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what's ton?

The Open Network (TON), originally developed by Telegram and now community-driven, is a scalable layer-1 blockchain integrated with Telegram. It supports DeFi, NFTs, and smart contracts via FunC, powering TON Wallet, swaps, NFT stickers, and Toncoin payments. TON delivers mini-apps and games, enabling seamless Web3 access for mainstream users.

Snapshot

TON hosts Hong Kong event Feb 9, 2026, on crypto payments and Web3 on-chain assets.

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2D ago
FINANCIAL EVENT

Added BTC, ETH, USDT to Telegram wallet's Earn feature, offering up to 4% APY on TON deposits.

3D ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosted a VIP dinner event with Introduction and Web3Arcadia, featuring attendees from major crypto organizations including Kraken, LayerZero, Sui, Arrington Capital, Messari, OP Labs, Stellar, ZKsync, Canary Capital, Algorand Foundation, Circle, and Aleo.

1W ago
MARKET ACTIVITY

A lending program launched on TON offering up to $10 million in capital for loans collateralized by Telegram digital collectibles, with loan sizes ranging from $2,000 to $150,000 depending on collectible type, minimum $10,000 loan amount for 1-month terms at 6% interest.

TECH EVENT

AppKit alpha version is live, a development kit designed to accelerate building applications on TON.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated Moongate with TON Pay for NFT ticket payments, supporting TON and USDT for Gateway 2026 event tickets in a unified checkout.

OPINION SPECULATION

Listed among top big cap gainers with a +7.03% price increase over a one-week period ending on 2026-02-18, also appearing on February 23, 2026.

RISK ALERT

Experienced 2 network outages in the past five years.

WHALE ACTIVITY

A whale spent $750,000 to purchase 57 Plush Pepes Telegram Gift NFTs on TON.

PARTNERSHIP

Partners with Banxa and OSL for stablecoin payment infrastructure for Asia-Pacific merchants and SMEs.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Plush Pepe NFT collection on TON achieved +21.5% performance over 30 days with a supply of 2,861 items, being the only collection in positive territory among top 10 NFT collections tracked.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Sponsors WalletCon conference scheduled for March 31, 2026 in Cannes.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

Unlocks $53.27M worth of tokens on 2026-02-21.

WHALE ACTIVITY

TON Strategy holds a position that is down 60% with unrealized losses of $431M.

2W ago
ONCHAIN METRICS

Generated $41M in revenue during January 2026.

PARTNERSHIP

MoonPay integrated support for crypto deposits in TON wallet on Telegram.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Mentioned alongside Tempo as a platform for building IRL payment-related products, with predictions that one or two unicorns will emerge running on top of these platforms.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Completed a hackathon in collaboration with AWS, with winners announced on February 10, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Listed as a perpetual futures contract on Kraken Futures, now available for EEA traders.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Listed as a member of the Blockchain Payments Consortium alongside Fireblocks, Polygon, and Solana in a comment letter to the FED regarding skinny master accounts, where the consortium stated this model would eliminate anti-competitive practices in payment systems.

TECH EVENT

Launched TON Pay SDK, a payments SDK enabling merchants and developers to accept crypto payments across TON apps, initially supporting Telegram Mini Apps.

MARKET ACTIVITY

Sold Telegram username "danbao" for 1,583,948 TON ($2.2 million) on Fragment marketplace on February 7th, 2026.

MARKET ACTIVITY

The Telegram username "xinqun" sold for 300,000 TON (approximately $379,000) on the Fragment marketplace on February 8th, 2026.

3W ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosts TON Event in Hong Kong on February 9, 2026, focused on crypto payments and on-chain assets for Web3 applications.

1M ago
VISIBILITY EVENT

Hosts Gateway 2026 event May 1, 2026 in Dubai, with early bird tickets at $189 and general admission at $249, accepting Rubles, Euro, or USDT.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Featured in a community guide by STON.fi demonstrating how to build applications using Privy integration, covering wallet login and transaction functionality on the TON blockchain.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Achieved $3 million in NFT trading volume on January 18, 2026, ranking first among all blockchains.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Participated in Ignyte_AE Demo Day at Dubai's Museum of the Future, where 5 teams presented projects being built on TON Blockchain, with Dhahaby, TeleGift, and Tonsurance announced as the top 3 winners.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Head of Growth at TON Foundation will speak at WSB Live conference in Miami on January 28-30, 2026, discussing how Web3 products are scaling inside Telegram and across the TON ecosystem.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Atomic Wallet, enabling users to buy, swap, send, and store TON in a non-custodial wallet with over 15 million users.

TOKEN ECONOMICS

dumped 10% of the supply on retail

OPINION SPECULATION

Launched a massive incentives campaign 1.5 years ago (approximately July 2024) that resulted in short-term TVL increase but no sustained ecosystem growth.

