of TON as a blockchain for everyday users.

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1424,"media":{"root":"\/00d\/1AQAABfjhmkAAAAATxyys2yOL-I","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"77cXTELlDwYKLvnFvOGM4A&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"lA5ozIKPXgGfxaHBw_nMaQ&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"-Ph4qW0TvWqfKi-G-A9DyA&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdae7OGwBkfSk3SZ6cfSgCMxyHpMRx6HnnNKEkMTK0mGLZBHYVLiT1X8qr37vHaMQ4UkgbhngUASIjhwTISMk4oqnBmG9jiSVmWQEkMc+tFAGnRRRQAUkiLIpR1DKRyDRRQBHDawQMTFGFJ4zRRRQB\/\/9k="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1235,"date":1781015638000,"forwards":"5","views":"1.3K","text":"\ud83d\udca1 How far is TON from Solana?<\/b>

\u26ab\ufe0f Amid Toncoin\u2019s renaming to Gram, the same old story has resurfaced on English-language X: TON is supposedly about to overtake Solana. In reality, the narrative seems to have less to do with TON\u2019s growth and more with SOL\u2019s weakness in recent months \u2014 plus the usual habit of X influencers living in their own bubble. So today, let\u2019s see how this new narrative holds up against reality.

\u26ab\ufe0f Let\u2019s start with the basics: TON is currently ranked 19th on CoinMarketCap, with a market cap of around $4.6 billion. Solana is 7th, at roughly $38.2 billion. The gap is large, but not impossible to imagine closing: TON has made it into the top 10 before, though for a short moment.

\u26ab\ufe0f But once you look at actual network usage, things get much less comfortable. Over the past 24 hours, TON DEXs have processed<\/a> around $5 million in trading volume, while Solana DEXs have handled<\/a> around $50 billion. Just think about that: the difference is not several times, but roughly ten thousand times. And while Solana sees tens of millions of daily transactions, TON only has a few tens of thousands.

\u26ab\ufe0f To make it even clearer: a memecoin launched<\/a> on Solana just a few days ago has already generated more trading volume today than the entire TON DeFi ecosystem combined.

\u26ab\ufe0f So yes, TON is still very, very far from Solana. And English-language X needs to step out of the bubble: TON is not flipping Solana anytime soon. But since the network has already built decent developer infrastructure over the years, Telegram, as its new driving force, should finally focus on what TON has been missing for a long time: promotion. That is exactly what we hope to see in the next steps of MTONGA.

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1719,"media":{"root":"\/012\/0wQAABfjhmkAAAAAZv4RMFCQSnM","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"4CmBtwhNIUAyRM14u4wNqA&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"VhN0WF86K72NLi9xg8o6DA&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"Hz8UlVmiPLcrXY0zeZnd5A&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaezOGIA4+lKN5GeB+FAEJjkPSYjj0PPOaUJIYmVpMMWyCOwqYB88lcfSorybyIC+D1xxQAIjhwTISMk4oqCKfberByQwzRQBeooooAKR1V12uoZT1BoooAakESPuVAG6Z70UUUAf\/2Q=="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1234,"date":1780926602000,"forwards":"6","views":"1.4K","comments":"1","text":"\ud83d\udca1 How many of us are really in TON?<\/b>

\u26ab\ufe0f Today at 16:00 UTC, voting on the proposal<\/a> to rename Toncoin to Gram will end. Technically, the vote is still ongoing, but the result already looks almost certain: Pavel Durov announced<\/a> Gram\u2019s return before voting even began, and the \u201cyes\u201d option currently controls around 80% of the voting power.

\u26ab\ufe0f At the time of publication, around 5.2 thousand unique wallets had taken part in the vote. For a decision that changes the name of TON\u2019s native coin and has been referenced by nearly every major project in the ecosystem, that number looks surprisingly modest.

\u26ab\ufe0f Gram was originally envisioned as a currency for hundreds of millions of Telegram users. Later, TON Foundation picked up a similar narrative, presenting the network as a blockchain with access to Telegram\u2019s billion-user audience. But today, Gram\u2019s return is being met not by millions, or even tens of thousands, but by just a few thousand wallets voting on a historic event for the entire ecosystem.

