Get ready for The Open League Season 4
Applications are now open for @league’s Season 4, featuring battles in Token, App, NFT, and DeFi categories. Key updates:
▪️ The Major and Minor Leagues will be merged. As usual, winners of the previous season will get an LP boost.
▪️ Applications for the fresh DeFi and NFT battles are open, but their start dates are to be determined. Contestants in the DeFi battle will be competing to achieve the highest TVL at risk.
▪️ To be eligible to compete in the App battle, teams with Telegram Mini Apps need to integrate a new SDK.
▪️ The top 10 projects on the leaderboard by the end of Season 4 will get an LP boost in Season 5.
Applications close on June 11, 2024, at 11:00 AM UTC. Projects that miss the deadline can join Season 5.
Apply here!
Explaining FIT21 and what it means for the future of decentralization
TON Foundation believes that the newly passed Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21) is a positive step for Web3 and the blockchain industry.
FIT21 establishes clear standards for what makes a blockchain decentralized, outlining a five-prong test that assesses governance, token distribution, code stability, promotion, and token creation.
To dive deeper, check out this blog post.
Cashback in Toncoin (TON)
You can now earn cashback in TON with Tribute. Make purchases in any currency via Wallet, and receive cashback in TON.
How?
▪️ Buy a digital product or make a donation via Wallet in Tribute.
▪️ Tribute credits 3% of the purchase amount and converts it to TON.
▪️ Cashback is sent to your Wallet within 2 weeks.
▪️ Minimum payout is 0.000001 TON.
For more details, check out this post.
Catizen reaches 1,5M+ daily active users
Catizen is a popular TON-based Telegram Mini App that has recently experienced massive growth:
▪️ Onchain users: 695K
▪️ Total in-game Catizens: 10M
▪️ Onchain transactions: 4,2M
Catizen uses advanced AI to create lifelike virtual cats that learn and develop unique traits based on their interactions with users, blending entertainment within a Play-2-Earn token mining experience. Check out this blog post to learn more.
Changelly lists Notcoin and offers 0% service fee
Changelly, a global crypto exchange serving over 7 million users, has listed NOT. To celebrate, they are offering a 0% service fee for Notcoin enthusiasts for a limited time.
Swap any crypto for NOT and vice versa without service fees until June 6, 2024. Get started now!
Please note that the 0% service fee does not cover the network fee.
Notcoin Phase 3: Learn, Quest, Earn
Of course, TON Community had to be among the first to support Notcoin Earn! In a new beginner's series of quests, we’ll explore everything you can do on TON. All while earning Notcoin!
There’s $200,000 in Notcoin up for grabs. Go to t.me/notcoin_bot to start.
The Open League S3 ended today at 11:00 AM UTC. Season 4 is coming soon.
Since the start of @League roughly $40M has been distributed to you, TON Community. Results since March:
▪️ Daily Active Wallets: 568K (+1,403%)
▪️ Monthly Active Wallets: 3.5M (+775%, +105% just the last 2 weeks)
▪️ DeFi Total Value Locked: $320M (+1,298%)
Detailed results, S3 winners, leaderboards, and insights.
We’ll be back on June 12th 11:00 AM UTC with Season 4. Bigger and better. Slowly, then suddenly.
Transition from jUSDT to native USDt support on TON
USDt’s launch on TON has been a massive success so far, with 316M USDt already in circulation! Here are some important updates regarding jUSDT and USDt-TON:
▪️ Minting of new jUSDT will stop on June 10, 2024 - this is a scheduled event, and all your assets will remain safe.
▪️ Percentage fees from all outgoing jUSDT transactions on TON Bridge have been removed.
▪️ Outgoing transactions will still be supported as long as there are jUSDT holders.
▪️ Soon, TON Foundation will add more liquidity to jUSDT/USDt pools on DEXes.
Read more here.
The era of USDt native cross-chain bridges is coming. Migrate to USDt native to benefit from upcoming integrations and enhanced functionality.
