TON Blockchain Reaches 1 Billion Transactions
TON has hit a significant milestone, surpassing 1 billion transactions on its blockchain. Incredibly, half of this volume has occurred within the last three months, highlighting the rapid growth and increasing popularity of the platform.
According to TON API data, the transaction volume has already exceeded 1.3 billion, underscoring TON’s pivotal role in the future of the blockchain ecosystem. https://tonscan.org/blocks
TON has hit a significant milestone, surpassing 1 billion transactions on its blockchain. Incredibly, half of this volume has occurred within the last three months, highlighting the rapid growth and increasing popularity of the platform.
According to TON API data, the transaction volume has already exceeded 1.3 billion, underscoring TON’s pivotal role in the future of the blockchain ecosystem. https://tonscan.org/blocks
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TON at Korea Blockchain Week 2024
TON is making its debut at Korea Blockchain Week (KBW), participating in a series of key events. On September 3rd, TON Society Co-founder Jack Booth will deliver a keynote from 1:15 pm to 1:35 pm. Earlier that day, a panel discussion on TON-based Mini Apps in Telegram will take place from 11:40 am to 12:00 pm, featuring Gleb Kostarev, Alan Lau, Inal Kardan, and moderated by BQ Kim.
Throughout the week, visit the TON booth to win exclusive merch, meet the TON Foundation, TON Society, and TON Ventures team, and learn more about the ecosystem. Additionally, join us on September 3rd for the TON Side Event, co-hosted with FACTBLOCK, at People the Terrace from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm, where you can network, enjoy free drinks, and participate in a 10,000 USDT airdrop.
RSVP here: https://lu.ma/TONKBW
TON is making its debut at Korea Blockchain Week (KBW), participating in a series of key events. On September 3rd, TON Society Co-founder Jack Booth will deliver a keynote from 1:15 pm to 1:35 pm. Earlier that day, a panel discussion on TON-based Mini Apps in Telegram will take place from 11:40 am to 12:00 pm, featuring Gleb Kostarev, Alan Lau, Inal Kardan, and moderated by BQ Kim.
Throughout the week, visit the TON booth to win exclusive merch, meet the TON Foundation, TON Society, and TON Ventures team, and learn more about the ecosystem. Additionally, join us on September 3rd for the TON Side Event, co-hosted with FACTBLOCK, at People the Terrace from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm, where you can network, enjoy free drinks, and participate in a 10,000 USDT airdrop.
RSVP here: https://lu.ma/TONKBW
The Open League Season 6 Starts September 12
The new season of The Open League kicks off next week, and we're introducing a few drastic changes to improve your experience.
The community can look forward to a new adventure built around airdrops, where loyalty and activity reward you! We're cooking, and both Normies and Degens are invited to feast.
Apps, DeFi protocols and NFTs will no longer compete but instead collaborate to get us all closer to our mission of bringing crypto to every pocket. Still, exciting prizes are awaiting best performers!
Learn more about The Open League Season 6 and discover how to apply with your project.
The new season of The Open League kicks off next week, and we're introducing a few drastic changes to improve your experience.
The community can look forward to a new adventure built around airdrops, where loyalty and activity reward you! We're cooking, and both Normies and Degens are invited to feast.
Apps, DeFi protocols and NFTs will no longer compete but instead collaborate to get us all closer to our mission of bringing crypto to every pocket. Still, exciting prizes are awaiting best performers!
Learn more about The Open League Season 6 and discover how to apply with your project.
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They are working on fixing the issue. Other aggregators and exchanges are operating as normal.
Introducing TON: Acc Incubator and Portal
TON Accelerator, backed by the newly established TON Ventures, has launched TON: Acc, a $2.5M incubation program to support start-ups building on the TON blockchain.
Over the next three months, five selected projects will receive comprehensive support to grow from concept to execution, integrating seamlessly into TON’s rapidly expanding ecosystem. The TON: Acc Portal will also provide early-stage projects with enhanced visibility, access to resources, and a network of partners.
Learn more and apply here.
TON Accelerator, backed by the newly established TON Ventures, has launched TON: Acc, a $2.5M incubation program to support start-ups building on the TON blockchain.
Over the next three months, five selected projects will receive comprehensive support to grow from concept to execution, integrating seamlessly into TON’s rapidly expanding ecosystem. The TON: Acc Portal will also provide early-stage projects with enhanced visibility, access to resources, and a network of partners.