TEAM UPDATE

Hiring Lead Technical Writer for a full-time remote position through the TON Foundation.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Reached over 100 million activated users on TON Wallet in 2024.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Processed 839 million transactions in 2025 with an average fee of $0.009.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Kiln and Copper for institutional staking services in 2025.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Zodia Custody and Crypto.com for regulated custody of Toncoin and Jettons in 2025.

2M ago
TOKEN ECONOMICS

scheduled token unlock of $58.91M on January 22nd, 2025

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated Ethena's yield-bearing synthetic dollars (USDe and tsUSDe) into the TON ecosystem in 2025.

TECH EVENT

Implements NFT 2.0 with enforced creator royalties through TEP-62, TEP-64, and TEP-66 technical standards.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated with Maya Protocol inside Unstoppable Wallet and on their STO trading interface

PARTNERSHIP

Integrating with WalletConnect to enable wallet connectivity, including support from wallets like SafePal and institutional access via Fireblocks.

PARTNERSHIP

Integrated private TON payment functionality on HoudiniSwap, enabling users to request TON payments from over 120 chains while keeping wallet addresses hidden.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Launches interview series "OFF Script With TON" featuring Web3 industry experts, with the first episode premiering on 2026-01-13.

ONCHAIN METRICS

Recorded $500.6M in stablecoin supply inflows over a 24-hour period, leading all blockchains in stablecoin supply changes.

VISIBILITY EVENT

Received the "Best Ecosystem Program for Developers" award at the BeInCrypto 100 Awards in December 2025.

TECH EVENT

Integrated xStocks (tokenized real-world equities) on TON blockchain, powered by BackedFi and supported by Kraken, now available in TON Wallet, Tonkeeper, and MyTonWallet.

MARKET ACTIVITY

EVAA token trading begins on Kraken on December 17, 2025 at 11:00 UTC, with EVAA powering a lending and borrowing protocol on TON.

TECH EVENT

Got its first fully on-chain DAO through STON.fi, where users stake STON to receive ARKENSTON voting tokens and participate in on-chain governance with proposals, votes, and results all recorded on TON.

PARTNERSHIP

Partnered with OpenPayd to power global fiat infrastructure enabling faster grant funding, multi-currency treasury operations, and global payment rails through a single API.

USDT becomes available on TON blockchain through ZenGo wallet integration.

Akash announces TON is not under consideration for their chain migration as they evaluate major blockchain alternatives.

Telegram Wallet enables access to tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs for eligible regions with exposure to hundreds of millions of monthly active users. Daily transactions and TVL reach 2025 highs while the ecosystem expands to thousands of mini-apps.

TON ranks 11th among blockchain ecosystems by mindshare in 2025 with 1.23%, placing behind major competitors in market attention metrics.

TON shows -74% price decline for the year, placing it among the worst performers compared to major cryptocurrencies including BTC (-9.99%), ETH (-20%), and SOL (-41%).

Weekly metrics show 4.2M transactions (+5.3% growth), 11% increase in active users, and 611K unique wallets on the network.

SIXR_cricket integrates TON blockchain to bring cricket onchain through a sportsFI platform.

A travel booking service accepts USDT payments on TON network for flight purchases, expanding payment adoption beyond the project's NFT and gaming ecosystem focus.

Plush Pepe NFT Gift sells for 36,969 TON (~$60,000) on Telegram's official NFT platform, which has over 500k active traders.

Ranks among top-performing cryptocurrencies in the base layer and smart contract platform narrative on February 13, 2026.

Telegram adds upgrade to NFT Gifts platform enabling direct offers with TON and Telegram stars from collector profiles, supporting a collection with 2.2M holders and $300M volume.

Cool Cats launches NFT sticker drop on Telegram with 888 packs priced at 3 TON and 4-hour availability window. Azuki & Gamee's official game on TON reaches almost 200k users in under a month.

Confidential Layer privacy bridge records over $27M in volume since launch and integrates with Bitcoin.com wallet to bring tens of millions of users to the privacy bridge solution, plus partners with FUSD privacy stablecoin as a bridge to ETH.

Confidential Layer launches $CLONE token and goes live as a privacy bridge connecting TON alongside Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Base, and BNB Chain to privacy chains.

Everclear adds support for TAC, which brings EVM-compatible DeFi to TON blockchain and enables major protocols like Morpho to access crosschain rebalancing functionality.

TON features in at least two institutional ETFs including CoinShares Altcoins ETF (DIME, U.S.).

Fragment NFT marketplace generates higher 24-hour revenue than Hyperliquid exchange according to DefiLlama data.

Telegram's Crypto Wallet adds ADI token trading with TON and USDT pairs, connecting TON to ADI Chain, an Abu Dhabi government-focused blockchain platform building infrastructure for UAE dirham-backed stablecoins.

TON raises $400M in a fundraising round, ranking among the largest crypto funding events in 2025.