TON Society is joining the ETH Belgrade Hackathon
There is a special TON hackathon track at ETH Belgrade, the biggest crypto event in the Balkans. TON Society is offering a $10K prize pool for Telegram Mini Apps.
Successful projects can advance to the global Open League Hackathon with a $2M prize pool. Join the event in Belgrade from May 31 to June 2, or participate online, to start building on TON and reach Telegram’s 900M+ users.
Sign up here! Find out more in this blog post.
TON onboards 1M users in 30 hours
Notcoin's launch on TON has led to significant onchain results:
▪️ New Notcoin onchain holders: 1,000,000+
▪️ Notcoin mints: 841,170
▪️ DEX activity: 216,530 swaps by 117,254 traders in 30 hours
▪️ NFT voucher swaps to Notcoin: 67,258 swaps across 16 addresses
Today, TON’s user base consistently stands around 2 million accounts, with regular daily active users ranging between 100,000 and 200,000.
This milestone is a clear example of our vision: giving billions the opportunity to own their digital identity, data, and assets by building a TON-based Web3 ecosystem in Telegram. For more details, check out this blog post.
Open League Summer wrap-up parties
Join TON Society for wrap-up parties in each of the 13 cities hosting Open League Summer bootcamps. Meet local TON KOLs, founders, investors, TON builders, and community members.
PITCH. BUILD. GROW. WIN.
Register now!
Open League Summer
Join TON Society in Hong Kong and Prague from May 24-26 to kick off the first of 13 IRL Bootcamps worldwide.
Mass adoption only happens on TON. What are you waiting for?
Join the bootcamps, learn, and build your pitch for The Open League Hackathon with a $2 million prize pool!
PITCH. BUILD. GROW. WIN.
USDt-TON surges to new heights
USDt launched on TON on April 19th and has already become the fastest-growing launch in the history of Tether, reaching an impressive circulation of 273 million in just one month!
How can you use it?
▪️ Send it to your friends for free within Telegram – it’s as easy as sending a text message.
▪️ Withdraw it for free to TON from OKX, Bybit, KuCoin, and MEXC.
▪️ Earn Toncoin rewards with it on Wallet, STON.fi, DeDust, Storm Trade, and EVAA.
Discover more ways to use USDt-TON!
ChangeNOW supports USDt-TON swaps
You can now swap to USDt on TON from 900+ assets and 75+ blockchains with 0 service fees for an entire week (network fee applies). As a non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange platform, ChangeNOW allows for swift crypto exchanges with no limits.
Visit ChangeNOW to swap to USDt on TON!
TON Ecosystem Roundup
As TON continues to evolve and expand, this week brings several updates from three ecosystem projects: G-BOTS, Zima Bank, and QuackQuack.
Let's take a closer look at their latest updates – learn more.
DeDust introduces new staking program with over $9M staked
In May, DeDust launched a new staking program where rewards come from swap fees, which are converted into SCALE and distributed as staking rewards.
This model grants SCALE a new utility. Since May 2, 2024, more than $9 million worth of SCALE has been staked on DeDust, generating high APRs, and over $288,000 worth of SCALE has been distributed among stakers. Details.
Storm Trade expands crypto futures trading with multi-coin collateral
Storm Trade has introduced multi-coin collateral for their TON-margined futures product. You can now trade futures contracts using TON or USDt as collateral in TON, BTC, ETH, DOGE, and even NOT trading pairs.
Leveraging your existing crypto holdings, you can unlock new trading opportunities. Storm Trade boasts over 10 trading pairs with TON collateral, all accessible directly via the @stormtradebot. Details.
To learn more about Storm Trade, check out this blog post.
Disclaimer: Futures trading carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Consider your financial situation and risk tolerance before trading. The information provided is for educational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice.
Open League Summer
Open League Summer bootcamps have been successfully held in Prague, Hong Kong, Berlin, Taipei, and Belgrade, filled with insightful sessions, prizes, and more.
Upcoming bootcamps will be held in Seoul, Warsaw, Tbilisi, Kyiv, and Gurugram over the next few days. Register now to secure your spot!
