Sarah McDaniel, American artist, has released a mini-movie about the creation process of her NFT project on TON Blockchain.
Sarah McDaniel, who goes under the name Yonk in the artworld, works with 2D, stop motion, and live action, married with CGI to tell abstract stories of the various subjects she explores in neuroscience. At the beginning of her career, she gained popularity as a model thanks to her multicolored eyes. She also appeared in music videos of prominent musicians such as Mark Ronson and G-Eazy, as well as served as the cover girl for Playboy magazine in 2016.
For a year Sarah has been devoting lots of time and effort to studying neurobiology and specifically to how human brains change in different emotional states. The Inner Landscapes project blends scientific data gathered from the MRI scans with computer graphics. As a result, Yonk created artworks that demonstrate peculiarities of the human brain during different activities, thus attracting more attention to this topic.
The mini-movie, shot in Los Angeles, shows the creation process of the Inner Landscapes. The film director is Ian Bokhanovich who earlier produced video clips for famous rappers Eldzhey and Morgenshtern. The movie itself is quite short and truly artistic, and it’ll be presented at the Focus Art Fair in New York.
Yonk also published the video on her Instagram, announcing the collaboration with TON Diamonds, thanked the team for the movie production and reminded her followers about the upcoming exhibition in New York.
Enjoy it! And look out for more news on Sarah’s artworks and the new artists that will soon appear on our marketplace.
TON Foundation enlists Chainalysis Crypto Incident Response Service.
TON Foundation has entered into a new collaboration with Chainalysis, a leading blockchain analysis company that specializes in cryptocurrency investigative and compliance solutions. The Chainalysis Crypto Incident Response program is a rapid response retainer service that works with blockchain networks to recover lost funds in the event of a network security breach.
Chainalysis provides world-class security for its client networks but also acts as an investigator and a broker between users and law enforcement. When an incident such as a hack, ransomware attack, code exploit, or flash loan attack occurs, Chainalysis is available 24/7 to assign a dedicated team to protect users.
This latest partnership with Chainalysis demonstrates TON Foundation’s commitment to protecting the community from malicious actors and securing the integrity of the network. You can read more about the Chainalysis service here.
Mooli now supports Toncoin (TON) on its crypto asset tracking platform
Mooli, a customizable crypto asset tracker, has added Toncoin (TON) to its dashboard. The platform offers daily profit and loss monitoring, saved filters, as well as the ability to share custom dashboards with friends.
Mooli offers a safe and user-friendly way to monitor crypto assets by supporting both MetaMask and WalletConnect. The platform is also completely anonymous and does not obtain access to a user's wallet, private keys or seed phrase. You can check out Mooli here.
Swap, farm, earn with lower fees and higher rewards on DeDust’s version 2.0
DeDust.io, a leading decentralized exchange (DEX) on TON, has launched its version 2.0, which includes a host of new features and improvements. You can now swap tokens with lower gas fees and earn $SCALE by providing liquidity for farming pools.
The new DeDust.io also features an updated interface and liquidity deposit UX that has massively improved performance and usability. Check out the DeDust Telegram channel for more info.
TON Play releases Unity SDK and a new payment management system for games
TON Play, a TON-based GameFi launchpad, has introduced new payment options including pay-in, mass payout, and on-demand payout methods which can be seamlessly integrated with any product.
The service allows you to:
▪️Receive Toncoin payments from Telegram users.
▪️Incorporate mass Toncoin payouts in projects with cash prizes.
▪️Automate payouts upon user request.
Besides this, TON Play has streamlined the asset and in-game marketplace management process for projects using TON Blockchain and the Telegram WebApp thanks to their new SDK solution.
Developers can direct any inquiries they have to TON Play's support team via @tonplay_devs or by emailing gamedevs@tonplay.io.
Flex supports new Token Bridge
On April 17, 2023, after a long testing period, the TON Factory team launched a public and fully functional version of the Flex decentralized exchange (DEX).
