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💎Telegram Mini Apps: Breakthrough or Dead End?

The Telegram Mini Apps (TMA) market was expected to be a revolution, but it has faced major challenges within its niche.

🔝 How It All Started

At launch, TMA had strong potential for success:

⚫️ 3,000 mini-apps, including crypto and DeFi services
⚫️ End-to-End (E2E) encryption
⚫️ Integration with the TON blockchain
⚫️ A global audience of 500 million users

Audience distribution by region:

⚫️ 25% – Russia & CIS
⚫️ 25% – Europe
⚫️ 25% – South Asia
⚫️ 10% – U.S.
⚫️ 15% – Other regions

Experts predicted a massive 1,366% growth, but reality turned out differently.

🔝 Why Such a Decline?

It has become evident that TMA conversion rates are lower than traditional web applications.
Developers are also losing interest due to stricter regulatory policies.

Some experts compare the TMA market to the early days of the App Store in 2008.

TMA still has potential, but it will require a solid strategy and time for both users and developers to adapt and recognize the benefits of these changes.

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💎 TON Dumps: Cause and Effect

In the world of crypto, sharp price drops, known as dumps, can be triggered by various factors.

Together with trader Bobrovsky, let’s analyze what causes TON dumps and how they unfold.

Bobrovsky is a seasoned trader with years of experience at a major market-making firm. Now, he runs a free Telegram channel covering these topics.

🔝 Negative news: In October 2024, Pavel Durov was arrested in France, causing TON to drop 24%.

The market reacted instantly, proving how events related to key figures can significantly impact price movements.

🔝 Low liquidity and major unlocks: On February 2, 2025, a massive unlock of 54 million TON tokens took place.

This led to three significant price drops: from $4.2 to $4, then to $3.6, and finally to $2.8.

With low liquidity, the influx of unlocked tokens increased selling pressure, further driving the price down.

🔝 Profit-taking by whales: Large investors, or whales, often cash out by selling off substantial amounts of tokens.

February 2 was one of those days—intense selling activity triggered a sharp price decline.

🔝 How to turn dumps to your advantage?

Bobrovsky advises traders not to rush but first analyze whether the drop is a real dump or a falling knife.

There are three possible strategies:

⚫️ Buying at the bottom – Experienced traders wait for key support levels before entering a position.
⚫️ Hedging risks – Stop-losses and risk management tools help minimize potential losses.
⚫️ Analyzing market data – Tracking volumes, liquidations, and news flow enables informed decision-making.

Dumps can be both a risk and an opportunity—but the key is to trade consciously and stay informed.

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💎 Teleporting to the Future with TON

The launch of TON Teleport is coming soon, allowing BTC to move seamlessly between the Bitcoin network and TON.

For now, we’re testing tgBTC, which has introduced some exciting new features:

🔝 Transaction history is now available. A major update that lets you track all deposits, withdrawals, and refunds in one place. Real-time status updates make it much easier to interact with the system.

🔝 Automatic status updates. No need to check manually — the system will notify you if a refund is available, saving time and reducing stress.

🔝 Lower transaction fees. Previously, transferring via TON Teleport cost around 0.7 TON — now, the fee has dropped to just 0.009 TON.

🔝 A testnet BTC faucet is now available. This lets users test the system before using real funds.

Even though it’s still a test version, these updates are promising — we’re looking forward to the full TON Teleport launch💎

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💎 Steve Yun Launches a $100M Fund

TVM Ventures has launched its inaugural fund under the leadership of former TON Foundation President Steve Yun.

Objective: To provide startups and enterprises with the capital, infrastructure, and technical resources needed for the mass adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi) and payment finance (PayFi).

Globally, TVM Ventures sees tremendous potential for developing TON into a world-class financial network because:

⚫️ In partnership with Telegram, TON boasts over 950 million users

⚫️ The TON blockchain offers scalability through its asynchronous architecture and dynamic sharding

⚫️ The TON ecosystem is expanding through mini-apps

TVM Ventures founder Steve Yun stated:

“Our mission is to build an advanced and comprehensive financial system capable of meeting the financial needs of 500 million on-chain users by the next cycle."

Thus, Steve Yun continues to actively serve on the board of the TON Foundation, diligently directing his efforts toward the development and expansion of the TON ecosystem.

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💎 A Morning in the Red TONs

For many, the crypto morning was not a good one. This includes TON holders – the sentiment is clearly bearish.

Trader Bobrovsky explained what is happening in the market.

🔝 TON is Falling: There were three major drops in TON's price: from $4.2 to $4, from $4 to $3.6, and from $3.6 to $2.8.

On February 2, a major token unlock occurred: the first 54 million tokens were released, and that’s just the beginning. The chart shows what large-scale unlocks are still expected.

For those not in the loop, these are the very early investors — from the days when funds were being raised for Gram. Now, almost 5 years later, their time has come.

You can read an interesting post from trader Bobrovsky on how unlocks in general affect the price — clear and to the point, with all the cause-and-effect relationships of the process.

