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🔥 MyTonWallet updates its interface
⚫️ Version 3.8 of MyTonWallet is out, and the main improvements are in how information is presented in the interface. So, what exactly changed in June?
⚫️ NFTs now display their attributes in more detail. That makes sense — with the rise of Telegram gifts in TON, many users likely want to admire their collectibles right within the wallet. MyTonWallet has supported high-resolution animation previews since February, making it a great choice for this purpose.
⚫️ The activity feed has been updated to make your transaction history more visually informative. For example, transactions now show not only token names but also their icons, so at a glance you can tell where you sent Toncoin and where you sent something else, like USDT.
⚫️ All cryptocurrency amounts are now also displayed in your preferred fiat currency (which can be selected in the settings from several options). This makes it easier to quickly estimate, say, how much of your paycheck went toward gifts.
⚫️The desktop app and browser extension now let you easily switch between two interface modes: portrait (like on a phone) and landscape (better suited for widescreen computer displays).
⚫️TPerformance improvements were also made. In some cases, things might look the same but now run faster.
💡 As always, you can download the app for your device at get.mytonwallet.io. MyTonWallet is available in many formats: as an app for Android and iOS, for Windows and macOS, and as a browser extension.
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👁 What is a “TON Enhancement Proposal”?
⚫️ Recently, Nick Nekilov (creator of DeDust.io) submitted a so-called TON Enhancement Proposal (TEP) to the TON repository. This means he suggested a specific technical improvement to the TON ecosystem, and now the idea may or may not be accepted. It’s a good opportunity to explore how such processes are handled within the ecosystem.
⚫️ In open-source projects, any developer can — at least in theory — dive into the code, make improvements, and suggest those changes to the project maintainers. But in large-scale projects, it’s important to first understand what’s actually worth doing and how to go about it.
⚫️ That’s why many major projects have formal improvement proposal processes. For example, in the Java programming language, these are known as Java Enhancement Proposals (JEPs). When someone wants to add something to Java, a JEP is created, assigned a number, and its relevance is discussed before implementation.
⚫️ TON has a similar system: TON Enhancement Proposals (TEPs). When the blockchain was first launched, many now-familiar features didn’t yet exist — for example, NFTs and Jettons. These were introduced later as formal enhancements: TEP 62, TEP 74.
⚫️ However, those TEPs were created by the TON Core team itself. The new case (like some earlier ones) is different — it reflects a community voice: the proposal comes from someone not working directly on the TON blockchain, but on a DEX built on TON. Here’s a simplified summary of his proposal:
As a developer building on TON, I find it inconvenient that smart contracts provide very little information when an error occurs. This makes it harder for us to handle errors properly and improve the user experience. Let’s allow for more detailed error reporting — and here’s how it can be done technically.
🍌 Final listing: The end
⚫️ Today, June 27 at 10:00 UTC, the long-awaited TGE of $BLUM took place on Bitget and within the Blum and Blum Trading Bot Mini Apps. The token is currently trading at around ~$0.101.
⚫️ You won’t be able to get the entire airdrop at once: today, only 30% of your $BLUM can be claimed. The remaining 70% will unlock gradually over 180 days. What’s more, you can only claim once. Collected your 30%? Then say goodbye to the rest — it will be burned to reduce supply.
⚫️ That means the only way to claim 100% of your airdrop is to wait the full 180 days — a mechanic already tested by several projects to reduce early selling pressure post-listing. It’s clear the $BLUM price won’t be the same six months from now, so every user must decide for themselves when to claim and sell.
⚫️ For $BLUM holders, the team promises broad utility: reduced fees in trading bots, staking, eligibility for future airdrops. They also mention token burns and are considering implementing a buyback mechanism. Will all of this help keep the token afloat? Time will tell.
🖊 We reflected on the end of the tap-to-earn era in a separate post when the listing was first announced. But now one thing is clear — the story that began with Notcoin in early 2024 has finally reached its conclusion.
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🏆 Click farm yield for an iPhone
⚫️ Just last week we published an in-depth explainer on yield tokenization protocols — and yesterday FIVA has released a Mini App with a simplified interface. You can now invest your first $10 in this flagship DeFi project with a single click — exactly what Max Crown and Steve Yun were talking about in their interviews.
⚫️ The "one-click DeFi" concept is incredibly important. Even our own post covering FIVA’s core mechanics turned out quite lengthy — great for those who want to understand the details, but not ideal for users looking to start earning without the hassle. That’s why, during yesterday’s TON Demo Day, FIVA’s founder highlighted the new UX/UI and plans to reach Telegram’s mass audience.
⚫️ So what’s different about the new interface? In short — everything, from the mascot to full support for English, Ukrainian, Russian. Right from the start, you’ll see three tabs: Learn (with answers to common questions), Earn (where you can earn fixed yields on USDt), and Deposits (showing your active positions).
⚫️ Want to explore other options, purchase yield tokens, or provide liquidity? You can switch to the classic interface. On web, click the button at the top of the screen; on mobile, tap the banner in the main menu. In both cases, you’ll also find the DeFi mode toggle in Settings.
⚫️ And here’s the fun part: to build hype, FIVA is launching a $5,000 giveaway. Prizes include an iPhone 16 Pro, PlayStation 5 Pro, a Durov's Hat Telegram Gift, and ten $100 USD prizes. To enter, just deposit at least $10 into FIVA — and inviting friends increases your odds. Winners will be announced on July 13.
>> Join the giveaway
⚫️ If you still want to dive deeper into how yield tokenization works and learn more about FIVA’s earning options, check out our previous post — it includes all the key terminology, plus links to docs and dev-made video tutorials.
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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week
⚫️ Telegram is testing a feature for suggested posts with payments in Stars or Toncoin, which could greatly simplify how channel authors interact with advertisers. Whether this means a built-in TON wallet will appear next to the "My Stars" tab remains unclear.