Users are now able to:
▪️Transfer stablecoins including Tether tokens (USDT), USD Coin (USDC), Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) and Dai (DAI) to TON via the official bridge.
▪️Swap via routes (so-called "double swaps"). This allows users to exchange digital tokens from several links along complex paths.
▪️Access one of the lowest fees among all DEX's on TON.
▪️List any digital token without additional fees.
▪️Use any wallet working with TON Connect 2.0 (Tonkeeper, OpenMask, MyTonWallet, Tonhub, etc).
Users also have the opportunity to place funds in liquidity pools.
For developers and third-party services, an API is available, which allows users to interact with Flex even without knowledge of low-level TON structures.
Welcome to the new TON-based DEX.
Fanton secures $300,000 in pre-seed funding
Fanton, a leading play-to-earn (P2E), NFT-based fantasy football game on The Open Network (TON), has raised $300,000 from top-tier investors. Fanton is now valued at $5M. To date, over 50,000 users have played Fanton and this number is growing every day. This substantial financial support, combined with the company's devoted user base, is paving the way for Fanton to obtain unicorn status, marking a major milestone for TON Ecosystem's SocialFi sphere.
Fanton allows you to build your own virtual football team using NFT cards. Each card represents a real player who performs in real matches. You can earn points based on your players’ actions in the real world, and win Toncoin or more NFT cards.
Fanton's founder and COO, Vadim Sterlin, highlighted the company's revenue generation, consistent 20% weekly growth and innovative use of TON technology as evidence of the company's huge potential. Fanton is building up a substantial community on Telegram. Now, with the support of top-tier investors such as First Stage Labs, Fanton is on its way to revolutionize TON Ecosystem's P2E landscape.
A new Telegram update allows developers to assign custom usernames to bots using Fragment
Telegram has introduced a new feature that enables developers to assign any username purchased on Fragment to their bots without having to follow the usual bot suffix rule. Previously, every new bot created in Telegram had to end with the special bot suffix, which limited developer creativity and branding possibilities.
Fragment is a decentralized marketplace, operating on TON Blockchain, for buying and selling Telegram usernames. Now, in exchange for 5,000 Toncoin, developers can use any username for their bot which they have purchased on Fragment.
Onramp now supports Toncoin (TON) purchases via UPI/IMPS transfers
Onramp, the leading service for converting fiat-to-crypto in India, has integrated support for TON Blockchain. You can now instantly buy Toncoin (TON), as well as more than 200 other cryptocurrencies, with the Indian Rupee (INR) using Onramp. To get started, visit the Onramp website and turn INR into TON today!
First Stage Labs has released new research on the latest developments in decentralized finance (DeFi) on The Open Network (TON) in Q1, 2023
TON has seen a massive proliferation of DeFi projects and an increase in TVL during Q1, 2023. TON is now laying the groundwork to become one of the leading platforms for DeFi innovation and adoption. In this new Medium post, FSL explores current and future DeFi projects on TON, comparing TON’s performance with other blockchains while identifying the drivers of TON’s TVL growth.
Please check out FSL's latest post and subscribe to the Medium channel for more insights into TON Ecosystem.
TON Foundation publishes Q1 2023 results
It has been an extremely productive past three months on The Open Network (TON):
▪️ The number of registered TON accounts and transactions has increased by 25%.
▪️ The TON decentralized finance (DeFi) sphere has grown significantly.
▪️ Toncoin (TON) has been listed on two top CEXs, which are currently ranked in CoinMarketCap's top five and 15, respectively.
▪️ There have been several core audits on TON.
▪️ The TON community as a whole has celebrated a number of important events.
Please read the full report here:
https://telegra.ph/TON--Results-from-Q1-2023-04-18
TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the most exciting news from the past seven days in The Open Network (TON) Ecosystem.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of registered TON accounts increased from 2,463,654 to 2,502,589 (+1.6%) between April 10 and April 16, 2023.