🔝 What’s Next: The TON ecosystem is going through tough times, marked by liquidity outflows, an influx of negativity, and the move into the American market.

With current demand levels, large-scale unlocks are significantly shaking TON's price, without adding stability or resilience.

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💎 This gift came at a high price…

For the past two days, gift upgrades have been listed at 25,000 STARS and then gradually reduced to 25 STARS.

If you convert these starry funds into human money, that’s around $400. But, as per tradition, things didn’t go without some “surprise” mishaps.

🔝 Surprise #1: Fighting bots… and impatient users

Telegram justifies the sky-high price as a way to give real users an advantage over bots.

The logic is simple: those who wait get the upgrade for 25 STARS. But in reality, this turned into a test of patience and attention — many users didn’t notice the price and bought the upgrade at 25,000 STARS within the first hour.

The Telegram machine showed no mercy — both bots and impatient users were left empty-handed, losing both their gifts and their stars.

"Stars have flown away," goodbye! 👋 Refunds? Not happening. That’s the end of the story.

🔝 Surprise #2: The Halloween Candy glitch

The update came with an unexpected bug—old candies suddenly transformed into Halloween versions. Someone even managed to put one up for auction on Tonnel Gift, where it immediately got a 150 TON bid.

This time, the outcome was happier: the auction was stopped, the bug was fixed, and the funds were returned.

🔝 What’s going on? Every day, Telegram and TON news gets crazier — one day it’s unexpected surprises, the next it’s Memlandia, then something else. And while the ideas are fun, everything seems rushed, messy, and fueled by some random hype. Ahh

There was a time when TON was inspiring in all the right ways 🔥

What do you think about these changes?

🔥 – It was more exciting before

👍 – Gifts, Stars, NFT, mini-apps – cool stuff!

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💎 PAWS Exits the TON Ecosystem

The reason for their departure is simple: PAWS cannot adapt to the new rules for apps in Telegram.

PAWS announced their decision in an official community post. They are already actively migrating all data to their website.

There’s also a rumor circulating online that an official X (Twitter) post from PAWS allegedly stated:

"— there's nothing left to gain on TON."

However, how could this tweet have appeared if the official PAWS mini-app Twitter account has been suspended for the second time? It’s unclear. No screenshots have been provided either.

🔝 PAWS is the first to "exit the game" after the introduction of new rules. At first, these changes seemed like a move to strengthen TON’s position for mini-apps in Telegram, but the outcome is getting out of control.

Now, the question remains: Will other market players follow PAWS and leave TON, or will they adapt to the new requirements?

Drop your reaction and let’s see how the predictions play out:

🔥 — They’ll adapt and restore TON’s former glory

💔 — Most mini-apps will leave

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💎 TON Core and Plans for the First Half of 2025

Recently, the TON Core development team released its roadmap for H1 2025.

Let's break down what they aim to improve and how they plan to address airdrop issues:

🔝 Accelerator Update: Recent launches have highlighted the need for better token distribution mechanisms. The plan includes implementing sharding — a network segmentation technique aimed at improving scalability and increasing transaction processing speed.

🔝 Payment Network: A new whitepaper concept will be introduced to speed up transactions for high-frequency trading and microtransactions in games. Additionally, sidechains will be developed to further enhance transaction speed.

🔝 UX Guidelines: A focus on user-friendly interfaces and clear, memorable texts across the TON ecosystem to improve accessibility.

🔝 Validator Enhancements, TOLK Programming Language Update, and TonCenter API: For those not involved in development or running a validator, these updates might not seem critical. However, there's also an announcement of a new Telegram bot to enhance user experience.

The most important thing is ensuring these innovations are actually implemented and contribute to the ecosystem.

After all, what's the point of ambitious plans if airdrops take hours to process and the system crashes under any overload?

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💎 Beware of Fake NFT Collections

We’ve barely seen the launch of Telegram’s NFT gifts, and a fake has already appeared on Getgems.

Not just any fake, but one with verification checkmarks.

🔝 Authenticity Check on This Fake “Precious Peaches” Collection:

⚫️ Checkmark? Yes!
⚫️ How many items? Only 7 (that’s few)
⚫️ How many holders? Just 3 (also few)
⚫️ Rarity? Yes (but it should be disabled)

Test Failed! ❌

Chances are this bug will be fixed soon. BUT! It’s best to stay alert and verify everything.

Some scammers have quite the imagination, unbound by morals, so we can expect anything: a copy of Fraqment, a fake bot, or even a deepfake of well-known figures 🤨

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💎 How Will the Latest News Affect $TON?

We put this question to a well-known trader who has climbed the ranks to senior analyst at a top market-making firm.

He’s been in the game for quite some time and runs an influential channel called Beaverson Trade, so he understands how market mechanisms work and how major events — like entering the US market — can impact the charts.

🔝 Here’s his perspective: A liquidity cluster above could potentially trigger a sharp rise.