⚫️ We’ve already published a post with a list of analytics serviсes for TON ecosystem, and now we’re diving into blockchain explorers — which ones are best for everyday users and which are tailored for developers. Read and pick the right platform for your needs.
⚫️ How is the shutdown of Crouton Finance different from other projects, will users keep their CRUMBS points, and why do new startups often have to change their direction of activity? We cover it all in our publication on pivots.
⚫️ A hacker attack on Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex led to the unexpected burning of $6 million worth of $NOT. Did it affect the token’s price, and is there any way to access the wallet where the funds were sent? We explain in a dedicated post.
⚫️ Have you been meaning to figure out how yield tokenization protocols work? We’ve released a deep-dive on the core mechanics of Pendle and FIVA — and why these projects are seen as the top DeFi trend of 2025.
⚫️ Following Pavel Durov’s announcement that his brother is developing an AI "capable of thinking logically," we shared thoughts in the "opinion" series on what the future might hold for AI agents and similar technologies in the crypto space.
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🪙 What can we expect from AI?
⚫️ In a recent interview with a French publication, Pavel Durov mentioned that his brother Nikolai is working on “real AI that will be capable of logical thinking.” He didn’t provide any details, so there’s nothing more to say about it for now. But in light of this, our #opinion column offers a subjective take on the future of AI projects within the TON ecosystem.
⚫️ In the crypto world, people are constantly asking: “What is undervalued, and what is overhyped?” Where is the hidden gem worth investing in, and where’s the bubble about to burst? This question has come up in relation to “AI agents” as well. Is the use of AI in crypto a revolution or just another bubble? Should we invest, or stay away?
⚫️ The main hype around AI-crypto projects peaked early this year, and since then, their tokens have dropped significantly in price. Some might say:
Clearly, all that hyped-up AI turned out to be a bubble. Maybe AI is useful in other areas, but in crypto, it only leads to losses.
👁 How a strange “NOT burning” played out
⚫️ Yesterday, the NOT token experienced events that could be described as a “burn under very unusual circumstances.” Now that the dust has settled, it’s worth taking a look: how did this affect the price? And what should we expect if something similar happens again?
⚫️ As a reminder, a “burning” typically occurs when a large amount of a token is sent to a “zero address” — one that no one has access to. This reduces the total supply in circulation. And when an asset becomes scarcer, it may also become more valuable. That’s why a token’s creator might burn part of the supply to increase the price — which is generally seen as a good thing for holders. We’ve previously written in more detail about token burns.
⚫️ However, yesterday’s events were of a different nature. The Iranian crypto exchange Nobitex was hacked, and the attackers sent NOT tokens worth around $6 million to the address UQABFuckIRGCTerroristsNOBITEX1111111111111111_jT.
⚫️ This address contains a message aimed against the Iranian authorities. While it’s technically possible to create TON addresses with “short messages” using a tool like Vaniton (for example, the official NOT token address ends in _NOT), it’s unlikely that this address was generated that way. The difficulty of generating an address increases exponentially with each additional character, so people usually stop at three or four letters.
⚫️ So, most likely, the hackers don’t have access to this address — they simply embedded a message into it without knowing the seed phrase. In this transaction, they weren’t trying to steal funds for themselves. That said, another portion of funds was sent to a more standard address. In both cases, Nobitex users lost their money (though the exchange may compensate them).
⚫️ As a result, a significant amount of NOT was removed from circulation — just like in a burning. Usually, the market reacts to burnings with a price increase. But what happened in this atypical case? At first, the price actually dropped slightly. After spending some time below its previous level, it eventually returned to where it was. In the end, there was no major shift in either direction.
💡 One can speculate about why things played out this way. For example, did the market clearly understand that the wallet was inaccessible, or did many expect the NOT tokens to be dumped soon? It’s hard to say for sure. The takeaway is this: when a burning happens under unusual conditions, you can’t confidently assume that “the price will go up.” The situation is unpredictable.
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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week
💀 Several DeFi projects on TON have announced their shutdown. In this post, we explain why it’s best not to delay withdrawing your funds, and in a new section titled "opinion," we reflect on the reasons behind these closures.
⚫️ What does the future hold for prediction markets, and how is TON performing in this area? We break down the most interesting examples — from the surge in popularity during the U.S. presidential elections to Vitalik Buterin’s concept of "info finance."
⚫️ Amid the ongoing hype around Telegram Gifts, we’ve compiled a list of posts from our antiscam series for users just getting started with the TON ecosystem. Click the links and learn about the scam tactics anyone might encounter.
⚫️ In the latest TON Core report, we took note of the mention of partial archive nodes. We explain how much TON’s history "weighs," why storing information gets harder each year, and what solutions the developers are exploring.
⚫️ After the explosive growth of the gifts market early last week, liquidity and trading volume quickly dropped just days later. We analyzed the popular Dune dashboard to understand key trends and user sentiment.
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💀 What do the project shutdowns mean?
⚫️ We’ve already written about the shutdowns of Aqua Protocol and ParraTON. But these events raise a broader question: what’s actually going on with TON? Is everything collapsing and it’s time to run, or is it nothing to worry about? Welcome to our new section, #opinion — a subjective take from one of The Daily TON authors. It may not reflect the views of the entire team, but it’s worth discussing.
⚫️ On the one hand, it’s important to understand this: crypto projects often shut down — and not just in TON. That’s always been the case. For example, after Bitcoin’s success in 2014, there was a boom of new cryptocurrencies. A few years later, more than 90% of them were gone. But the crypto world didn’t die — on the contrary, it grew even larger. What mattered wasn’t that many projects failed, but that the surviving ones thrived. So, closures alone are no reason to panic.