News:
▪️ The first unlimited bridge for ERC-20 tokens has been officially released. Read more.
▪️ Tonkeeper, the most popular wallet in the TON ecosystem, has released a huge update. The app has enhanced its services and is now even faster, smoother and more convenient. Read more.
▪️ TON will take part in the Blockchain Economy Istanbul Summit 2023, the largest blockchain summit in Europe and Asia. The summit will be held in Istanbul on May 10-11, 2023. Read more.
▪️ The ton-company">TON & Company YouTube channel has released an interview with Andrey Pfau, a developer from TON Foundation’s core team. Watch the interview.
▪️ We are celebrating TON reaching the major milestone of 2,500,000 accounts. Read more.
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We have just reached 2,500,000 TON accounts! 🥳
The 2,500,000th TON Blockchain account has just been created!
The last major milestone of 2,000,000 accounts was reached in January 2023 and since then the network has grown by 25% in less than 3 months.
The Open Network (TON) continues to expand at an incredible rate and we'd like to congratulate the community for this breakthrough achievement!
Tonkeeper 3.0 is now available
Tonkeeper, the most popular wallet in The Open Network (TON) Ecosystem, has received a major update. Tonkeeper is now even faster, smoother, more convenient and has made the following important upgrades to the service:
▪️ From now on, all your Toncoin (TON), NFTs, and other digital tokens (including those invested in staking pools, DEXs and auctions) are displayed in a single list on the wallet's main page.
▪️ Your dApp transaction and interaction history can be viewed in the "Activity" tab.
▪️ The TON price chart has become more interactive.
The wallet team has also announced another important release:
▪️ The Tonconsole.com B2B service is now available for developers and businesses creating projects on TON Blockchain. This new solution allows you to quickly and conveniently work within TON and manage your projects through your personal account.
This update marks a huge milestone for Tonkeeper, its users, and the wider TON Ecosystem. We'd like to congratulate Tonkeeper for all their amazing work!
We are attending Europe's and Asia's largest Blockchain Summit!
Ömür Çataltepe from the TON Foundation will represent the TON community as a panel speaker at Blockchain Economy 2023 and will talk about the great opportunities in TON ecosystem to all the participants.
We invite our entire TON community to the summit that will be held in Istanbul between 8-11 May!
Website: blockchaineconomy.istanbul
Trust Wallet now supports Toncoin (TON)
Trust Wallet, a self-custodial and multi-chain crypto wallet with more than 60 million downloads, has added Toncoin (TON) to its supported assets. The wallet now allows users to hold, receive and send TON.
Anthony Tsivarev, Director of Developer Relations at TON Foundation, described Trust Wallet as one of the "pillars of the digital token space" and said the addition of TON to the self-custodial and multi-chain crypto wallet marked a significant milestone in TON's journey to mass adoption.
Trust Wallet is truly one of the world's leading Web3 wallets and it cannot be understated what a major breakthrough this is for TON. This integration will significantly increase the visibility of the native cryptocurrency of our blockchain and it is an unequivocal sign that TON is gaining high-profile recognition in the digital token space.
The story of Tact language: from idea to release
Today, we invite you to check out the latest blog post published on TON Blog about the history of the Tact programming language, which was made to supplement FunC.
In this latest post, you'll find out why Tact was needed, what problems it solves and who was involved in its creation. The blog post is available here.
TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the most exciting news from the past seven days in The Open Network (TON) ecosystem.
Network Growth:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON grew from 2,532,874 to 2,567,158 (+1.3%) between April 24 and 30.
Ecosystem News:
▪️ Tonstarter launched two new Community Incentive programs, whereby users can earn bonus points for completing simple tasks. Read more.
▪️ NFT marketplace Getgems celebrated its first birthday on April 27. Congratulations to everyone at Getgems!🥳 Read more.
▪️ Fanton, a P2E project based on TON, raised $300,000 in a pre-Seed funding round. Read more.
