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TON Giants: Throwing a Spotlight on Catton

Meet Catton, a standout team from The Open League Summer 2024 Hackathon! This feline-themed platform combines AI-powered gaming with DeFi. With a focus on user growth and engagement, Catton won the KuCoin prize by simplifying Web3 wallet usage, which helped them attract over 600K social users, 454K players, and 192K on-chain transactions.

The team behind Catton consists of 10 engineers with years of Web3 development experience, who have leveraged Telegram and TON Blockchain’s strengths to build and grow a loyal user base. With mentorship from TON Ventures and support from TON Nest, their success continues to make waves in the TON Blockchain space.

For more insights on Catton’s journey, head over to our latest blog article! 

Nansen x TON: Delivering Next-Gen On-Chain Analytics

Nansen is now integrating with TON Blockchain to offer a new set of tools for blockchain analytics, empowering Web3 developers, investors, and the broader crypto community. Some of the insights provided by this collaboration include user activity, transaction volumes, and ecosystem trends.

The rollout begins with Nansen's Query and Growth Dashboards, which will help users track active addresses, identify emerging projects, and gain insights into on-chain activity.

Start exploring the TON Growth Dashboard today!

USDt-TON Roundup: Year in Review

2024 was a landmark year for the TON Ecosystem, with numerous milestones achieved, including Tether’s launch of USDt on TON — an event that significantly drove adoption and ecosystem growth. Here are the key highlights:

Announcement at TOKEN2049
In April 2024, Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, joined Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, and Andrew Rogozov, CEO of TOP, to announce the launch of USDt on TON.

1B USDt issued on TON and 100+ platforms supporting
Aligned with TON’s ambitious goals, the ecosystem reached the milestone of 1 billion USDt issued on TON within just eight months. Over 140 platforms across various verticals now support USDt-TON, showcasing rapid and widespread adoption.

Global Exchange Integrations
Major exchanges like Binance, OKX, and Bybit integrated USDt-TON, offering fast and cost-effective transactions to millions of users worldwide. These partnerships have significantly boosted TON’s visibility and liquidity.

Fiat Onramp Expansions
Fiat onramp providers such as Moonpay, Mercuryo, Transak, Ramp, and Alchemy Pay added support for USDt-TON, enabling seamless fiat-to-crypto conversions via local payment methods around the globe.

Wallet Integrations
Leading wallets, including Trust Wallet, Subwallet, Coin98, and the Wallet in Telegram, integrated USDt-TON. This brought easy storage, transfers, and payments to millions of users, leveraging TON’s ultra-low fees and unparalleled speed.

Mass Adoption via Telegram
USDt-TON became accessible to over 900M Telegram users through Wallet, enabling peer-to-peer transfers and driving mainstream adoption on an unprecedented scale.

These achievements highlight TON’s pivotal role in making stablecoins more accessible and practical, cementing its position as a key player in the Web3 ecosystem. Here’s to even greater success in 2025!

TON Innovators Spotlight: TON Punks

In the latest installment of TON Innovators, we invite you to meet TON Punks, an innovative NFT collection that’s more than just digital art. Comprising 9,999 unique NFTs, each Punk represents individuality, creativity, and community. Built on TON Blockchain, these Punks are more than just art as they will be crucial elements in a play-to-earn experience integrated with Telegram.

Expect a DAO-governed ecosystem, with PUNK tokens fueling the community's growth and decision-making.

TON Punks is the first on-chain NFT collection on TON, breaking barriers as digital rebels in the blockchain space. The core team of developers, designers, and marketers works hand-in-hand with the community to continuously evolve the ecosystem.

To learn more about TON Punks read the full interview with one of the minds behind the project!

MY Staking and Liquidity Farming with MyTonWallet & STON.fi

MyTonWallet has launched the MY Loyalty Program, introducing the first utility for its token and new ways for holders to benefit from staking. By staking MY, users can grow their assets while enjoying reduced swap fees in the enhanced aggregator. Discounts range from 5% to 100%, depending on the amount staked – details here.