\u26ab\ufe0f Of course, TON has managed to build full-fledged infrastructure over the years. But the story of mass onboarding Telegram\u2019s audience into the blockchain has still not materialized. So we want to believe that Gram is coming back not just as an old name, but as an attempt to restart the original idea. For now, we can already congratulate the community in advance on the ticker\u2019s rename to Gram.

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1419,"media":{"root":"\/002\/0gQAABfjhmkAAAAA-jYnqWOUc98","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"Pk7SWaRiTntFb6yOn5N0fQ&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"C9fH3_Vk8QtRpRz6oEU8mg&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"0Hk0q763OPB4cVzPFhJ7iw&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaexcMQBx9KTdJ3Hf0\/wDr0ARmOQ9JiOPQ885pQkhiZWkwxbII7CpgH4zjFV9Rd47QmMkEkDPpQA9EcOCZCRknFFULJ5FvI0Eu9WHI\/CigDWooooAKSRVddrqGU9QaKKAGR20MLZjQA9M0UUUAf\/\/Z"}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1233,"date":1780685741000,"forwards":"14","views":"2.7K","comments":"1","text":"\ud83c\udf4c<\/b> JUST IN: Signs of a new TON treasury project have surfaced<\/b>

Rivol Research has spotted<\/a> signs of a potential TON Treasury on NASDAQ \u2014 Tonmate.

TON already has a public treasury vehicle: TON Strategy, traded under the TONX ticker. Judging by its description, the new project appears to be targeting a similar role, but with a different angle: it presents itself as TON Foundation-aligned and highlights backing from the UAE.

However, as the author of the research notes, it is still too early to call this a launch: there is no trading, no ticker, and no SEC filings yet.

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":588},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1232,"date":1780669501000,"forwards":"5","views":"1.7K","comments":"6","text":"\ud83d\udca1 Who is still at TON Foundation?<\/b>

\u26ab\ufe0f Since the launch of MTONGA, the TON ecosystem has been undergoing a fairly noticeable restructuring. It began with the closure of international TON Hubs, with the first cuts affecting regional teams responsible for local communities. At the end of May, we wrote about<\/a> the departures of Dima and Viktor, who were involved in the CIS and Global teams. Now the changes appear to have reached the U.S. Hub as well \u2014 its lead, Angela, has removed<\/a> TON Foundation from her current position on X.

\u26ab\ufe0f At the same time, the restructuring has started affecting not only people, but products as well. Yesterday, for example, TON ID<\/a> was discontinued. It served as a digital identity layer for the TON ecosystem, allowing users to collect SBTs and verify participation in various activities. But while TON Foundation's public-facing and community operations seem to be gradually winding down, its management layer appears to remain intact.

\u26ab\ufe0f Publicly available information suggests that part of the team is still connected to TON Foundation. For example, Inal Kardanov, the Foundation's former GameFi Lead, appears in one of the sections of the updated ton.org<\/a> website: the link to the Dev Channels<\/a> folder was created from his account.

\u26ab\ufe0f The same list likely includes Anthony Tsivarev and Martin Masser \u2014 VP of Ecosystem Growth and Head of Growth, respectively. Their public activity has noticeably slowed over the past month, but both still list TON Foundation in their profiles.

\u26ab\ufe0f Then there is Andrey Rogozov \u2014 CEO of TOP.co<\/a> and a member of TON Foundation. He continues to write about<\/a> TOP's portfolio companies and may well play a prominent role in TON's post-MTONGA structure.

\u26ab\ufe0f For now, it appears that the restructuring has had the greatest impact on those who worked directly with the community \u2014 regional hubs and local leads in particular. The leadership layer of the ecosystem, however, does not seem to have disappeared. Instead, it appears to be reorganizing into a new form. The only question is what that form will ultimately look like. Hopefully, the next three MTONGA steps will provide a clearer answer.

That said, the biggest mystery is still unsolved: who\u2019s actually running Telegram\u2019s X account these days<\/i>?