▪️ CPA network ePN is expanding its presence in the ecosystem and invites people to collaborate with TON-based projects. Read more.
▪️ Flex, a new DEX based on TON that supports the new Token Bridge, launched. Read more.
▪️ GameFi launchpad TON Play released its Unity SDK and a payments processor for games. Read more.
▪️ The ton-company">TON & Company YouTube channel published an interview with the CEO of StickerFace, Oleg Illarionov. View the interview here.
▪️ TON-based decentralized exchange DeDust unveiled its latest 2.0 version. Read more.
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TON&Co have released a new interview with StickerFace CEO Oleg Illarionov
In their latest video, ton-company">TON&Co sit down with the creative muse and CEO of StickerFace. This is a Web3 solution that allows users to create their own personalized, TON-based NFT avatars.
Oleg has already made huge contributions to the development of TON Blockchain. In particular, thanks to his extensive experience developing mobile apps, he was integral to the creation of the TON API.
Please head over to the TON&Co YouTube channel to find out more about the world of StickerFace, NFT, Telegram, and TON!
New participants join Tonstarter's Community Incentives program
In January this year, Tonstarter launched the Community Incentives program, which has already distributed over $500,000 of digital tokens and NFTs to TON Ecosystem projects.
The program invites users to complete simple tasks such as playing a game, making a transaction, subscribing to a channel or attending an AMA session. As a reward, users obtain points that can be exchanged for project tokens and NFTs.
Tonstarter has now launched two new Community Incentive programs simultaneously and all users can participate in them immediately. One program is for Punk City and another is for STON.fi DEX.
A waitlist has also been opened for the DeDust.io bounty program that starts at 12:00 UTC on May 3, 2023.
More details can be found in the official Tonstarter channel.
ePN beefs up TON Ecosystem presence
The ePN CPA network, which has more than 700,000 webmasters, joined The Open Network (TON) in 2021 and is expanding its activities in TON Ecosystem.
Crypto product creators can now connect to the ePN network who will help to promote their projects.
The ePN platform is always on the lookout for new partnerships. You can find out more details about collaboration by contacting @epncrypto.
How does it work?
Any TON-based service can contact the ePN network and specify a target goal (for example, increasing project registrations or payments). ePN then connects with bloggers or website/channel owners who will advertise the TON-based project on their own platform and earn an income for each reader who registers through their referral link.
The ePN platform aims to contribute to the mass adoption of cryptocurrency and bring together numerous digital token projects on a single platform.
Founded in 2013, ePN has generated over $3 billion in advertising sales and currently serves over 200 million users, creating more than 3 million leads per month.
We fully support ePN's continued expansion and remain convinced that it will significantly increase the popularity of TON products.
TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the most exciting news from the past seven days in The Open Network (TON) Ecosystem.
Network Growth:
▪️ The number of registered TON accounts increased from 2,502,589 to 2,528,599 (+1%) between April 17 and April 23, 2023.
Ecosystem News:
▪️ TON Foundation has published its Q1 2023 results. Read more.
▪️The First Stage Labs team has released a new study on the TON decentralized finance (DeFi) sector in Q1, 2023. Read more.
▪️ The ton.org official website has received a huge update and now includes a completely new design as well as Chinese and Portuguese language support. Read more.
▪️ The leading fiat-to-cryptocurrency conversion service in India, Onramp, now supports Toncoin (TON). Read more.
▪️ TON took part in the Hong Kong Web3 Festival. Read more.
▪️ Telegram now allows users to bind collection names purchased on Fragment to bots. Read more.
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The Open Network (TON) takes part in the Hong Kong Web3 Festival
TON Foundation's Asia-based team and ecosystem projects actively participated in the Hong Kong Web3 Festival. During the festival, the team got involved in many events and organized numerous high-level meetings with potential partners.