Additionally, STON.fi and MyTonWallet have launched a MY/TON liquidity farming program. Users who provide liquidity to the MY/TON pool on STON.fi and stake their LP tokens can earn rewards from a $14,000 STON prize pool. The program runs until January 31, offering participants an opportunity to earn additional rewards while contributing to market liquidity.

Discover more.

SettleTON: Advanced Passive Investing on TON

💎 As part of the Open League Hackathon winners, SettleTON brings automated index investing to TON, improving passive investing and yield farming on the network. Their achievements include:

▪️120,000 TVL with 160% growth
▪️30,000 monthly active users
▪️Vaults offering 100-200% APY
▪️NFT collection reaching 1,600 TON in sales

Built by an expert team from traditional finance using advanced FunC smart contracts. Ready to grow your portfolio? Invest in curated TON projects with a single click!

Discover more in the latest installment of our TON Giants series.

Gold, Silver, and Oil now on Storm Trade

Storm Trade now allows users to trade Real World Assets (RWA) on TON. The first available assets are:

▪️XAU – Gold
▪️XAG – Silver
▪️USOIL – WTI Crude
▪️UKOIL – Brent Crude

Key features:

▪️Leverage: x10 – x150
▪️Low fees: 0.08%
▪️Collateral: USDt
▪️Open interest: Up to 300K
▪️Funding rates: 0.005% – 0.03% per hour (0% during pauses)

Learn more.

TON x Telegram: Web3 Mass Adoption Made Real!

With over 950 million users, Telegram through its integration with TON is eliminating the complexity of crypto, offering non-custodial wallets, in-chat services, and blockchain-based games to onboard millions of users.

The goal? To bring 30% of Telegram’s massive user base to TON by 2028. So far, we’ve been on the right track with TON’s wallet registrations surging to 100 million, and transactions skyrocketed to 220 million per month.

To learn more about the research conducted by Animoca Brands Research on how TON and Telegram are taking Web3 to the mainstream read our latest blog article. 

USDt-TON Weekly Highlights

This week, we'd like to highlight some key self-custodial wallets now supporting USDt-TON:

Trust Wallet
A popular multi-chain wallet, Trust Wallet now supports USDt on TON, enabling users to securely store, send, and receive USDt with ease and accessibility.

Subwallet
The Web3 wallet Subwallet has integrated USDt-TON, offering users a seamless way to manage TON-based transactions while handling assets across multiple blockchains in one place.

Nomas Wallet
Renowned for its user-friendly design, Nomas Wallet now supports USDt on TON, simplifying access to TON’s fast and low-cost transactions.

Coin98 Wallet
A favorite among DeFi enthusiasts, Coin98 Wallet has added USDt-TON to its arsenal, providing advanced tools for trading and managing USDt within the TON Ecosystem.

These integrations add to the growing list of over 100 platforms already supporting USDt-TON, showcasing TON’s expanding global adoption and dedication to building a thriving stablecoin ecosystem. Stay tuned for more updates!

TON Foundation collaborates with Jupiter to incubate liquidity aggregator on TVM

TON Foundation has teamed up with Jupiter, a leading decentralized trading platform, to incubate a liquidity aggregator on the TON Virtual Machine (TVM). To kick off the collaboration, TON and Jupiter are launching a DeFi competition to drive innovation and support the development of new aggregation solutions on TON blockchain.

The competition invites both existing and new aggregation projects on TON to showcase their solutions, with winners receiving:

▪️advisory support from Jupiter, 
▪️TON Foundation backing, 
▪️and resources to accelerate growth. 

Submissions are open now and winners will be announced on Feb 15th, 2025. Teams can submit their projects now and compete for a chance to shape the future of DeFi on TON!

Learn more details from blog and apply here!

BTC Innovation is coming to TON with BTCFi Hackathon!

Join TONX, TonBit, TON Foundation, TON Society, and TON Core to redefine how $BTC and $TON interact through TON BTCFi Hackathon. 

It’s high time we bridge the gap between DeFi and Bitcoin and take tgBTC to the next level.

Participants will gain access to the $1M+ Prize Pool, tons of grants, incentives, APIs, security audits, and investment opportunities.

