Inherited from Telegram, the TON blockchain was designed to onboard billions of users. It boasts ultra-fast transactions, low fees, and easy-to-use native apps, some of which can be used directly in Telegram such as @wallet or @cryptobot.
The Open League Digest
Season 5 is up and running, featuring $1.15M in prizes, and almost $1.4M in Toncoin and Token rewards from projects for liquidity providers!
Join @league for more updates!
TON at Korea Blockchain Week 2024
TON Foundation will be a title sponsor at Korea Blockchain Week (KBW). This premier event, scheduled for September 1-7, 2024, in Seoul, Korea, is a major global blockchain and Web3 festival.
Join us for an array of exclusive keynotes, panel discussions, interactive workshops, and project exhibitions. Secure your spot today!
Also, don't miss the exclusive TON side event, co-hosted with FACTBLOCK on September 3, 2024. This event will feature talks from various TON projects, TON Society, and TON Foundation, as well as unique networking opportunities. Register here.
TON Ecosystem Roundup
As TON continues to evolve and expand, this week brings several updates from four ecosystem projects: Elympics, TonGifts, DeDust, and Tonhub.
Let's take a closer look at their latest updates – learn more.
M2 launches TON staking with 10% APR
M2, a UAE-based crypto exchange, has introduced a TON staking plan offering a 10% APR for 30 and 60-day periods. How to participate:
▪️ Complete tasks with @community_bot here.
▪️ Choose a 30-day or 60-day plan.
▪️ Stake a minimum of 10 TON to start earning rewards.
Open to all M2 users who have completed KYC. Terms and conditions apply.
Limited availability for 550K TON across pools. Join now!
🏆 The Open League Hackathon Finalists and Winners
Dear participants,
We are thrilled to present the finalists and winners of The Open League Hackathon! Congratulations to everyone who made it this far, and a big round of applause to our winners!
GameFI & Onboarding
➖ Cat Gold Miner
➖ Chick Coop
➖ Hamsterdam
Social web3
➖ Boosteam
➖ Overleap
➖ Tontch
DEFI
➖ SettleTON
➖ TON Hedge
➖ Curdle Protocol
eCommerce
➖ InOne
➖ Unpacks
➖ Shopigram
Winners Across All Tracks
– Parroton
– CryptoMagnate
– FaktON⏺
– Tea Farm
– Chance🍀
– Chessio
– Money Garden
– TravelFrog
– FIVA
– Prophet
– Portfel
– Tonalytics
KuCoin Prize Winners
– Catton
– Swipy
– Pumpers
– Rainbow Swap 🌈
🎆 Congratulations to all the winners! Let's keep building and pushing the boundaries of innovation. ⭐️
Introducing swap.coffee
swap.coffee is a new DEX aggregator on TON, offering optimal exchange routes. Its user-friendly interface simplifies transactions, making the platform accessible to everyone, eliminating concerns about liquidity pools or selecting a DEX.
Advanced settings cater to experienced users seeking optimal, though riskier, exchange opportunities, enabling significant savings on large transactions. Join their official channel to learn more.
The Open League Hackathon Winners Announcement 🥳
We’ve spent numerous hours reviewing the applications, talking to the teams, listening to the pitches, mentoring, and admiring the work our hackathon participants have done.
Today, we are honored to announce the winners — those teams that proved their ability to build products that achieve traction, onboard users, and grow the ecosystem.
Watch the full video now to discover:
🎉 The most awaited one — winners announcement!!
🏆 Highlights of the winning projects
🚀 Next opportunities and support for all participants
👥 Special messages from our judges and mentors
For those that want to stick along the hackathon finalists on their hard but fun journey of building on TON, we have a Telegram Folder with their Telegram channels. They will love to have you in their cozy communities 💙
Up to the next levels on our journey to put crypto in every pocket!
DappRadar adds support for TON
TON dApps are now listed on DappRadar, enabling users to discover projects on TON. Explore TON dApps using DappRadar Rankings and filter by onchain metrics.
TON teams can submit applications to be listed on DappRadar here. Listed teams can also apply for paid promotions to boost visibility within the Web3 community.
We’re LIVE with our amazing 24 finalists teams!