One of the big highlights of the festival was a speech by TON Foundation’s Business Development Head in China. He used the event to discuss the latest developments in the ecosystem and conduct an on-site airdrop demonstration using @wallet.
Besides this, an innovative decentralized lending protocol based on TON called TONLend was also showcased. It works by leveraging TON Blockchain’s high-performance and low-gas technology to provide competitive interest rates.
The ton.org website has received a major new update and now includes Portuguese language support
Ton.org, the official website of The Open Network (TON), has recently been updated to provide the community with a more modern interface that enhances the overall user experience. Ton.org is the main source of information and resources for the TON community. The website provides an overview of the our ecosystem's vision, different spheres, roadmap, and governance.
The new ton.org site also now features a Portuguese language option. We believe that language should not be a barrier to access the benefits of TON, and we are committed to providing a multilingual platform that caters to the needs and preferences of our diverse and global community.
❓ What are stablecoins and how to get them on TON?
A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency whose value is tied to the value of a specific asset — the US dollar, for example. Stablecoins in the TON network are Jettons, which we have covered in depth in our previous post.
Stablecoins can be a reliable tool for storing assets and protecting them from volatile token price fluctuations.
Why are stablecoins necessary for the development of a blockchain?
Stablecoins allow you to easily manage your assets. Unlike traditional financial instruments, you can conduct transactions and payments quickly and easily, avoiding multiple hurdles. This advantage is especially valuable for international transfers, where stable Jettons can substantially speed up the process while reducing fees and currency exchange costs.
The DeFi market on TON is still in its early stages. We hope that in the future there will be a number of new services that actively employ stablecoins: DEXs for futures trading, lending protocols, smart contract casinos, and others.
🎁 How to get stablecoins on TON?
Although The Open Network does not yet have its own stablecoin, it is still possible to purchase stable currencies. The RSquad bridge will help you with this.
Today, TON Foundation has finally released a bridge to transfer tokens from the Ethereum network to the TON network and vice versa. The current TON Bridge will be upgraded with new functionality.
The TON Trustless Bridge is planned to go live in the third quarter. It is a special bridge with unique features, whose security is guaranteed by the blockchain itself. Once it’s released, users will be able to create Jettons on other networks.
☝️ DeDust DEX | DeDust Telegram | DeDust Chat | Scaleton 🏞️
TON Foundation's Head of Incubation, Justin Hyun, is one of the judges at Web3Port's Demo Day
Justin Hyun, Head of Incubation at TON Foundation, will be participating as a judge at the Web3Port Entrepreneur Acceleration Winter 2022 Demo Day, an entrepreneur accelerator bootcamp.
Mr Hyun will weigh up the pros and cons of pitches from a variety of startups, including Bluesea, Capshort, INK Finance, SAO Network, Volare, Web3Go, Cyber8Ball, Nama Finance, Prestare Finance, Dsign, Gamephylum, and Autonomy.
The Demo Day begins at 17:00 UTC on April 18, 2023.
TON Foundation will soon start to work with blockchain accelerators and collaborate with some of the most innovative new projects in the Web3 space, who will be contributing to The Open Network (TON) Ecosystem.
Web3Port Entrepreneur Acceleration is a program where all partners can interact with selected startups and help them improve. The goal is to help startups have a product with more users, and to have more options for raising money.
Web3Port Entrepreneur Acceleration is held four times a year with around 20 projects in each batch. All projects will be gathered together for 8-12 weeks to dive into content, courses, and lectures about tokenomics, Web3 product design, fundraising, and community building.
The First Unlimited Bridge for ERC-20 tokens is here!
Today, The Open Network (TON) has unveiled its unlimited bridge for ERC-20 tokens. This cross-network token transfer service is a long-awaited development that brings TON one step closer to achieving complete interoperability with other Web3 networks.
With this unlimited bridge, users can now seamlessly transfer ERC-20 tokens between Ethereum and TON. This will significantly expand TON's available pool of liquidity, thereby significantly broadening the possibilities for decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and services within our growing ecosystem.