⚫️ On the other hand, there is a challenge specific to TON that might become more apparent over time: mass adoption still hasn’t arrived — and without it, we may see even more shutdowns.
⚫️ Here’s the issue. Developing a crypto project takes serious money. And to be financially sustainable, most projects need a large user base. Roughly speaking: if a million people use your app, you’re in good shape; but if only a hundred do, you’re likely running at a loss.
⚫️ TON was designed from the start to be a “blockchain for the masses”, with millions of users. So, some projects based their strategies on future growth — expecting initial losses to be covered by investments, grants, or pure enthusiasm. The idea was: “We’ll lose money at first, but that’s okay — once TON gets big, we’ll succeed.”
⚫️ But time is passing, and for many, that success still feels out of reach. “If TON had 10 times more users, we’d break even,” they say. Will that happen — and when? No one really knows. Meanwhile, monthly expenses keep piling up, and losses grow. That can’t go on forever.
💡 And so an uncomfortable question arises: how much longer can TON continue without mass adoption before project closures become far more widespread? In essence, TON has a limited window to attract new users if it wants to preserve the ecosystem that already exists. Right now, it’s living on a promise — and the time is coming to deliver.
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👁 What are “partial archive nodes”?
⚫️ The TON Core team has published its May report, featuring a section on “partial archive nodes.” It reminds us how much data the TON blockchain holds, how quickly that volume is growing, and the headaches that come with it. So, let’s break down what all this actually means.
⚫️ Generally, any blockchain keeps records of every transaction ever made. For example, in Bitcoin, you can dig up data from the very first block mined back in 2009. This means every “full node” supporting the Bitcoin network has to store an ever-expanding pile of data—for eternity.
⚫️ But with Bitcoin, this isn’t a huge deal. Its data volume is relatively modest: blocks are created every ten minutes and capped at a single megabyte each. So after 16 years, the whole Bitcoin history is only a few hundred gigabytes—nothing your average hard drive can’t handle. Of course, this also means Bitcoin isn’t exactly ready to be “the blockchain for a billion people”—all those transactions simply wouldn’t fit in those tiny blocks.
⚫️ TON, on the other hand, is all about speed and scale: blocks are created every five seconds and can pack in way more transactions. The result? Data piles up much, much faster. According to TON documentation, “archive nodes” (the ones storing the blockchain’s entire history) now need a whopping 12 terabytes of space. And not just any old hard drive—no, you’ll need pricier, faster SSDs. That’s already a pain in the wallet.
⚫️ And now, TON Core says that in the future, TON blocks will be created even faster. That's great, but that also means the data will balloon even more quickly. This could turn into a real problem for someone running an archive node.
⚫️ Enter the new “partial archive node” option: instead of hoarding the entire blockchain history, you can store just a specific time slice. Archive node operators can now decide how much space they are ready to dedicate, instead of being dragged along by the ever-growing data beast and overpaying for storage.
💡 Sounds like a forced, but sensible compromise: if something gets too big to handle all at once, just chop it up and store it in parts—as long as you can always piece together the full picture when you need it.
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👁 What’s going on with prediction markets in TON?
⚫️ Recently, social network X (Twitter) announced a partnership with Polymarket, a platform where users can bet on various events using cryptocurrency — from "who will win the election" to "will Bitcoin’s price increase?" This site is the most well-known example of "prediction markets" in the crypto world, where people try to profit by correctly predicting the future.
⚫️ It’s still unclear what the partnership will bring. However, it shows that Polymarket and prediction markets are gaining prominence. Last fall, the platform attracted significant attention as the main hub for betting ahead of the U.S. presidential election — and the majority of its users correctly predicted Trump’s victory.
⚫️ In November, Vitalik Buterin wrote that prediction markets aren’t just for those hoping to get rich — they’re also a valuable source of information. In his view, seeing what the market is willing to bet on can reveal more than just reading newspaper headlines. He also believes that, in the future, AI will help us extract even more informational value from such services, transforming the space from simple betting into "info finance."
⚫️ This raises a question: If this crypto use case is on the rise, what’s happening with it in TON? The idea of "predictions" has been implemented in the ecosystem multiple times, but so far, nothing has taken off like Polymarket. The site betkingy.ru by @investkingyru no longer even opens. Projects like Battles and Futurum exist but haven’t yet achieved mass success — even though, in theory, the concept should appeal to a broad audience, as it doesn’t require deep knowledge of DeFi or trading.
⚫️ This leads to another question: Why is that?
· Is it due to the size of TON’s audience?
· Or is it because Polymarket gained traction during the U.S. elections, a market TON hadn’t yet entered?
· Or has the idea just not been implemented at scale in TON, meaning tomorrow someone could launch a new TMA with viral mechanics and strike gold?
🖊 This is an interesting question from a forecasting perspective. We’re not encouraging anyone to place bets, so feel free to share your thoughts in the comments: What do you think prediction markets in TON will look like a year from now? Will they become much more prominent than they are today? A year from now, we’ll revisit this and see who was right.
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💀 How do TON projects shut down?
⚫️ We often write about TON project launches, but sometimes TON projects also cease to exist. Recently, two DeFi protocols — Aqua Protocol and ParraTON — announced their closure (the latter is now up for auction). Users who had invested in these projects have been given one month to withdraw their funds. It’s a good moment to reflect: what actually happens when such projects shut down? What risks should users be aware of?
⚫️ Not all shutdowns are the same. In the worst-case scenario, it’s a rug pull — a project created solely to disappear with users’ funds. But this isn’t that situation. Here, the creators genuinely hoped for a long-term future but failed to reach profitability and were forced to shut down. They’re not trying to steal funds, which is why they’re allowing users to withdraw the investments (except for things like XP points, which lose meaning once the project ends). So, what lessons can we take from this?