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":2275,"media":{"root":"\/00c\/0AQAABfjhmkAAAAA-RYJU0URlp0","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"E3_l9yE9J6Uhj-YwB1SboQ&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"WGUbSluiV-8hFJnqxFn9oQ&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"6HVCXqbzsbGp0o2bSpsGqg&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaexcMcDI+lIGcnG39KAIzHIekxHHoeec0oSQxMrSYYtkEdhUwD55Ix9KZcsUhyMjnGR2oAaiOHBMhIyTiioocpOqKxIYc5Oe1FAFyiiigAoKhhgjIoooAasSRklVANFFFAH\/\/2Q=="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1231,"date":1780595701000,"forwards":"6","views":"1.6K","comments":"1","text":"\ud83e\ude99<\/b> Why does TON need AI agents?<\/b>

\u26ab\ufe0f At the end of last year, we wrote about TON\u2019s updated documentation<\/a>. An AI chat assistant was added to docs.ton.org<\/a>, allowing users to ask questions about the documentation directly. It was a relatively minor change, but a useful one for developers: if you cannot find the page you need, just ask the bot. It was especially helpful for newcomers just getting started with the ecosystem.

\u26ab\ufe0f Now AI in TON is gradually moving beyond documentation. This spring, the ecosystem got its own MCP<\/a> \u2014 a toolkit that allows AI agents to interact with the blockchain: making transactions and swaps, managing .ton domains, and working with NFTs.

\u26ab\ufe0f The first products have already started to appear. One of the early movers was Teleton<\/a>, which lets users turn a Telegram account or bot into an autonomous agent \u2014 essentially something like OpenClaw, but with access to Telegram and the TON ecosystem. MyTonWallet took a more user-facing approach and embedded an agent<\/a> directly into the wallet. There, it helps users send coins, swap tokens, stake assets, and make sense of their portfolios.

\ud83d\udd8a Which naturally raises the question: why do we need this if most of these features already exist in the interface? You can check your balance, tap Swap, or open a token page without AI.

\u26ab\ufe0f In our view, the more interesting use cases begin where a traditional interface starts to fall short. For example, an agent could explain to a newcomer why a swap went through at a different price than expected, what slippage is, or how staking differs from lending. For more advanced users, it could become a powerful trading tool: gathering information from multiple sources \u2014 Telegram channels, group chats, analytics platforms, and more \u2014 before deciding whether to swap one token for another.

\u26ab\ufe0f And since we\u2019re talking about TON, the blockchain could probably use tools capable of surviving an encounter with Telegram\u2019s billion users. After all, explaining the network\u2019s quirks to all of them manually sounds like quite the staffing problem, doesn\u2019t it?

Have you already tried Teleton or the AI agent in MyTonWallet?
<\/i>
@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":2147,"media":{"root":"\/013\/zwQAABfjhmkAAAAADP_X7boNEA4","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"TB5pvnnfaSPxBKGykrwPXw&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"hCsKTeVWCPhQ6sIXBHjsJw&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"r8ywHTaRRusaak4wKfw1AQ&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaexcOQBkfSlG8jPA+ooAhMch6TEceh55zShJDEytJhi2QR2FTYf1X8qHysTEcsASPrQBEiOHBMhIyTiiktJHdWV+SuPm9aKALFFFFABS0UUANVQuQoAHXiiiigD\/\/2Q=="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1230,"date":1780503001000,"forwards":"8","views":"2.8K","text":"\ud83d\udc24<\/b> How TON is getting ready for heavier loads<\/b>

\u26ab\ufe0f In just an hour, the network will begin voting on a new set of validator upgrades. Ahead of the vote, Dr. Awesome Doge published<\/a> a detailed breakdown of what is changing \u2014 so we\u2019ll recap the key points.

\u26ab\ufe0f If April\u2019s upgrade was about making transactions faster, June\u2019s is about something less exciting but no less important: keeping the network stable under heavy load.

\u26ab\ufe0f TON plans to create a dedicated lane for validators to exchange block drafts. Right now, that traffic shares the same route as regular transactions. During sharp spikes in activity, this can hurt network performance \u2014 as already happened during the Hamster Kombat and DOGS listings.