Pitching session #2 starts at 11:00 UTC — pitch, build, grow, win 🦾
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhu8p8O3RJ4
TON/USDt rewards program extended until the end of 2024
The TON/USDt LP boosting program has played a crucial role in USDt on TON reaching over $679M in net circulation, becoming the fastest-growing launch in Tether's history!
For the first 4 weeks, STON.fi and DeDust will receive 2.6M TON (~$18.6M) for boosting their TON/USDt pools. This budget is part of a larger commitment that will continue until the end of 2024.
Go to STON.fi and DeDust to discover the benefits of boosted pools.
Join TON Voices Live (TVL) with Luke Belmar and Pixelverse
We're now live with Luke Belmar, Kori Leon, and Jack Booth, for a deep dive on TON news, huge news from Pixelverse, and a very special $1K Toncoin giveaway!
OKX Wallet integrates TON
OKX, a leading Web3 technology company, has announced that its OKX Wallet now supports TON, expanding its compatibility to 100 different blockchains.
This integration allows users to seamlessly discover, manage, swap, and transfer Toncoin and TON-based assets in the OKX Wallet, known for its robust self-custody security. Learn more.
Help us boost TON Community
While we keep boosting liquidity pools with Toncoin, our channel also needs your boosts to enable Stories.
Before boosting our channel:
▪️ Update Telegram to the latest version.
▪️ Get Telegram Premium through Fragment using your TON wallet or via the @PremiumBot.
How to boost TON Community?
It’s simple! Just click this link: /channel/toncoin?boost
GasPump emerges as the premier memecoin launchpad on TON
GasPump, a meme launchpad on TON, lets anyone create a tradable token in 2 minutes for under 1 Toncoin. Just 6 weeks post-launch, it has hit $1M in daily trading volume. Over 200K users have created 20K+ tokens via the Telegram Mini App, with a total trading volume exceeding $16M.
Memecoins have recently gained popularity in the TON Ecosystem. Launched in April 2024, Memelandia supports this trend, as TON Foundation recognizes the importance of community tokens and memecoins. Learn more here.
Apply to TON Syndicate 👁️👁️
Become part of the community that runs cool TON activations around the world!
👁🗨 Join TON Syndicate, a handshake theory based network of people that are passionate about TON and want to be at the heart of the latest alpha, run activations, and evangelise TON.
TON Syndicate ran Tokyo meet-ups, Nigeria Dev Onboardings, Tbilisi and Minsk Bootcamps, TON Breakfasts and more.
Now, we’re expanding! Have you ever wanted to run creative activations like Workouts, Chess tournaments, or No Wi-Fi Hackathon?
Come up with your own creative concept, apply for support, spread a word about TON in your city and in your corner of crypto Twitter (oops sorry X).
📆 Applications are open from July 11th to August 11th.
Apply now!
Introducing the W5 Smart Wallet: Gasless transactions now live on TON
The TON Core team, in collaboration with Tonkeeper, has launched the W5 Smart Wallet, enabling gasless transactions on TON. Toncoin is no longer necessary to facilitate payments, significantly lowering the barriers to entry on TON. You can now use USDt for gas fees while sending USDt, and NOT for gas fees while sending NOT.
The Gasless feature is live now on Tonkeeper for select assets and will soon be coming to TON Space and MyTonWallet. Enjoy multi-transaction capabilities with up to 255 simultaneous transfers and more. With W5, managing your TON assets is as easy as texting on Telegram — learn more.
TON News #1
We have launched a new video series, covering the latest updates from The Open Network.
Episode #1 is out, featuring OKX Wallet’s integration of TON, TON Foundation’s strategic partnership with Animoca Brands’ Mocaverse with a $20M Token Reserve, and more.
Watch now!
Join TON Voices Live (TVL) with Luke Belmar and Catizen
We're now live with Luke Belmar, Ricky Wong, and Jack Booth, for a deep dive on TON news, alpha from Pluto’s Catizen, and a very special $1K Toncoin giveaway!
Join now.
Join The Gateway
Get your tickets for TON's second annual conference, The Gateway, in Dubai on November 1-2, 2024. For a smoother experience, we suggest getting your ticket via mobile.
Secure your spot today!
TON Culture Kings: Hydra
In the latest feature of TON Culture Kings, where we explore the wild world of memecoins and community projects on TON, we interviewed Hydra.