⚫️ Here's a takeaway: if you’re providing long-term liquidity to crypto projects, you can’t afford to forget about it for years. Otherwise, you might one day discover that the project shut down long ago, the withdrawal period has passed, and you missed it. At the very least, you need to stay informed about major developments.
⚫️ Some might ask:
What about decentralization? Even if the developers abandon the project, the smart contracts still live on the blockchain. So why is there a deadline for withdrawals at all?
🍌 How scammers hack popular pages
⚫️ In a previous edition of our Friday column #antiscam, we talked about phishing — when scammers create a clone of someone’s page. But there’s another tactic: gaining access to the actual account. So how should we deal with situations like this?
⚫️ Many people on social media have received messages from a friend’s account asking to “urgently borrow money.” But sometimes scammers even hack the accounts of well-known projects and post “official announcements” that lead to crypto scams. For instance, this happened with the popular YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips. In the TON ecosystem, we can recall the hack of the Notcoin account on X.
⚫️ How do scammers gain access to high-profile accounts that likely don’t use weak passwords and do have 2FA enabled? Linus Tech Tips creator Linus Sebastian shared his unfortunate experience. The attackers posed as a reputable advertiser and sent him a “PDF contract,” which turned out to be a malicious file. When opened, it extracted data from his browser — including authentication tokens — allowing them to launch a “clone” of his browser session, already logged into YouTube. So here’s a simple but still very relevant tip: never trust files from people you don’t know.
⚫️ It’s clear how to protect yourself as a user from regular phishing — double-check that you’re on the official site. But what should you do when the page is official? Imagine your favorite influencer posts about a “unique opportunity.” How can you tell whether it’s really them and worth jumping on — or if their account has been hacked?
⚫️ Honestly, there’s no method that always gives 100% certainty. For example, when Donald Trump launched his meme coin, it was hard to be sure in the first few minutes whether it was really him.
⚫️ In general, common sense is your best defense. When you see a “tempting opportunity,” ask yourself:
— Does this post match this person’s usual behavior, or have they never done anything like this before?
— Does the offer sound “too good to be true”?
If a well-known figure suddenly announces a giveaway — “we’re handing out lots of money for free” — that’s a red flag.
💡 It’s especially suspicious if you’re being pressured to act fast: “ONLY THE FIRST FEW WILL MAKE IT — HURRY!” That’s a classic manipulation tactic meant to short-circuit your critical thinking.
Also beware if the links don’t lead to the official site, but instead to something like a private Telegram channel. Another red flag: instead of secure login options like TON Connect or MetaMask, the project asks you to “just send funds to this address — we’ll send back double.”
If you know of other warning signs — share them in the comments!
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🏆 $20,000 for TeFi Alliance participants
⚫️ Miss DeFi action on TON? The stable-swap protocol Torch Finance is launching a new campaign called TeFi Alliance in collaboration with major ecosystem projects.
⚫️ The main goal of the event is to complete missions and earn XP by using the cross-chain yield stablecoin tgUSD — which we covered in detail back in early May. The more XP you earn, the larger your reward at the end of the campaign (capped at 10% of the $20,000 prize pool).
⚫️ Where to start? Since the campaign revolves around tgUSD, your first step is to get your hands on the token. Head over to the official campaign page, connect your TON wallet, and select the "Hold tgUSD" mission in the task table. You can mint tgUSD for USDt at a 1:1 ratio. Next:
⚫️ If you're holding tgUSD, there are several ways to earn XP. You can provide liquidity to tgUSD/USDt pools on DeDust.io, TONCO, Titan, Ston fi, or Torch Finance itself. Alternatively, you can wait for the tgUSD-SLP Vault to launch on Storm Trade (expected next week). You can also stake tgUSD with a liquid APR of 18.75% — this won’t earn XP, but…
⚫️ If you're holding stgUSD, there’s another option: the FIVA yield tokenization protocol, which we’ll cover in a future post. There, you can lock stgUSD for 88 days at 16.72% APR or provide liquidity in the stgUSD pool to earn trading fees and FIVA points. Important! XP rewards for this method will be enabled soon.
⚫️ The final way to earn XP is through the referral program, where invited users get a 20% XP boost, while the link owner earns 10% XP from each invitee.
>> Join the campaign. Dates: June 2 – August 2
🖊 2025 was promised to be the year of DeFi on TON, and with several key projects now live, activity in this sector is finally gaining momentum. While most users are busy flipping gifts, now is the perfect time to get in on campaigns like this one!
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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week. Part 2
⚫️ A post on X about the rebranding of TON blockchain’s social media pages was deleted just minutes after it was published. While we wait for the official announcement, we break down which channels are set to be renamed — and which might be shut down entirely.
⚫️ In our regular Friday antiscam series, we explored one of the most common scams in Telegram: private "signal" channels. Find out how these communities operate and why you shouldn’t trust so-called "insider information."
⚫️ On Sunday, block production on The Open Network was halted for over an hour due to an error in the processing of the masterchain dispatch queue. We compiled a detailed timeline of the incident here, and took a closer look at the technical report here.
⚫️ To celebrate the anniversary of the $MY utility token, the MyTonWallet team is offering users with 500 or more $MY in their accounts a full week of zero-fee swaps via the aggregator. For more on the fresh MyTonWallet update, check out our latest overview post.
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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week
🔥 In the beta version of Telegram, users spotted a "My TON" tab — a possible feature we mentioned in our digest exactly one week ago:
Telegram is testing a feature for suggested posts with payments in Stars or Toncoin.
👁 What are the main problems with TON?
⚫️ Usually, in our #opinion column, we share our own thoughts. This time, however, we are summarizing a widely discussed essay by Denis Vasin of Storm Trade about the challenges that TON-based projects encounter. According to Denis, while the TON Foundation is creating useful resources like developer libraries, these efforts don't address the fundamental pain points for builders on the TON platform. So, what are these issues?
