⌨️ 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!

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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!

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👁 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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🔥 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.

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🍌 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.”

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💡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.

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🏆 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

💀 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.

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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!

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👁 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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✔️ 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.

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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?

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⭐️ 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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👁 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

⭐️ 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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⌨️ 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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🐤 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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🚀 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?

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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.

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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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🔥 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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