Learn more and apply here.
Binance Adds TON to Simple Earn Locked Products: Up to 5.9% APR
Binance's earning opportunities continue! Following the success of the Launchpool & Super Earn, Binance has now introduced TON on its Simple Earn Locked Products. The total rewards pool offers attractive APRs for Toncoin holders.
During the promotion period, you can earn up to 5.9% APR by subscribing to TON on Simple Earn Locked Products. Whether you choose 30, 60, or 90-day durations, there’s an opportunity to grow your holdings with enhanced rewards.
The promotion runs from September 3, 2024, 10:00 UTC to September 23, 2024, 09:59 UTC. It’s a first-come, first-served basis, so secure your spot early to maximize your rewards!
Ready to boost your TON earnings? Learn more.
Binance's earning opportunities continue! Following the success of the Launchpool & Super Earn, Binance has now introduced TON on its Simple Earn Locked Products. The total rewards pool offers attractive APRs for Toncoin holders.
During the promotion period, you can earn up to 5.9% APR by subscribing to TON on Simple Earn Locked Products. Whether you choose 30, 60, or 90-day durations, there’s an opportunity to grow your holdings with enhanced rewards.
The promotion runs from September 3, 2024, 10:00 UTC to September 23, 2024, 09:59 UTC. It’s a first-come, first-served basis, so secure your spot early to maximize your rewards!
Ready to boost your TON earnings? Learn more.
Over 100 integrations are putting USDt-TON in every pocket
USDt on TON has achieved a major milestone, now available on over 100 platforms worldwide!
From centralized exchanges to innovative payment platforms and key infrastructure providers, we're closer than ever to our goal of making USDt on TON the most accessible stablecoin in the world.
Learn more.
USDt on TON has achieved a major milestone, now available on over 100 platforms worldwide!
From centralized exchanges to innovative payment platforms and key infrastructure providers, we're closer than ever to our goal of making USDt on TON the most accessible stablecoin in the world.
Learn more.
TON Innovators: Fanton
In this edition of TON Innovators, we turn our attention to Fanton Fantasy, a game on Telegram that’s closed an investment round with backing from Animoca Brands, Delphi Digital, Kenetic Capital, and Hashkey. An excellent example of how projects on TON blockchain independently attract funding rounds from Tier-1 VCs in a challenging crypto market.
Learn how Fanton is winning over the fantasy sports community, their plans for new sports and features, and insights from the team driving it all — find out more.
In this edition of TON Innovators, we turn our attention to Fanton Fantasy, a game on Telegram that’s closed an investment round with backing from Animoca Brands, Delphi Digital, Kenetic Capital, and Hashkey. An excellent example of how projects on TON blockchain independently attract funding rounds from Tier-1 VCs in a challenging crypto market.
Learn how Fanton is winning over the fantasy sports community, their plans for new sports and features, and insights from the team driving it all — find out more.
Crypto Chats Podcast #3
Storm Trade: Hackathon winner builds one of the biggest DeFi products on TON — watch now!
Storm Trade: Hackathon winner builds one of the biggest DeFi products on TON — watch now!
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Crypto Chats Podcast #3 | Storm Trade: Hackathon winner builds biggest DeFi product on TON
In the Crypto Chats podcast series, we talk about the most ambitious and groundbreaking Web3 projects with their participants.
🎙 Episode 3. Storm Trade: Hackathon winner builds biggest DeFi product on TON.
Jack Booth — CMO, TON Foundation
Denis Vasin —…
🎙 Episode 3. Storm Trade: Hackathon winner builds biggest DeFi product on TON.
Jack Booth — CMO, TON Foundation
Denis Vasin —…
TON Learn #6: DeFi
Explore the world of TON DeFi, where you control your finances in a transparent, secure, and efficient ecosystem. Watch now!
Explore the world of TON DeFi, where you control your finances in a transparent, secure, and efficient ecosystem. Watch now!
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What is DeFi? | TON Learn #6
Explore the world of DeFi, where you control your finances in a transparent, secure, and efficient ecosystem. Discover how The Open Network is revolutionizing decentralized finance, enabling instant, low-cost transactions, and empowering global participation…
1 Million USDt-TON Holders
USDt on TON has achieved a major milestone, surpassing 1M holders. This rapid growth highlights the increasing adoption of USDt, further providing accessibility and ownership to users worldwide.