⚫️ The most significant problem with the tooling is not a shortage of libraries but recurring issues like TON Connect frequently failing. When users are unable to confirm transactions, it's a failure on TON Connect’s end, yet it’s the TON projects that suffer by losing their audience.
⚫️ The blockchain was designed to be asynchronous to support scaling to a larger audience, but this has made development significantly more complex. Denis notes that other modern blockchains like SUI and Aptos also use asynchronicity but manage to shield developers from the inherent complexities. Consequently, developing for TON is more difficult, time-consuming, and costly.
⚫️ The user experience (UX) leaves much to be desired. For instance, the TON Space feature within @wallet creates a "wallet inside a wallet" scenario that is confusing for users coming from web2.
⚫️ While the Telegram audience is often seen as an advantage, in practice, it can become "toxic baggage." It attracts users who are unwilling to transition from the off-chain to the on-chain world and invest money but are quick to offer harsh criticism. This results in an audience that projects would rather avoid than attract.
⚫️ Grants are often viewed as "free support" for projects. However, considering that projects invest their own resources to bring users to the blockchain, it would be more accurate to see these grants as mutually beneficial investments.
💡 Despite these challenges, Denis does not believe the situation is "hopeless." He thinks all these problems are solvable within a year, but the first step is to acknowledge their existence. What are your thoughts on this?
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💎 Is it time for TON Storage to shine?
⚫️ Back in 2022, we wrote about the launch of TON Storage, but at the time, the technology didn’t gain traction within the ecosystem. Now, however, home server owners are being invited to test a new utility called MyTonProvider, which is eventually intended to store the blockchain archive—paying users who provide storage space. So, what’s happening?
⚫️ To recap, the concept behind TON Storage is similar to torrents: files are stored in a distributed manner across many users. But there’s a key difference—TON Storage was designed with the idea that storage could be monetized in Toncoin. That is, some users could offer disk space for other people’s files and be compensated in return.
⚫️ The idea of a “distributed storage” system fits well with the decentralized nature of blockchain. In theory, the two can work hand-in-hand: for example, a project on TON might store its smart contracts on the blockchain while hosting its website files on TON Storage. However, in practice, most projects have opted for more traditional hosting solutions for their files.
⚫️ Now, though, there’s an interesting shift. As we recently reported, the overall size of the blockchain has grown so much that storing its entire history on "archive nodes" with expensive SSDs has become impractical. A new solution is being implemented: breaking the archive into parts for easier distributed storage.
⚫️ Home server owners with spare HDD space are now being invited to test the MyTonProvider utility, which allows them to “offer storage space” in TON Storage. It’s reported that in the future, “this will be one of the monetization methods,” and the blockchain archive will be split “into 4-gigabyte chunks” for storage.
💡 This suggests that TON Storage is about to be used in a new way—and that brings an interesting opportunity. Previously, only those who could afford multi-terabyte SSDs could store the blockchain archive. Now, even inexpensive servers with modest HDDs could participate (and potentially earn some income). Will this breathe new life into TON Storage? Time will tell.
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🍌 How scammers pretend to work in arbitrage
⚫️ We stumbled upon a scam so blatant, you can spot the results with a regular TON explorer. That’s why this edition of our #antiscam column is especially visual.
⚫️ The scheme lures you in with the promise of “earning together through arbitrage” by transferring funds between different exchanges, dangling the carrot of “1–2% profit per round.” It can sound legit: arbitrage is a real thing, and 1–2% doesn’t scream “too good to be true”—to make any real money, you’d have to run your funds through the loop a bunch of times. But here’s a thought: why are these “partners” recruiting random people online?
⚫️ Next, you get a handy little guide on “how to earn by transferring TON between exchanges.” The trick? On an exchange like Binance, you check your TON address with a MEMO field. Then, using Tonkeeper, you send funds to the address coinbaseweb3.ton, making sure to include that MEMO in the comment, so that “you’ll get 1–2% more back from Coinbase to Binance.” What could possibly go wrong?
⚫️ Here’s where the curtain drops: coinbaseweb3.ton is just a scammer’s TON wallet, dressed up with a domain to look like “Coinbase.” But the real showstopper? Open this address in an explorer and you can watch the whole circus play out.
⚫️ Usually, the victim sends a small amount as a test. The scammers, ever the generous souls, add a tiny bit (those famous 1–2%) and send it all back to the victim’s exchange wallet. Do this a few times and the victim thinks, “Wow, this actually works!”—and then wires a much larger sum to “really cash in.” That’s when the magic trick happens: the money vanishes, never to be seen again.
💡 The anti-scam takeaway: Even if you get a little bit of money at first, it maybe just to lull you into a false sense of security. Ask yourselves, “Am I really sending money to Coinbase?” instead of trusting, “Well, the small amount came back increased, so everything must be fine.”
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🖊 Big interview with CEO of TON Foundation: Mass adoption, Twitter, and new hackathons
In April this year, Maximilian Crown, co-founder and board member of the MoonPay payment system, was appointed CEO of TON Foundation.
The new CEO immediately began actively posting on his X page, teasing community with announcements and appearing on various crypto podcasts. We didn’t want to be left out — so we sat down for a text interview with Max. Enjoy the read!
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TDT: You’re the CEO of TON Foundation, and there’s also a President — what’s the difference? Who makes the key decisions?
Max: We work as a team. I focus on the day-to-day operations, product and partnerships. The President collaborates with the Board of Directors to develop and implement long-term strategies that align with the foundation's goals. Key decisions? We make them collectively.
Max: It was a collective move — all about clarity. As the ecosystem has grown so much, we knew we needed sharper names to reflect roles: Toncoin as the token, TON Community as the people. Cleaner, simpler, easier for everyone to understand.