Unleash your creativity as you design user-friendly apps that enhance tgBTC adoption, liquidity, and yield.

⚡Why Join?

▪️Pioneer Bitcoin’s future with TON
▪️Fast-track your project with TON Foundation support
▪️Engage with a vibrant dev community

Let’s Build: https://dorahacks.io/hackathon/ton-btcfi/detail 

The Open League Season 7 is Over: Meet the Winners!

The Open League’s Season 7 has officially wrapped up, as yesterday morning The Open League Santa distributed the airdrop! Happy holidays and congratulations to all participants!

Season 7 featured $1.5M in prizes, 24 DeFi protocols, over 499K participation badges minted, and 5,962 wallets earning rewards.

TVL Squad winners: 
1. Aqua Protocol
2. Delea
3. Coffin
4. Tonco
5. Swap.coffee 

Volume Squad best performers: 
1. Swap.coffee 
2. Rainbow.ag
3. Blum
4. Moki
5. BigPump by PocketFi

Special congrats to Swap.coffee for crossing $125M in volume! The Top-5 teams from each squad won $100K in Adsgram credits!

Plus, new partners joined us, such as, TON Space, Tonkeeper, Bybit Wallet, DappRadar, and Cryptorank, further strengthening the initiative. 

Cheers to a successful season & if you want to learn more head over to The Open League channel! 

USDt-TON Weekly Highlights

In April 2024, USDt launched on TON, marking a major step toward integrating digital currencies into everyday life. This milestone offers 900M+ users a seamless and integrated financial service within TON’s Web3 ecosystem in Telegram. In this post series, we’ll share the latest highlights and integrations showcasing the growing adoption of USDt on TON.

Bit2Me
The leading Spanish exchange now supports USDt on TON, providing European users with seamless access to trade and manage stablecoins at some of the lowest rates available.

Transak
Renowned for its fiat-to-crypto onramp services, Transak has launched Transak Stream, a remarkable solution that lets users effortlessly exchange USDt-TON and other tokens directly to fiat, credited to their bank accounts.

Fireblocks
With a robust security infrastructure, Fireblocks has integrated jettons, enabling platforms and developers to manage and transfer USDt efficiently within the TON Ecosystem.

Additionally, Fireblocks has announced a grants program for platforms aiming to integrate TON. Check out their announcement for more details!

NovaDAX
As one of Brazil’s top exchanges, NovaDAX now supports USDt-TON, enhancing its services for Latin American users seeking low-cost, high-speed transactions.

These integrations add to the growing list of over 100 platforms already supporting USDt-TON, showcasing TON’s expanding global adoption and dedication to building a thriving stablecoin ecosystem. Stay tuned for more updates!

Probably Something: The History of Mass Minting on TON

Tens of millions of users received airdrops on TON in 2024, but how did TON handle such massive transaction volumes?

In 2024, TON mass minting and airdrops became a reality thanks to tools like:
▪️Mintless Jettons,
▪️Mass Sender,
▪️and TokenTable.

As we head into 2025, TON is equipped to handle large-scale airdrops with minimal disruptions, ready to support the next wave of groundbreaking projects. Learn more about TON’s roller-coaster journey in our latest blog post!

TON Ecosystem Roundup

As TON continues to evolve and expand, this week brings several updates from six ecosystem projects: Parachute, Delabs Games, CattonFi, OinkCoin, Wow Bot, and Runecoin Network.

Let's take a closer look at their latest updates — learn more.

STON.fi & DeDust.io Data Now Live on TradingView!

Swap pairs from STON.fi and DeDust are now available on TradingView. Over 90 million traders worldwide can now track real-time insights, spot trends, and refine strategies using trading pairs from these top TON DEXs. With the seamless integration, traders can explore TON’s decentralized markets and access key liquidity, trends, and market activity — all in one place!

Whether you’re hunting opportunities or charting your next move, this integration brings greater transparency and accessibility to TON-based assets. Ready to check it out? Simply head to TradingView, search for “STONFI:” or “DEDUST:”, and dive into the charts. 

Read our full blog article for more insights and tips!