\u26ab\ufe0f The same vote also includes other items: staking changes for validators and the gradual shutdown of TON Bridge, which we recently covered<\/a> separately. Voting progress can be tracked here<\/a>, and the original code for the changes is available<\/a> on GitHub.

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":975,"media":{"root":"\/001\/zgQAABfjhmkAAAAAmeVq8b3-tLc","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"17RjD3ggYTRsEmKTgTwsyg&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"toY42QRRPqOGe5YWslhJpA&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"KUvQXxKA_oBembQGOK7WPw&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaezOGIAyPpSFn5+X9KAIzHIekxHHoeec0oSQxMrSYYtkEdhTwz55U4+lNnciEkBl5AzQAIjhwTISMk4oqKHKTqisSGHOTntRQBcooooAKCoYYIyKKKAGrEkZJVQDRRRQB\/9k="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1229,"date":1780408861000,"forwards":"6","views":"1.7K","text":"\ud83c\udfc6<\/b> Mischief managed!<\/b>

\u26ab\ufe0f Much of TON\u2019s modern success story was built around selling one idea: that one day, the blockchain would find its way back to Telegram and become a core part of the messenger. Yesterday, that story seemed to reach the conclusion: Pavel Durov announced<\/a> that TON\u2019s native coin is returning to its roots and will soon become Gram.

\u26ab\ufe0f If someone had told us in 2020 that Toncoin would eventually become Gram after all, we would have been genuinely surprised. Back then, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission effectively blocked the launch of Telegram\u2019s cryptocurrency, while Durov publicly announced<\/a> that Telegram\u2019s active involvement in TON was over. After several years of development, the second-largest ICO in history, and big promises about a blockchain inside the messenger, Telegram had to act as if the story was finished. But as we can now see, this idea was simply too big to fail \u2014 and too big to disappear.

\u26ab\ufe0f Even within the community, not everyone believed that \u201cthe original TON\u201d had a major future ahead of it. Fedor Skuratov \u2014 formerly Community Manager at TON Labs, and someone we once interviewed in Russian, so definitely check it out<\/a> \u2014 put it<\/a> rather bluntly back in 2021 (in Russian):
\u201cSupport for \u2018that same TON\u2019 is being carried out by a handful of enthusiasts. If there is any support from the Telegram team, it is either moral support, or they stopped working at Telegram yesterday (sarcasm). [\u2026] So there is no point in \u2018working on\u2019 this old TON, because there is almost nothing to do there except code. And even if there is, you will never get anything for it.\u201d Translated<\/blockquote>\u26ab\ufe0f Then the story began to change. At first, the network really was kept alive by enthusiasts who were simply working with Durov\u2019s technology. But by the end of 2021, the first familiar names from the old VK space started entering the empty ecosystem. Oleg Andreev and Oleg Illarionov \u2014 two of VK\u2019s earliest employees \u2014 launched Tonkeeper and ton.app<\/a>. Looking back now, it is hard not to notice which way the wind was blowing.

\u26ab\ufe0f Then came the story we already know: the transfer of the original domain, TON Foundation, NFT marketplaces, DeFi, hackathons, Fragment, anonymous numbers, Telegram Gifts, and the blockchain\u2019s return into the messenger. And now Toncoin is getting the name Gram. In the end, TON spent several years taking the long way around \u2014 only to return almost exactly to the point where everything once broke off.

\u26ab\ufe0f There are still plenty of blind spots in this story. It is unclear why Telegram decided to take TON under its wing now, of all times. The old restrictions following the SEC case expired back in June 2023. The political climate in the United States, which has always had a strong influence on crypto adoption, did not change overnight either. Perhaps we will learn the details behind this decision later. Or perhaps, as often happens with TON, much of it will remain between the lines.

\u26ab\ufe0f English has a useful word: hindsight<\/i>. It describes the way events can look obvious after the fact, even though they felt chaotic and unclear in the moment. It fits TON\u2019s story almost perfectly. What once looked like a string of coincidences has now come together into one clear line.