Max: Both. It’s where the crypto conversation happens in real time. It helps me stay connected, share progress, and keep the community energized.
Max: MoonPay helps people buy crypto with a credit card. It bridges theк fiat-to-crypto gap — making access to digital assets fast and user-friendly.
Max: Completely agree. If you can’t get in or out easily, you lose users. That’s why on- and off-ramps are critical for mass adoption.
Max: We’re actively improving this. Toncoin liquidity and fiat access are top priorities — especially in underserved markets. It’s a big focus for us.
Max: We hope to announce something soon. Hackathons are in our DNA — they’re where TON’s most exciting ideas start — and we’re aware of just how important they are to the community.
Max: I test a lot of apps — it comes with the territory. I’m particularly into Mini Apps that make crypto feel like a natural part of everyday digital life. The best ones just work: no jargon, no friction, no learning curve.
Max: Honestly? How our goal isn’t to make people care about blockchain. I know that doesn’t sound right but it’s to make them not need to. If we do our job right, they’ll just use it — without even realizing they’re using it.
🚀 PT+YT=SY or the main DeFi trend of 2025
⚫️ Lately, a new rule has taken hold in the TON DeFi community: "Want to be a real DeGen? Use FIVA." And while you’ll still need to research everything yourself to stay safe, here’s a breakdown of the basic mechanics for anyone who still believes 2025 is the year of DeFi on TON.
⚫️ It all started with the yield-tokenization protocol Pendle — one of the most talked-about DeFi projects of the past year. Pendle supports several major blockchains (Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism), but TON isn't among them. That’s why FIVA — a Pendle analog for TON — became one of the finalists of 2024 summer’s The Open League Hackathon.
📒 Before diving into FIVA’s core mechanics, let’s go over a few key concepts:
Underlying Asset — Yield-generating assets from other ecosystem protocols (liquid staking tokens, LP tokens from liquidity pools, etc.)
SY (Standardized Yield) — A token that wraps the Underlying Asset and is then split into PT and YT.
PT (Principal Token) — A token that represents the base asset (e.g., TON or USDt).
YT (Yield Token) — A token that represents the yield from the base asset (e.g., % from TON staking).
Maturity Time — The date when PT can be redeemed for the base asset at a 1:1 ratio, and YT becomes worthless (set by the platform).
Fixed Yield — The yield earned from holding PT until Maturity Time (determined at the time of PT creation).
Here you need to hold the PT token until Maturity Time.
PT is always sold at a discount on the market and rises in value over time until it reaches the base asset’s price. The difference between purchase price and final value at Maturity Time is your fixed yield.
This option is labeled "Low risk" by FIVA.
Both PT and YT can be traded on the market for profit based on price fluctuations. Just watch the Price Impact — with low liquidity, swaps can be very unfavorable.
Additionally, by holding YT, users can farm leveraged points from integrated projects (EVAA, Storm Trade, Torch Finance, Ethena) — a kind of reward for holding YT as it decays in value toward zero at Maturity Time.
This option is labeled "High risk."
The classic move for experienced users of decentralized exchanges.
To keep swaps on the market running, liquidity must be supplied to the pools — here is what you are offered to do, earning swap fees and project points (without leverage) as a reward.
This option is labeled "Medium risk."
🍌 What is a “pivot”?
⚫️For the second week in a row, TON projects have been shutting down. We’ve already covered the closures of Aqua Protocol and ParraTON — now they’re joined by @Ton_TradeBot, @Givemetotal_bot, and Crouton Finance. These projects are offering only a limited time to withdraw funds, so if you have assets in any of them, don’t forget to withdraw.
⚫️However, the situation with Crouton Finance is different from the rest. In this case, the team announced that the current project would be shut down, but work is already underway on a new one. What’s more, users’ accumulated CRUMBS will be carried over — addressing a common frustration when a long-used project shuts down and earned points are lost.
⚫️We believe it’s too early to draw conclusions about Crouton’s future — we’ll need to see what they’re building next. But this situation reminds us that startup outcomes aren’t limited to just successes and closures; sometimes there are also "pivots".
⚫️Here’s the idea. When people work in established fields (say, launching an online store in web2), they can often just “do what others did before them.” But in newer spaces like web3, where the path is less clear, it’s not obvious what will work and what won’t. So people rely on trial and error: “Let’s build what we envision and adjust along the way.”
⚫️Often, teams realize that their original idea doesn’t work as expected. But that doesn’t always mean “it’s all over” — it can mean something else: “After some hard lessons, we now better understand what the market needs. And we have a new idea worth pursuing.”
⚫️That’s when a pivot happens: the same team continues building a product, but the core idea shifts dramatically. This happens not just in crypto — for example, the creators of the Arc browser recently decided that in 2025, people need a “new AI-powered browser.” So they launched a new project, Dia, and stopped working on Arc.
💡 Of course, the new project might also end up shutting down. But as the saying goes, “failure is the mother of success” — the experience of past mistakes can help teams avoid new ones. Many in the TON ecosystem have already been “battle-tested” this way. Will these hard-earned lessons help TON become more successful in the future? Time will tell.
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👁 Which explorer is right for you?
⚫️ We’ve mentioned blockchain explorers before — tools that help you view information from the blockchain. But in this #howtoton post, we want to highlight a nuance that’s often overlooked in beginner guides. Namely, there are two distinct ways people use explorers.
⚫️ The common use case: since the blockchain is fairly transparent and transactions are visible to everyone (though anonymous), an explorer lets you discover all kinds of interesting things. For example: what tokens are held in whale wallets with large balances? Which addresses has Durov’s alleged wallet interacted with? What did my crypto spending look like a year ago?
⚫️ The other case where explorers are invaluable is smart contract development. They allow you to view transactions involving your own contracts, and also understand how other projects are structured. That’s why developers use them heavily in their work.