Can't join in person? Tune in to the livestreams on the TON Society channel.
PITCH. BUILD. GROW. WIN.
Hamster Kombat coming to TON
Hamster Kombat, a Tap-2-Earn management simulation game, is planning to launch its hamster ecosystem, including onchain assets, on TON.
Leveraging Telegram's viral social mechanisms combined with special reward cards and other features, the game has reached over 60M users with 24M daily active users. Also, Hamster Kombat’s HamsterKombat_Official/featured">YouTube channel became the fastest to reach 10M subscribers — in just 7 days. Plus, they have the largest Telegram channel with more than 21M subscribers.
To celebrate joining the TON Ecosystem, Hamster Kombat introduced a special "launch on TON" card, offering users additional rewards.
Stay tuned for our upcoming Space session with them on X this Monday at 16:00 CET.
Tonkeeper launches gasless USDt payments on TON
Tonkeeper has launched gasless non-custodial USDt-TON payments with the W5 wallet. You can now transact using USDt without needing to hold Toncoin for network fees, simplifying the process and reducing barriers for new users.
For gasless operations with other tokens and NFTs, blockchain fees can be covered using Tonkeeper’s existing Battery feature.
Download Tonkeeper to make your first gasless transaction! For more details, check out this post.
TON Deep Dives
Want to know why industry leaders are excited about TON? Here are some of their recent findings:
▪️ Amber Labs highlighted that transactions on TON increased over 10x since March 2024, and the number of onchain activated wallets grew 3.6x this year.
▪️ Pantera Capital made their largest investment ever due to TON's potential to introduce crypto to 900M Telegram users.
▪️ Animoca Brands recognized TON’s scalability, handling high transaction volumes at unprecedented speeds with low costs and robust security.
USDt-TON is now available on AvanChange
You can now buy, sell, or exchange USDt with fiat or over 100 other cryptocurrencies on AvanChange, a multi-currency online exchange founded in 2018. Plus, starting today:
▪️ Swap USDt-TON to Toncoin for only a 0.001% service fee.
▪️ Swap Toncoin to USDt-TON for only a 0.001% service fee.
Both promotions last until June 2, 2024.
Visit AvanChange or navigate to Browser > AvanChange inside Tonkeeper to get started!
Crypto: as easy as sending a message
The launch of USDt on TON was a pivotal moment in TON Community’s history. The world’s largest stablecoin. On the fastest blockchain. Inside the emerging world’s most popular messenger. Creating the freedom to transact globally.
1 Month:
▪️ 316M USDt in circulation
▪️ 160M USDt locked
People will look back on this moment. As the moment when mass adoption of freedom tech truly began. Start using USDt-TON!
The Open League Digest
USDt-TON reaches 273 million in circulation, STON.fi has reached $100 million TVL in the TON/USDT pool, and Open League Summer bootcamps have already started today in Hong Kong and Prague. Open League Summer wrap-up parties will take place in 13 cities around the world, and much more!
Join @league for more details.
TON community took over the Mainstage at Hong Kong Web3 Festival. Here’s the highlights - don’t miss the full livestream available on YouTube.
Читать полностью…STON.fi has reached $100 million TVL (Total Value Locked) in the TON/USDT pool
Additionally, they have secured investment from CoinFund, with Delphi Ventures, Karatage, TON Ventures, Sergej Kunz, Anton Bukov, and Philipp Zentner also participating. The funds will support STON.fi's mission to enable secure and efficient token exchanges for millions of Telegram users.
Notcoin (NOT) is now a fully supported asset in Wallet
Starting today, you can:
▪️ Buy and sell NOT on the P2P Market.
▪️ Exchange it for TON, USDt, and BTC.
▪️ Send it to your Telegram contacts.
▪️ Use it for payments in Wallet Pay.
For more details, join the Wallet News channel.
Plus, don't miss out on the Wallet Earn campaign – stake TON and earn NOT from a total prize pool of 1 billion Notcoin.