Learn more here.
USDt on TON has achieved a major milestone, surpassing 1M holders. This rapid growth highlights the increasing adoption of USDt, further providing accessibility and ownership to users worldwide.
Learn more here.
Forwarded from Du Rove's Channel (Paul Du Rove)
❤️ Thanks everyone for your support and love!
Last month I got interviewed by police for 4 days after arriving in Paris. I was told I may be personally responsible for other people’s illegal use of Telegram, because the French authorities didn’t receive responses from Telegram.
This was surprising for several reasons:
1. Telegram has an official representative in the EU that accepts and replies to EU requests. Its email address has been publicly available for anyone in the EU who googles “Telegram EU address for law enforcement”.
2. The French authorities had numerous ways to reach me to request assistance. As a French citizen, I was a frequent guest at the French consulate in Dubai. A while ago, when asked, I personally helped them establish a hotline with Telegram to deal with the threat of terrorism in France.
3. If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to start a legal action against the service itself. Using laws from the pre-smartphone era to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manages is a misguided approach. Building technology is hard enough as it is. No innovator will ever build new tools if they know they can be personally held responsible for potential abuse of those tools.
Establishing the right balance between privacy and security is not easy. You have to reconcile privacy laws with law enforcement requirements, and local laws with EU laws. You have to take into account technological limitations. As a platform, you want your processes to be consistent globally, while also ensuring they are not abused in countries with weak rule of law. We’ve been committed to engaging with regulators to find the right balance. Yes, we stand by our principles: our experience is shaped by our mission to protect our users in authoritarian regimes. But we’ve always been open to dialogue.
Sometimes we can’t agree with a country’s regulator on the right balance between privacy and security. In those cases, we are ready to leave that country. We've done it many times. When Russia demanded we hand over “encryption keys” to enable surveillance, we refused — and Telegram got banned in Russia. When Iran demanded we block channels of peaceful protesters, we refused — and Telegram got banned in Iran. We are prepared to leave markets that aren’t compatible with our principles, because we are not doing this for money. We are driven by the intention to bring good and defend the basic rights of people, particularly in places where these rights are violated.
All of that does not mean Telegram is perfect. Even the fact that authorities could be confused by where to send requests is something that we should improve. But the claims in some media that Telegram is some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue. We take down millions of harmful posts and channels every day. We publish daily transparency reports (like this or this ). We have direct hotlines with NGOs to process urgent moderation requests faster.
However, we hear voices saying that it’s not enough. Telegram’s abrupt increase in user count to 950M caused growing pains that made it easier for criminals to abuse our platform. That’s why I made it my personal goal to ensure we significantly improve things in this regard. We’ve already started that process internally, and I will share more details on our progress with you very soon.
I hope that the events of August will result in making Telegram — and the social networking industry as a whole — safer and stronger. Thanks again for your love and memes 🙏
Last month I got interviewed by police for 4 days after arriving in Paris. I was told I may be personally responsible for other people’s illegal use of Telegram, because the French authorities didn’t receive responses from Telegram.
This was surprising for several reasons:
1. Telegram has an official representative in the EU that accepts and replies to EU requests. Its email address has been publicly available for anyone in the EU who googles “Telegram EU address for law enforcement”.
2. The French authorities had numerous ways to reach me to request assistance. As a French citizen, I was a frequent guest at the French consulate in Dubai. A while ago, when asked, I personally helped them establish a hotline with Telegram to deal with the threat of terrorism in France.
3. If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to start a legal action against the service itself. Using laws from the pre-smartphone era to charge a CEO with crimes committed by third parties on the platform he manages is a misguided approach. Building technology is hard enough as it is. No innovator will ever build new tools if they know they can be personally held responsible for potential abuse of those tools.
Establishing the right balance between privacy and security is not easy. You have to reconcile privacy laws with law enforcement requirements, and local laws with EU laws. You have to take into account technological limitations. As a platform, you want your processes to be consistent globally, while also ensuring they are not abused in countries with weak rule of law. We’ve been committed to engaging with regulators to find the right balance. Yes, we stand by our principles: our experience is shaped by our mission to protect our users in authoritarian regimes. But we’ve always been open to dialogue.