⚫️ These two scenarios demand different types of information. For example, when you swap tokens on a DEX, a series of transactions takes place. A developer might want to examine each individual transaction with all the technical details like opcodes. Meanwhile, a regular user just wants to see “Token A was swapped for Token B” — opcodes and chains of messages would only cause confusion.
⚫️ Explorer creators aim to make their tools accessible for everyone. Still, you might hear opinions like: “There’s no single best explorer for TON — Tonviewer is best for developers, while Tonscan.org is better for regular users.” (By the way, there’s also Tonscan.com, but that one is “for developers” — apparently just to confuse everyone.)
⚫️ Ultimately, choosing an explorer comes down to personal preference. The best one for you depends on your own needs. But when testing out different options, it helps to keep this question in mind: “Am I approaching this as a user or as a developer? And who is this explorer primarily built for?”
🖊 Feel free to share in the comments which explorer you prefer and why. We’re curious to hear what details matter most to different people.
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📉 Is the Telegram Gifts market declining? What the Dune data tells us
⚫️ During days of record trading volumes, you likely came across statistics about the gift marketplaces. But beyond that, the dashboard Pavel Durov mentioned in his post also contains other equally interesting insights. Let’s take a look at what else it reveals.
⚫️ The question on many minds right now: "Is the hype around gifts starting to fade?" And indeed, the trading volume peaked on June 9, after which market activity around Telegram Gifts has been steadily declining each day.
⚫️ On the other hand, a similar dip (on a smaller scale) already occurred between June 2 and 5, and the balance chart show that traders aren’t rushing to withdraw their funds from marketplaces just yet. It’s also worth noting the steady growth in unique users, although it's clear that many are struggling to keep up with current gift prices.
💡 Of course, we’re not here to make predictions or give financial advice. But judging by the growing popularity of bots for auto-buying gifts and stickers, the audience is clearly ready to invest in new collections. Speaking of stickers: despite having no on-chain mechanics, several recent packs sold out in a matter of minutes.
⚫️ The on-chain/off-chain split remains consistent: gifts on decentralized platforms are priced higher, but Telegram’s internal marketplaces dominate in both volume and user activity — ~$10M vs. ~$70M in total trading volume.
⚫️ As for the ecosystem, Tonnel Marketplace’s main competitor — Portals — has nearly caught up in terms of metrics. It looks like off-chain marketplace aggregators may soon appear, similar to DEX aggregators, offering users the best deals across platforms.
⚫️ Overall, the situation can be viewed from different angles. Every hype wave eventually fades, and the Telegram Gifts market is no exception. Still, gifts are becoming an integral part of the messenger, which gives them a much better chance of price stability than a random memecoin or NFT collection.
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📒 How not to fall for scams: A selection of posts from the #antiscam series
⚫️ Right now, thanks to Telegram Gifts, many users unfamiliar with the crypto world are entering the TON ecosystem. And as recent events have shown, every one of them needs to know how to protect their assets.
⚫️ Back in December 2024, we launched the #antiscam series where we break down common fraud tactics and teach you how to spot deception hidden among dozens of "too-good-to-be-true" offers. As of today, the series includes 13 posts!
Take a closer look:
— Beware of impersonators: What types of scams are found in TON
— Not a scam, but just as painful: Other ways you can lose your funds
— What are rug pulls and how can you avoid them?
— How to assess projects and avoid scammers?
— How scammers fake email addresses
— How scammers "warm up" their victims
— How poor moderation helps scammers
— How scammers swap links
— How scammers impersonate us
— How scammers approach crypto entrepreneurs
— How scammers sell "signals"
— How scammers hack popular pages
— (extra) How a scammer stole over $250,000 in Telegram Gifts
⚫️ These posts cover the types of scams you might encounter in TON and beyond. Pick the ones you’re most curious about — or read them all to make sure scammers don’t stand a chance.
⚫️ And since we’ve already covered the most obvious fraud tactics — now we need your help! Let us know in the comments what other schemes we should write about. Maybe you know of or even experienced one yourself?
Enjoy reading — and keep your funds safe!
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⌨️ The Weekly TON: Highlights of the week
🔥 The gift market keeps booming — Pavel Durov is now posting about TON taking the Top1 spot among all blockchains in NFT trading volume. How much longer do you think the hype around Telegram Gifts will last?
⚫️ TON users can now buy tokenized gold. We explain what the ticker XAUt0 stands for, what makes this new RWA unique, the role Tether plays, and how the LayerZero protocol fits into the picture.
⚫️ A major campaign called TeFi Alliance has launched on TON, organized by Torch Finance with a $20,000 prize pool. In our overview post, we break down how to join the competition and how XP points are earned. By the way, XP farming via FIVA is now live.
⚫️ What’s the biggest obstacle to mass adoption — and why is making crypto simple so hard? Using the iPhone’s smartphone revolution as an example, we explore what the "billion-dollar opportunity" really is for TON Blockchain.
⚫️ Sometimes we forget that in crypto, it’s not just protocols and wallets that get hacked — but also social media accounts. In this week’s antiscam post, we look into how scammers trick users and how to spot when an influencer’s account has been compromised.
💀 In an extra edition of antiscam series, we cover the theft of over $250,000 worth of gifts. Find out how the scammer gained access to the victim’s account — and why TON-based services may sometimes be more secure than Telegram itself.
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🍌 How a scammer stole over $250,000 in Telegram gifts
⚫️ A new fraud case is causing a stir in the TON ecosystem, prompting us to release an extra edition of our #antiscam series. According to reports, during a casual meetup in Moscow, a girl was tricked into giving up Telegram gifts worth over $250,000.
⚫️ The reported scheme went like this: during the meetup, a guy asked to borrow her phone under a made-up pretext. He then quickly linked her Telegram account to a different phone number and gained access to the gifts stored there.