Read the instructions for use of the bridge here.
Rules for digital security
As The Open Network (TON) Ecosystem continues to grow, we’d like to remind you about the basic steps you need to take to stay safe in the cryptocurrency space.
Rule #1: Invest carefully
There are a huge variety of NFT, decentralized finance (DeFi), and GameFi projects operating on TON today. We urge you to carefully study each and every project that you plan to invest in. Unfortunately, there is always the possibility that you could encounter either scammers (such as pump-and-dump schemes) or incompetent project teams.
Rule #2: Store your seed phrase securely
Remember: If you lose your 24-word seed phrase, you’ll lose access to your wallet and digital tokens forever.
Write your seed phrase down on a piece of paper and keep it in a safe place. Never store a screenshot of your seed phrase on your phone or computer.
In short, never store your seed phrase on a device connected to the internet.
It’s also worth reading our “Where can I store my Toncoin?” guide for more information.
Rule #3: Study the cryptocurrency exchange instruction guides
If you want to make a new transaction that you’ve never made before, you should first make a test transaction with a small amount (e.g. 0.5 TON) to make sure that everything is working as it should.
Remember: There are many instances when the cryptocurrency exchange's technical support will not be able to help you with a transaction.
Rule #4: Be careful with P2P transfers
The P2P sphere is especially prone to scammers.
If you buy and sell Toncoin via a P2P marketplace, don’t forget to read the safe trading tips from the @cryptobot team.
Rule #5: Don’t forget that the TON App directory does not represent official projects
A project team only needs to pass a simplified verification, rather than a fully-fledged one, to join the ton.app directory.
Therefore, the fact that a project is part of TON App does not guarantee security.
Rule #6: Don’t trust unfamiliar project teams
This applies to mining pools, staking pools, NFT collections and any project that promises you an income.
Always be skeptical about promises of easy money. Before investing in a project, always try to find an appropriate endorsement or mention in authorative TON materials.
If no mentions are found, then interacting with the project may involve risks and we recommend that you conduct your own research before proceeding any further.
Please follow these simple rules and only trust official TON information sources.
A new interview with Andrey Pfau, a core member of the TON Foundation team, has been released.
Although this conversation is unlikely to be of interest to some of our community, we highly recommend that developers and technical specialists take a look at this new in-depth interview.
Andrey gave great insights into the following topics:
▪️ The possibility of using TON technology in businesses.
▪️ TON Proxy and TON DNS devices.
▪️ The technical details of TON’s architecture.
The interview has been published on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE29n2KR1Kc
For those who are not involved in coding, we highly recommend that you check out at least the first few minutes of the video to get to know one of the key developer personalities in TON Blockchain, who was already developing Minecraft plugins at the age of ten!
TON Community Weekly Digest
Here’s a roundup of the most exciting news from the past seven days in The Open Network (TON) ecosystem.
Network stats update:
▪️ The number of new accounts created on TON grew from 2,438,019 to 2,460,604 (+0.9%) between April 3 and 9.
News:
▪️ The results of the TON Awards 2022 were published. Participants shared the biggest prize fund in the history of TON Ecosystem, splitting 301,920 Toncoin (TON) ($675,000). Congratulations to all the winners! Read the results here.
▪️ The team at Orbs developed a new kind of smart contract called the “single nominator smart contract,” which aims to increase the security of TON validators. Read more.
▪️ The community vote to decide the best projects from Hack-a-TONx DoraHacks continues. We encourage all of you to cast your vote. Read more.
▪️ Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, listed Toncoin. Read more.
▪️ TON Wallet Challenge continues. The contest invites iOS, Android, and desktop devs to create a new version of TON Wallet. All developers are welcome to participate! Read more.
▪️ TON Diamonds announced it would send a delegation to New York to participate in the preeminent Focus Art Fair from May 18 to 21. Read more.
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