Sometimes we can’t agree with a country’s regulator on the right balance between privacy and security. In those cases, we are ready to leave that country. We've done it many times. When Russia demanded we hand over “encryption keys” to enable surveillance, we refused — and Telegram got banned in Russia. When Iran demanded we block channels of peaceful protesters, we refused — and Telegram got banned in Iran. We are prepared to leave markets that aren’t compatible with our principles, because we are not doing this for money. We are driven by the intention to bring good and defend the basic rights of people, particularly in places where these rights are violated.
All of that does not mean Telegram is perfect. Even the fact that authorities could be confused by where to send requests is something that we should improve. But the claims in some media that Telegram is some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue. We take down millions of harmful posts and channels every day. We publish daily transparency reports (like this or this ). We have direct hotlines with NGOs to process urgent moderation requests faster.
However, we hear voices saying that it’s not enough. Telegram’s abrupt increase in user count to 950M caused growing pains that made it easier for criminals to abuse our platform. That’s why I made it my personal goal to ensure we significantly improve things in this regard. We’ve already started that process internally, and I will share more details on our progress with you very soon.
I hope that the events of August will result in making Telegram — and the social networking industry as a whole — safer and stronger. Thanks again for your love and memes 🙏
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TADA Mini Launches on TON — Book Rides with Toncoin!
TADA, leading ride-hailing app in SEA, has officially launched the TADA mini on TON. You can now book rides directly through the Telegram mini app and pay using Toncoin via TON based wallets.
Key Features:
- No KYC or extra apps needed
- Pay easily with Toncoin via TON based wallets
- Instant refunds for cancellations
- Quick ride matching with TADA's 300K driver network
Experience the convenience of booking rides with Toncoin today. TADA mini is now live in Singapore — try it now!
TADA, leading ride-hailing app in SEA, has officially launched the TADA mini on TON. You can now book rides directly through the Telegram mini app and pay using Toncoin via TON based wallets.
Key Features:
- No KYC or extra apps needed
- Pay easily with Toncoin via TON based wallets
- Instant refunds for cancellations
- Quick ride matching with TADA's 300K driver network
Experience the convenience of booking rides with Toncoin today. TADA mini is now live in Singapore — try it now!
TON/USDt 5M Rewards Program Begins
TON Foundation has launched a 5M Toncoin DeFi incentive program to boost adoption of USDt-TON and drive deeper liquidity for TON’s DeFi ecosystem.
The program collaborates with the leading DeFi projects, including decentralized exchanges STON.fi and DeDust, as well as staking protocols Tonstakers and Bemo.
Users can now stake Toncoin via Tonstakers and Bemo and earn additional rewards by contributing st/tsTON derivatives to st/tsTON + USDt liquidity pools on DeDust and StonFi.
In the initial phase, the incentive program will reward liquidity providers in the following liquidity pools on STON.fi and DeDust:
▪️ TON + USDt
▪️ tsTON + USDt
▪️ stTON + USDt
Participants can benefit from staking rewards, trading fees, and additional incentives. Read the full guidelines and start farming today!
TON Foundation has launched a 5M Toncoin DeFi incentive program to boost adoption of USDt-TON and drive deeper liquidity for TON’s DeFi ecosystem.
The program collaborates with the leading DeFi projects, including decentralized exchanges STON.fi and DeDust, as well as staking protocols Tonstakers and Bemo.
Users can now stake Toncoin via Tonstakers and Bemo and earn additional rewards by contributing st/tsTON derivatives to st/tsTON + USDt liquidity pools on DeDust and StonFi.
In the initial phase, the incentive program will reward liquidity providers in the following liquidity pools on STON.fi and DeDust:
▪️ TON + USDt
▪️ tsTON + USDt
▪️ stTON + USDt
Participants can benefit from staking rewards, trading fees, and additional incentives. Read the full guidelines and start farming today!
HOT Wallet is coming to TON
HOT Wallet has joined TON and is gradually bringing its ecosystem, including onchain assets, onto TON. They have already integrated with TON and TON Connect, aiming to seamlessly integrate their 21M users into The Open Network. Users can now send TON and jettons, trade on TON network at very competitive rates, and import accounts from other TON wallets.
To celebrate, HOT Wallet has prepared various activities and collaborations. Educational onchain missions are live, and HOT will join Season 6 of The Open League. There's much more to come — stay tuned to HOT Wallet's channel!
