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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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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:
▪️ 273M 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!
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.
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.
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!
TON community took over the Mainstage at Hong Kong Web3 Festival. Here’s the highlights - don’t miss the full livestream available on YouTube.
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!
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.
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, anonymous crypto exchanges with no limits.
Visit ChangeNOW to swap to USDt on TON!
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.
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.
HashKey Global lists Toncoin
HashKey Global, the flagship licensed digital asset exchange under HashKey Group, has listed Toncoin (TON) and, in collaboration with TON Foundation, has launched a special campaign to celebrate.
Complete @community_bot tasks to win a share of 5,000 TON + 100,000 HSK!
T&Cs apply. For more details, click here.
The Open League Digest
USDt-TON reaches 200 million in circulation, Open League Summer - 13 IRL Bootcamps across 13 cities, TOL Season 3 launch, results for Season 2, and much more!
Join @league for more details.
Introducing DYOR
With DYOR, a native data and asset analysis platform on TON, you can now explore comprehensive data on tokens, with upcoming features for NFTs and dApps. Since its launch, DYOR boasts over 1M views and has attracted more than 100,000 unique users last month alone.
Check out their new roadmap and stay tuned for the launch of their Telegram Mini App coming soon.
Tonkeeper releases a huge update
Tonkeeper introduces the W5 standard in Tonkeeper Pro with gasless transactions, lower fees, and a new developer plugin interface. The new Tonkeeper Battery feature enables immediate use of stablecoins and NFTs without KYC, managing blockchain fees automatically. For details, check out this blog post.
Want to win from a $100,000 prize pool?
Join the Tonkeeper developer contest!
Use Toncoin and USDt-TON with over 100 million retailers across the globe
Oobit, backed by Tether, now enables instant crypto payments on TON. Similar to Apple Pay®, you can add Toncoin and USDt-TON to your everyday routine. Tap & Pay at over 100 million retailers worldwide.
Download the Oobit app and start paying with Toncoin and USDt-TON today!
Open League Season 2 is done, and S3 has already begun!
@League results since March:
▪️ Daily Active Wallets: 311,900 (+725%)
▪️ DeFi Total Value Locked: $206M (+800%)
▪️ DEX Daily Trading Volume: $29.2M (+177%)
Keep onchain activity high and provide liquidity via the @Open_League_Bot to earn your slice of the 30M Toncoin. Detailed results, S2 winners, leaderboards, and insights.
Join us now at the Open League Summer AMA
Speakers
✅️Vladimir Alefman, DevRel Manager at TON Foundation
✅️Ekin Tuna, Director of TON Society
✅️Jack Booth, Marketing Director at TON Foundation
✅️Viktor, Content Manager at TON Foundation
Discussing
➡️How to win The Open League Hackathon?
➡️Why you should join the IRL Bootcamp?
➡️What are the opportunities for the hackers?
Live now: https://x.com/ton_society/status/1790743864078217584