🔝But keep in mind two key resistance zones: The trader believes that breaking through the local resistance level is crucial. Once that happens, the path for further growth will be open.

It seems TON is seriously aiming to overcome new barriers. We’ll be watching closely to see if the trader’s predictions come true.

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💎 Launch of NFT Gifts and Stickers That Won’t Open

Spoiler alert: the launch of NFT gifts didn’t go smoothly, and it seems disruptions are becoming a tradition on TON. Alas, it’s unfortunate.

This Telegram update had been eagerly awaited by many in the ecosystem since the start of the year. The conversion of unique gifts to NFTs finally happened, fraying plenty of nerves, and here’s why:

⚫️ Release delayed by several days

⚫️ The introduction of KYC on Fraqment seems insignificant compared to the fact that there’s no marketplace for gifts on the platform

And cherry on top: The developers forgot to fund the special account with TON tokens to cover fees, causing the mint to fail repeatedly.

🔝 Anonymity on Fraqment: Whether or not you hid a unique gift in your profile doesn’t matter—it’s still possible to uncover its metadata and find out:

⚫️ Sender’s data
⚫️ Recipient’s data
⚫️ Telegram ID
⚫️ Even the full text of the greeting

It’s entirely possible some data miner will end up reading that message.

Now, let’s talk about the sticker-pack bugs, specifically about the new batch of 3,333 stickers from Pudgy Penguins released for the Chinese New Year on January 29.

The first striking detail is the price, which skyrocketed to 8,888 STARS 🚀. But that’s not even the worst part...

You couldn’t buy a pack because the bot crashed. Nobody was able to get the penguins, even after paying. Pa-ra-pa-pam! And yes, the penguin collection was hidden.

And this isn’t the first time: take the NotPixel sticker sale, for instance, which had to be restarted twice.

🔝 Conclusion: Lately, the number of problems during launches has been a huge disappointment. The technical side of things forces people to spend a lot of time, effort, and nerves.

A sad sight, friends 💎

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💎 Mini-apps on TON are starting to gain popularity again

The peak of tap-to-earn came in the summer of last year. At that time, practically everyone jumped into this trend. But as it often happens: after a listing, disappointment set in.

And if it seems like we should say goodbye to mini-apps, don’t rush.

A second wave of popularity is beginning, linked to the exclusive agreement between TON and Telegram.

It’s obvious that interest in tap-to-earn will return to TON:

⚫️ Enhancing mechanics
⚫️ Creating cool opportunities for airdrops
⚫️ Surprising everyone with token listings

Already, a number of new applications are beginning to show an increase in subscribers and users.

🔝 For example, SPLASH – a mini-app featuring a super-cute named DEV, inspired by dog memes!

DEV is your loyal, playful companion, adding charm and fun to every splash you make 🐶

Basic features include tasks, an airdrop with $SPLASH tokens, and the ability to invite friends.

Tap-to-earn interest is also reflected in the statistics: +153% are once again on Telegram, searching for new apps.

It looks like the dawn of a new “tap” era is gradually approaching. Don’t sleep on this moment!

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💎 What Happened with the $PX Airdrop?

Yesterday, many users encountered an issue: $PX token withdrawals were delayed by more than an hour.

Today, a post was published in which the #TON Technical Lead explained why this can happen on the blockchain.

🔝 Why is TON still considered fast despite 1-hour delays? When network load increases, TON can split into segments. These segments are the mysterious “shards.”

By splitting the load, TON avoids the situation where all transactions line up in a single queue, as they do in Bitcoin.

🔝 But there’s a catch: When a large number of transactions target one particular smart contract, that contract becomes a bottleneck—even if the blockchain itself runs smoothly.

🔝 What went wrong this time? A single, centralized smart contract was used. As a result, the transaction flow simply couldn’t be processed quickly enough. Ta-da!

🔝 Could it have been done differently? Yes, there are other options—just as there are other contracts. Previously, TokenTable was used, distributing the workload across multiple contracts.

Why they decided not to use it this time is unclear.

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‼️ Listing of $PX on DeDust.io happens today

$PX is a token from the popular game Not Pixel, where users draw art objects and collaboratively color pixels on a canvas. They bring people together through art — there's a separate post about it.

The listing itself is scheduled for 19:00 UTC+3.

🔝 Expectations vs Reality: Many anticipated a listing on larger centralized exchanges, such as Binance. But not today. At least, it will take some waiting.

It seems that the Open Builders team decided to forge its own unique listing strategy by launching specifically on a DEX rather than following the well-worn paths.

It’s also possible that choosing the native TON blockchain is tied to one more recent piece of news. Likely there’s a goal to strengthen the ecosystem and its connections, so that users onboard into protocols, set up wallets, and ramp up trading volume.

The main thing is that the “expectations vs. reality” scenario doesn’t come to pass after listing, and that the $PX token can break through profitability.

🔝 Will the listing be successful? Leave a reaction below and let’s see what the sentiment is:

🔥 – the launch will be on fire

👍 – it’ll be middling

😁 – we’re expecting a flop

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