⚫️ Some commenters speculate that the story might be fake. We cannot immediately verify all the details, so we’re not making any definitive claims. Still, the situation offers an important takeaway about the risks of handing over your unlocked phone to someone else.
⚫️ Non-custodial wallets like Tonkeeper typically require biometric or code confirmation for transactions. So without that authentication, a scammer is unlikely to empty the wallet just by taking the phone for a few minutes. That said, large sums are always more securely stored in a cold wallet rather than on a mobile device.
⚫️ However, Telegram accounts and assets within them (such as gifts and funds stored in bot wallets) are more accessible by default. If someone can access both your Telegram app and your SMS messages (with confirmation codes), the potential for abuse is high.
💡 So if you store valuable assets or sensitive data in Telegram and are in the habit of lending your phone out “just for five minutes,” here’s a key piece of anti-scam advice: at the very least, enable Passcode Lock in your Telegram settings. This way, even if your phone is unlocked, you can lock the Telegram app before handing it over to someone.
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💀 Why is it so hard to make things simple?
⚫️ TON finds itself in a paradox. Its goal is mass adoption — “crypto in every pocket.” Currently, the most popular feature in TON is Telegram gifts, but much of what happens with them occurs outside the blockchain itself. Meanwhile, interesting DeFi projects are launching (like Ethena, tgUSD, XAUt0), yet they’re not attracting the same level of interest. The result? We have “mass adoption without the blockchain” and “the blockchain without mass adoption.”
⚫️ Why is that? One of the main reasons is user simplicity. Everyone, even a grandmother, can grasp what a “gift in a messenger” means at a basic level. But “XAUt0” is much more confusing — even the name sounds like a puzzle. Ethena’s incentives can be hard to decipher even for crypto enthusiasts, let alone the average person. No wonder most people would rather stick with fiat money than deal with all this.
⚫️ In other words, complexity is one of the main obstacles holding TON back. The TON Foundation understands this and talks about the need to “simplify DeFi.” But if they understand it, why hasn’t it been simplified yet? Why do people still have to figure out what “XAUt0” is or deal with renamed channels? Is it really that hard to make things user-friendly?
⚫️ Our guess: yes, it really is that hard. TON is a system that is complex on many levels — technical, economic, legal. To make it accessible to the average user, all that complexity has to be hidden away so thoroughly that users don’t even notice it. But hiding that complexity is a complex task in itself. Imagine trying to explain advanced math to a first grader — how do you do it without making their head explode?
⚫️ This principle applies far beyond crypto. Before the iPhone, smartphones were “mini-computers” — clunky devices with slide-out keyboards and Excel support. Most people had no desire to dive into that complexity. Then came the iPhone, which said: forget physical keyboards and Excel — here’s a touchscreen with a single button. And that’s when smartphones went mainstream.
⚫️ Perhaps the winner in the crypto space will be the one who simplifies things as radically as the iPhone did for smartphones. That’s a billion-dollar opportunity. If you want to make a billion — that’s your challenge.
⌨️ Until someone cracks that code, we at The Daily TON see our mission as decoding the complexities of the ecosystem and explaining them in clear, simple language. So people can spend less time figuring things out — and so TON can feel just a little more accessible to everyone.
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👁 What kind of gold has arrived on TON?
⚫️ Yesterday, many reported the arrival of “tokenized gold” in TON under the name XAUt0. However, as noted by @xRocket’s founder, some descriptions have been inaccurate. For example, you might see headlines like “Tether launches ‘next-gen gold,’ and TON is the first to receive it.” But what actually happened?
⚫️ In addition to the familiar dollar-pegged stablecoins, there are also tokens pegged to the price of gold. These can be backed by real gold bars stored in a bank, allowing crypto users to invest in gold through a regular wallet. This reflects the concept of RWA.
⚫️ Tether, best known for its USDT stablecoin, launched a gold-backed stablecoin called Tether Gold (XAUt) back in 2020. (“AU” is the chemical symbol for gold in the periodic table.) Unlike USDT, however, XAUt is only available on one blockchain—Ethereum.
⚫️ A newer project called USDT0 recently set out to bring USDT to blockchains not officially supported by Tether. The mechanism works like this: a certain amount of USDT is locked in Ethereum, and an equivalent amount of a new token, USDT0, is minted on the desired blockchain. This is made possible by the OFT (Omnichain Fungible Token) standard from the LayerZero protocol.
⚫️ Now, that same project has decided to bring XAUt to TON. The idea is the same: lock original XAUt on Ethereum and issue an equivalent amount of XAUt0 in TON.
⚫️ It’s important to understand that USDT0 is not a Tether project (though it has received Tether’s approval). So it’s incorrect to say “Tether is launching” anything—Tether itself has not launched anything new. Likewise, it’s misleading to claim that “TON is the first to receive next-gen gold.” XAUt has existed on Ethereum for five years—TON is simply receiving an OFT version of it.
⚫️ Whether or not to invest in this version of gold is up to you. There are risks from multiple angles: What if something happens to Tether’s gold reserves and the original XAUt loses value? Or what if there are problems with LayerZero, causing trust in XAUt0 to falter even if XAUt remains fine?
💡 Still, the very ability to “invest in gold directly from TON” is an intriguing development. Gold prices don’t stand still: over the past year, an ounce of gold has risen from about $2,300 to $3,300. If the ability to easily convert Toncoin into XAUt0 had existed a year ago, it would’ve turned out to be a highly profitable option.
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👁 What are "tick-tock transactions"?
⚫️ Yesterday, the TON blockchain paused for about an hour. After an urgent bug fix, it resumed operation. Now, an official report has been published explaining what the error was and how it was resolved.
⚫️ The report itself is written in technical language:
This behavior in collators lead to attempt of generation of a block containing a tick transaction with an excessively high lt...