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":3254,"media":{"root":"\/012\/zQQAABfjhmkAAAAAZv4RMFCQSnM","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"e0tRu1GhNoaUseHtvT-HzA&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"hhAF1j53X2qTNEgpVeK2bQ&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"ikeeNJui2A3IV6jWt0OK0A&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdalIfJwVx7ijD+q\/lQBAY5D0mI49DzzmlCSGJlaTDFsgjsKlAk7lahv3MdtkMVywBYdhQA5EcOCZCRknFFU7YiK5iRJGPmZ3KTnsaKANOiiigApJEWRSjqGUjkGiigCOK1hgYGOMAnjNFFFAH\/2Q=="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1228,"date":1780059601000,"forwards":"13","views":"2.5K","comments":"3","text":"\ud83d\udc41 How is Telegram losing in the attention economy?
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\u26ab\ufe0f Telegram has a recurring pattern: once the team picks up a new narrative, it spends some time shaping development around it. That was the case with Fragment, Mini Apps, Telegram Gifts, and now AI agents and TON.

\u26ab\ufe0f Telegram rarely creates a new narrative from scratch. More often, the market brings it one that is already almost fully formed. Gifts unexpectedly took off, clicker apps powered the Mini Apps wave, and AI agents simply fit well into the existing bot platform. Telegram is usually quick to catch these waves, but once the interest fades, previous directions start living on residual attention.

\u26ab\ufe0f The most recent example is Telegram Gifts<\/a>. While the market was actively reacting to new collections, Telegram kept giving it reasons to talk. But once the interest cooled down, new collectible gifts stopped coming out, and some older collections have still not received upgrades for 15 months.

\u26ab\ufe0f The situation with Mini Apps is similar, although slightly more predictable. As long as the market was driven by clickers and expectations of major airdrops, Telegram was actively improving the platform. Once the hype ended, attention shifted elsewhere. For Telegram, this is a normal response to demand. But for developers, that logic is painful: they build projects for longer than a narrative stays alive.

\u26ab\ufe0f The story with AI agents follows the same pattern. Telegram happened to be in the right place at the right time: it already had a bot platform, while AI services needed a convenient interface for interacting with their products. No wonder the latest messenger updates increasingly look like improvements tailored to this scenario. The same Markdown formatting support<\/a> expected in the next update fits neatly into that logic.

\u26ab\ufe0f But this, in our view, is where the risk for TON begins. Telegram now has two major narratives competing for attention. AI agents are moving fast: new features are being rolled out for them, while Telegram is actively shitposting<\/a> on X to attract a Western audience. Meanwhile, the next MTONGA step has already missed the initially announced timeline.

\u26ab\ufe0f Telegram is good at catching new waves. But TON is not Gifts and not clickers. It cannot be developed through short bursts of attention: it requires long-term focus. Otherwise, MTONGA risks becoming yet another narrative that started brightly, but quickly moved into the background.

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":2461,"media":{"root":"\/00b\/zAQAABfjhmkAAAAA1ugu3yqV73w","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"Bi1LHBqDAivlAdhuc78gJQ&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"Qm2T4-oSmanYSyOm7DX03Q&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"3K-q0Wl2RAmto5fIyvVoJQ&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdakbzMnaBj\/PvSEydlHX\/PegCIxyHpMRx6HnnNKEkMTK0mGLZBHYU\/M390fl\/9eo7ySSO3yuNxYDPoKAHIjhwTISMk4oqlYidZwcnymzkE5ooA1KKKKACkZQy7WAIPY0UUAIsaR\/cUCiiigD\/\/2Q=="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1227,"date":1779906617000,"forwards":"4","views":"2.3K","text":"\ud83d\udc80<\/b> How does the TON Bridge era come to an end?
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\u26ab\ufe0f A few days ago, TON Core announced<\/a> the final stage of the token bridge shutdown. Users were asked to withdraw their wrapped assets by September 1, 2026: after that date, the bridge will stop processing transfers.

\u26ab\ufe0f At one point, this bridge was one of the first attempts to connect TON with the broader crypto market. Back in 2021, the NewTON team \u2014 which later became TON Foundation \u2014 introduced<\/a> the TON-ETH Bridge. At the time, it served a very practical purpose: it helped move Toncoin to other networks to access more mature DeFi markets.