Learn about Hydra’s journey, mission, progress, and future plans — read more.
Animoca Brands' Mocaverse and TON Foundation announce strategic partnership with $20M Token Reserve
Animoca Brands' Mocaverse and TON Foundation have launched a $20M Token Reserve to incentivize developers within their ecosystems. The partnership aims to onboard more users to Web3 through social casual gaming, sports, and IP experiences, leveraging both MOCA Coin and TON.
Mocaverse and Animoca Brands will promote the benefits of launching and integrating with TON for gaming projects. The collaboration includes integrating systems like Moca ID and TON Society ID to drive interoperability and user growth, with hackathons and accelerator programs planned to support builders of both ecosystems. Learn more.
The Open League Digest
With Season 5 in full swing, the Total Value Locked (TVL) on TON has soared to over $750M. The TON/USDt rewards program has been extended until the end of 2024, and we’re down to the last 24 finalists of The Open League Hackathon.
Join @league for more details.
Introducing JVault's Launchpad
JVault has launched a fully decentralized launchpad, offering project developers a platform characterized by simplicity, convenience, high functionality, and security.
Key advantages:
▪️ Full decentralization and transparency
▪️ Built-in jetton lock-up and vesting
▪️ Automated liquidity delivery
▪️ Customizable whitelists
▪️ Built-in referral system
▪️ Reliability score feature
Discover more here.
We’re LIVE with our amazing 24 finalists teams!
Join here on Telegram or on other socials 💜
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGZpn4_QWE
Hackathon finalists pitching show live tomorrow 💪
Today we announced The Open League Hackathon finalists that now have a chance to pitch for the prizes and winners title 🏆
Join us to listen the Live Judging Sessions tomorrow to be a spectator of the show, where 24 finalists pitch in front of TON Foundation.
Most active VCs in the ecosystem are invited!
Date:
📅 Friday, July 19th
Time:
🕰 First Session: 08:30 - 10:00 UTC
🕰 Second Session: 11:00 - 12:30 UTC
Streamed live on Telegram, Youtube, and X on @tonsociety.
Introducing TON Teleport BTC: Do more with your Bitcoin on TON
TON Teleport BTC, planned for launch later this year, is a trustless and secure bridge for seamless Bitcoin transfers to and from TON. It will allow you to engage in DeFi on TON, use your Bitcoin in TON DEXs, lending platforms, and more.
Operating without centralized intermediaries, each Bitcoin on TON will be 100% backed by actual Bitcoin. This will enhance Bitcoin's utility, transforming it into a powerful tool for generating additional rewards on TON and paving the way for future integrations, making TON a truly interconnected blockchain ecosystem.
Learn more here.
EURO 2024 Fantasy Football Tournament: Winners
Congratulations to Spain for winning the EURO 2024 for a record fourth time in their history!
The Fanton Fantasy Football Tournament, supported by TON Society and TON Community, has also ended. The top 20% of players who participated in all four stages, highlighted in blue and green on the final leaderboard, will share a prize pool of 1K TON. Stay tuned for more fun events!
Introducing Major
Major, the first rating game in Telegram, reached over 10M users in less than 10 days, with more than 3M wallets connected.
The game supports TON Connect, and starting from the end of July, Major will be awarding Toncoin to the top 10 players. Plans are underway to extend these rewards to the top 100 players while preparing to launch its own token on TON. Join their official Telegram channel to learn more.
TON Innovators: Nomis
On July 4th, Nomis, a leading onchain reputation system, launched the first reputation scoring solution on TON. This initiative aims to transform how user activity is assessed and rewarded.
Discover how their scoring model works, the challenges they faced, their future plans, and more here.
EURO 2024 Fantasy Football Tournament: Final
Spain vs England. It's time for the grand finale of the EURO 2024 Fantasy Football Tournament with a 3K TON prize pool! Who will win?
▪️ Free registration is open until July 14th, 19:00 UTC.
▪️ Pick 5 players from Spain and England.
▪️ Players earn points for goals, assists, and other actions.
▪️ The top 20% of players based on the total points collected will share a prize pool of 500 TON. Leaderboard.
Details here.
Play, have fun, win!