Telegram's Crypto Wallet receives licensed cryptocurrency service provider status in Uzbekistan, opening access to 33.5 million users with support for TON and local bank card deposits/withdrawals through Asterium partnership.

60,000 people access UFC collectible gifts on Telegram with $100,000 in giveaways redeemed within minutes, secondary TON marketplace enables direct bidding and buying of the collectibles.

Abu Dhabi's ADGM officially recognizes Tether's USDT for regulated multi-chain use including TON, TRON, Polkadot, and Near.

Telegram's Cocoon Launch enables GPU owners to rent computation for Toncoin rewards, triggering a 70% price jump in DeepSnitchAI, an AI-powered tool for rug detection and whale tracking.

Telegram's Cocoon brings private AI compute to TON blockchain, expanding ecosystem capabilities into AI infrastructure.

BAYC Telegram stickers free mint available for BAYC, MAYC, and sticker holders trades at 15+ TON ($25), with claim deadline today at 11:59PM Pacific Time.

TON receives Chainlink standard integration this week alongside 11 other blockchain networks as part of 12 integrations across 6 services.

SportsFi platform SIXR_cricket powered by TON and Bongo's 394M users sells out first drop with cricket celebrities Gayle, KL Rahul, Afridi, and Eoin Morgan participating, integrating Tria for on-chain spending.

UFC x Telegram Gifts Auction goes live, enabling users to purchase Telegram Stars on the TON blockchain with over 20% discount and trade on secondary marketplaces.

Confidential Layer announces TGE on December 10th for a privacy bridge connecting TON with BTC, ETH, SOL, BNB, and Base, offering one-click privacy solutions with 40% of bridge fees distributed to stakers and ongoing token buybacks.

Users report receiving unsolicited direct messages after making TON transactions, indicating potential scam activity targeting transaction makers.

A collaboration event begins Sunday featuring a 100k giveaway, 60k in gifts, a blind box mechanic, and a 24hr auction.

AlphaTON Capital (ATON), the Nasdaq-listed firm behind the $420.69M shelf registration, repositions most of its balance sheet into Toncoin and staking positions and deploys Nvidia B200 GPUs to support Cocoon.

Treasury files $420.69 million meme shelf registration to invest in tokens and Telegram AI ecosystem. Telegram introduces Cocoon, a decentralized confidential compute network that allows GPU owners to earn TON.

New AI Assistant goes live on TON Builders to assist developers with navigation, resources, and ecosystem updates.

Nikola Plecas, VP of Payments at TON Foundation, speaks on The Next Era of Payment Rails at Binance Blockchain Week Main Stage on December 4th from 11:50-12:15.

Fragment NFT marketplace ranks in top 5 protocols by 7-day revenue according to DefiLlama data.

Khabib Nurmagomedov drops Telegram Gifts collection, with three additional UFC fighters (Jon Jones, Charles Oliveira, Gilbert Durinho) posting in Telegram t-shirts teasing Gifts launches this week.

Head of Growth Martin Masser speaks at Binance Blockchain Week on December 3rd on a panel about building a super app economy at the Innovation Stage from 12:00-12:25.

Stickers on TON generate $11M+ in sales across 294K+ trades, with collections from brands including Kung Fu Panda, Jarritos, and Nascar.

3M ago

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announces Cocoon, a decentralized confidential AI compute network, is live and processing requests. GPU owners earn TON tokens by powering the network.

$57M worth of tokens (1.47% of circulating supply) scheduled to unlock in December according to DefiLlama data.

MSCI considers removing TONX, a company holding TON/Bitcoin in treasury, from major JPMorgan-endorsed indexes as one of 38 firms flagged for potential exclusion due to over 50% digital asset holdings, with decision date set for January 15th, 2026.

Telegram Gifts NFTs show positive price performance in secondary market trading.

TON records 70% drawdown since the president inauguration.

Fluence partners with TON blockchain to provide compute credits for builders to scale dApps and AI workloads while reducing infrastructure costs.

AlphaTONCapital introduces Logan as CTO, a 15-year blockchain engineer with multiple exits and founding contributor to elizaOS, the agentic framework behind $ai16z.

SIXR announces 394m+ Web2 distribution reach and 15+ additional cricket legends to be revealed beyond the initial four partners, implementing Play-to-Own gameplay with dual-token economic model.

Papakha Gifts NFTs sold out completely; Conor McGregor publicly accuses Khabib of scamming after Khabib deletes Telegram Gifts launch posts from all social media platforms.

TON records fastest growing natively minted stablecoin supply among all chains with +22.6% growth over past 90 days.

October developments include Chainlink integration as cross-chain standard, tokenized U.S. stocks launch in Telegram Wallet, Lamborghini enters the digital ecosystem, and Pavel Durov unveils COCOON AI network.

Khabib's Papakha Gifts NFT drop goes live on TON with 29,000 supply in auction mode.