\u26ab\ufe0f The bridge continued to evolve. In April 2023, TON added support<\/a> for transferring tokens from Ethereum into TON, including USDT, USDC, DAI, and WBTC. That is how jUSDT and other wrapped assets appeared on the network. For early DeFi on TON, this was a noticeable step: native USDT was still almost a year away, while the ecosystem already needed stablecoins.

\u2b50\ufe0f By the way, we covered<\/a> the bridge back in its testnet days \u2014 in 2022, we tried bringing wrapped USDT into TON together with you and even published a short guide for our readers.

\u26ab\ufe0f Then the context changed. In April 2024, native USDT on TON was announced<\/a> at TOKEN2049. After that, the rationale for wrapped stablecoins gradually started to fade: once the network had real USDT issued by Tether, holding jUSDT through an old bridge became less convenient and less necessary.

\u26ab\ufe0f That is why the bridge shutdown looks like a natural end to an older phase. It was useful while TON lacked direct integrations. Now, its main job has largely been done.

\u26ab\ufe0f So if you still have Wrapped Toncoin, jUSDT, jUSDC, jDAI, jWBTC, or any other j-tokens sitting somewhere, it is better not to postpone: they need to be withdrawn through bridge-v3.ton.org<\/a> before September 1, 2026.

The time of TON\u2019s old bridges is coming to an end.
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@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1894,"media":{"root":"\/00b\/ywQAABfjhmkAAAAA1ugu3yqV73w","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"ysP2_AMjp3kdx3NmXZ1TwA&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"98gVwvp7y6F5Dm86lO1q1A&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"TYDlOncbemKNtdXPAUuH_A&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdakbzN3AGP8+9JmXH3R\/n8aAIjHIekxHHoeec0oSQxMrSYYtkEdhUo8wnsPfH\/ANencgDPJ9qAIURw4JkJGScUVIrFiD\/CaKAH0UUUAFBAYEEcUUUANSNIlCoMAdqKKKAP\/9k="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1226,"date":1779819301000,"forwards":"8","views":"2.3K","text":"\ud83d\udce1<\/b> Key dates in TON\u2019s history<\/b>

\u26ab\ufe0f Today, many channels are congratulating TON on its fifth anniversary. Formally, the reason is clear: on May 26, 2021, the community voted to rename<\/a> testnet2 into mainnet, and this date is often referred to as the birthday of today\u2019s TON.

\u26ab\ufe0f But there is a nuance here. This date is more symbolic than technical. The network itself appeared much earlier, and TON\u2019s history actually began even before the blockchain had its first block.

\u26ab\ufe0f For example, Nikolai Durov\u2019s first document describing Telegram Open Network is dated<\/a> December 3, 2017. That could be seen as the moment TON first appeared as an idea and architecture on paper. Still, a whitepaper is not yet a network.

\u26ab\ufe0f If we look specifically at the blockchain, it makes more sense to start with testnet2. According to the explorer, the first block of that network was generated<\/a> on November 15, 2019, at 12:53 UTC. Later, testnet2 \u2014 the network that survived Telegram\u2019s exit from the project and was relaunched by the community \u2014 became what we now know as The Open Network.

\u26ab\ufe0f So May 26 is a good date for a celebration: on that day, TON received mainnet status and finally came to be seen as an independent blockchain. But if we are talking about the \u201cbirth\u201d of the network itself, November 15, 2019 feels closer to the truth.

\u26ab\ufe0f So today, we can congratulate TON on an important milestone. But the real big birthday, it seems, will come in fall: on November 15, the blockchain will already turn seven.

\u26ab\ufe0f Perhaps Pavel Durov also sees this date as somewhat conditional \u2014 otherwise, we probably would have seen a birthday message by now.