HOT Wallet has joined TON and is gradually bringing its ecosystem, including onchain assets, onto TON. They have already integrated with TON and TON Connect, aiming to seamlessly integrate their 21M users into The Open Network. Users can now send TON and jettons, trade on TON network at very competitive rates, and import accounts from other TON wallets.
To celebrate, HOT Wallet has prepared various activities and collaborations. Educational onchain missions are live, and HOT will join Season 6 of The Open League. There's much more to come — stay tuned to HOT Wallet's channel!
17M users claimed DOGS tokens
In the last 2 weeks, our daily active user addresses hit 1.1M several times, with single-day transactions peaking at 14.4M. The DOGS token distribution played a key role in this surge. DOGS token is now held by 4.5M unique wallets on TON, putting it in a unique position — it has the most unique token holders on any chain ever, and it achieved this in just 2 weeks. Only USDt on TRON and Ethereum have more holders than DOGS.
DOGS, a meme project on TON inspired by Pavel Durov’s iconic dog drawing, has led to the largest meme TGE in cryptocurrency history.
▪️ 53M users engaged with the DOGS Mini App
▪️ 42.2M were eligible for the token airdrop
▪️ 17M users claimed their airdropped tokens
▪️ 4.5M unique holders
These levels of user engagement were unimaginable in Web3 before. In September, we anticipate even larger TGEs for Catizen and Hamster Kombat, which could bring tens or even hundreds of millions of users to the blockchain for the first time. The network will undoubtedly face more technical pressures and possibly some unforeseen issues, but we are unwavering in our commitment to building and addressing these challenges as we move toward mass adoption.
In the last 2 weeks, our daily active user addresses hit 1.1M several times, with single-day transactions peaking at 14.4M. The DOGS token distribution played a key role in this surge. DOGS token is now held by 4.5M unique wallets on TON, putting it in a unique position — it has the most unique token holders on any chain ever, and it achieved this in just 2 weeks. Only USDt on TRON and Ethereum have more holders than DOGS.
DOGS, a meme project on TON inspired by Pavel Durov’s iconic dog drawing, has led to the largest meme TGE in cryptocurrency history.
▪️ 53M users engaged with the DOGS Mini App
▪️ 42.2M were eligible for the token airdrop
▪️ 17M users claimed their airdropped tokens
▪️ 4.5M unique holders
These levels of user engagement were unimaginable in Web3 before. In September, we anticipate even larger TGEs for Catizen and Hamster Kombat, which could bring tens or even hundreds of millions of users to the blockchain for the first time. The network will undoubtedly face more technical pressures and possibly some unforeseen issues, but we are unwavering in our commitment to building and addressing these challenges as we move toward mass adoption.
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Introducing GhostDrive
GhostDrive is an innovative Web3 storage platform with over 740K monthly users, offering opportunities for users to earn rewards by monetizing their data through pay-per-view, streaming, or ad networks.
As a Telegram Mini App built on TON, it integrates seamlessly with blockchain technology and LEO satellite nodes to keep your data secure, decentralized, and completely under your control. GhostDrive goes beyond simple storage — it's your access point to secure, censorship-resistant data management. Ready to mine some free storage? Get started!
GhostDrive is an innovative Web3 storage platform with over 740K monthly users, offering opportunities for users to earn rewards by monetizing their data through pay-per-view, streaming, or ad networks.
As a Telegram Mini App built on TON, it integrates seamlessly with blockchain technology and LEO satellite nodes to keep your data secure, decentralized, and completely under your control. GhostDrive goes beyond simple storage — it's your access point to secure, censorship-resistant data management. Ready to mine some free storage? Get started!
TON Learn #7: Wallet Types Explained
Discover the difference between custodial and non-custodial wallets. Learn which type suits you best — whether it's the simplicity and support of custodial wallets or the full control and privacy of non-custodial ones. Watch now!
Discover the difference between custodial and non-custodial wallets. Learn which type suits you best — whether it's the simplicity and support of custodial wallets or the full control and privacy of non-custodial ones. Watch now!
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💸👛 Wallet Types Explained | Custodial vs Non-Custodial | TON Learn #7
A crucial and fundamental topic in your crypto journey: Learn the difference between custodial and non-custodial wallets! Understand which type suits you best, whether it's the simplicity and support of custodial wallets or the full control and privacy of…