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":1651,"media":{"root":"\/003\/ygQAABfjhmkAAAAAZBppfUDryGM","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"Jen7iOIe5UBsYmxGaSfdfA&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"pZHHChq8CcitgEsWPjk-MQ&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"pllM9CLfHn53PVeUlmdUXw&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdaezOGIAyPpQvmEZ+UfhQBEY5D0mI49DzzmlCSGJlaTDFsgjsKmAfPJXH0plyxSHIyOcZHagBqI4cEyEjJOKKihyk6orEhhzk57UUAXKKKKACgqGGCMiiigBqxJGSVUA0UUUAf\/9k="}}}}},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1225,"date":1779730817000,"forwards":"7","views":"2.1K","comments":"3","text":"\ud83c\udf4c JUST IN: TON <\/b>gets<\/a> an updated developer portal
<\/b>
A separate dashboard for TON builders has launched on builders.ton.org<\/a>. It brings together tools for development and analytics in one place.","text_length":190},{"channel_id":1770447639,"post_id":1224,"date":1779723301000,"forwards":"4","views":"2.4K","text":"\u2764\ufe0f What could Telegram give TON as a birthday gift?
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\u26ab\ufe0f Tomorrow, TON Blockchain turns<\/a> five. On May 26, 2021, the \u201ccommunity\u201d voted to rename testnet2 into mainnet, and shortly afterward, NewTON became TON Foundation.

\u26ab\ufe0f Birthdays are usually about gifts, so we decided to think on Telegram\u2019s behalf: what could it give to its own blockchain?

\u26ab\ufe0f Obviously, there are many ways TON could be integrated deeper into Telegram. But there is also a limitation: things like this always come with legal risks. Otherwise, it is hard to explain why Telegram is still mostly built around Stars internally, rather than Toncoin.

\u26ab\ufe0f The first possible gift is TON payments through the Bot API. Right now, bot developers can accept payments in Telegram Stars through the standard Telegram Payments<\/a> mechanism. A logical next step would be the ability to issue invoices directly in Toncoin: the user pays for a purchase from their internal TON balance, while the bot receives payment confirmation without unnecessary intermediaries.

\u26ab\ufe0f Especially since the first step in this direction has already been made. Telegram already has<\/a> an internal TON balance. Of course, it is not a full-fledged wallet, but rather just an option for paying for Telegram Gifts. Still, the foundation for future integration is already there.

\u26ab\ufe0f The second option is paid MTProto proxies. Telegram has long had its own protocol for bypassing blocks, but proxy monetization has never been particularly elegant: once a user has a link, they can share it with anyone. In theory, TON could help turn this into a proper marketplace where users pay for traffic and proxy owners receive rewards.

\u26ab\ufe0f TON Payments could be especially relevant here. If the technology really enables very fast and low-cost transfers<\/a>, it would be a good fit for small recurring payments \u2014 for example, proxy traffic. A user tops up a deposit, connects to a node, and then micropayments are charged invisibly in the background, with billing possible even per byte.

\u26ab\ufe0f Of course, all of this is still speculation. We do not know what Telegram can afford to do legally, and what will remain a beautiful idea on paper. But if we are talking specifically about a gift for TON, what it needs most right now is not congratulations, but a new pump<\/s> new usage scenarios inside Telegram.

\ud83d\udd25 Although, to be honest, attention would also be enough. So, Pavel Durov, even a simple announcement of the next MTONGA step on TON\u2019s birthday would work for us.

\ud83d\udd8a<\/i> Do you have any ideas on how Telegram could integrate TON even deeper?<\/i>

@thedailyton<\/a>","text_length":2568,"media":{"root":"\/001\/yAQAABfjhmkAAAAAmeVq8b3-tLc","photo":{"thumbs":{"m":{"w":320,"h":157,"hash":"yviRXmo4imztiIbVCZA0YA&ts=1781391458"},"x":{"w":800,"h":393,"hash":"cs8wmQ9d93Xeoot4L4-Z_A&ts=1781391458"},"y":{"w":1280,"h":629,"hash":"Aju1b4aRpjvwYEZqyRm24A&ts=1781391458"},"i":{"bytes":"AUACg|DQaNy5IlIG4HHt6UFH8pV807gclsdakbzATtAI\/wA+9JmTP3R\/n8aAIjHIekxHHoeec0oSQxMrSYYtkEdhUmZc\/dGP8+9JNI0MDOcEj0oAaiOHBMhIyTiiorW786YpjtmigC5RRRQAUMAy4IyD2NFFADEijjOURVJ9BRRRQB\/\/2Q=="}}}}}]