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🤑 TON NFT just entered the big-boy table

Anonymous Telegram Numbers have reportedly jumped to #2 in the global NFT collection ranking by market cap. Not another monkey JPEG, not another gaming mint, not another “community art” promise — Telegram numbers.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ Anonymous Telegram Numbers reached about $315M in reported market cap ⚫️ That puts the collection in top-2 territory globally by market capitalization ⚫️ The collection is built on TON and tied directly to Telegram identity ⚫️ These NFTs let users own anonymous Telegram numbers on-chain ⚫️ TON NFT is no longer just about small marketplace activity or local ecosystem hype 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ Telegram-native assets are starting to compete with classic NFT blue chips ⚫️ Anonymous numbers have a clear utility narrative: identity, access and ownership inside Telegram ⚫️ This is exactly where TON has an advantage over most chains — distribution is already built into the product ⚫️ For the market, it is a reminder that NFTs did not disappear; the format just moved closer to real user behavior ⚫️ If Gram Wallet expands this loop, Telegram collectibles may become one of TON’s strongest onboarding machines Crypto spent years trying to sell NFTs as culture. Telegram may accidentally make them useful by turning numbers, usernames and gifts into assets people actually understand. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Telegram replaces TON on Codeforces

Codeforces sponsorship did not disappear. The visible sponsor name simply changed from TON to Telegram, while the real story stayed almost the same: Durov is again backing one of the oldest algorithmic programming platforms connected to his personal history.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ Telegram returned as the title sponsor of Codeforces ⚫️ The site header now shows Telegram instead of TON ⚫️ Codeforces founder Mike Mirzayanov said the support will help keep contests running and the system maintained ⚫️ The platform is moving infrastructure to a more professional data center ⚫️ That should make Codeforces faster and more stable ⚫️ Mirzayanov also recalled that Durov first supported Codeforces back in 2010, when the project was still a niche site for competitive programmers 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ This is not a random banner swap ⚫️ Telegram is taking the public sponsor role where TON previously stood ⚫️ For TON, it looks like another case where the ecosystem fades into the background while Telegram becomes the front-facing brand ⚫️ For Durov, Codeforces is personal: algorithms, talent, ratings, public proof of skill ⚫️ The ICPC angle makes it even more interesting, because the same programming world is now tied to Dubai, infrastructure and global developer attention TON got replaced on the header, but not necessarily pushed out of the story. Telegram just took the main signboard back. Classic Durov move: fund the infrastructure, own the narrative, and leave everyone guessing what the next “good news” means. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Don’t follow the crowd. Follow the people watching the flow

Crypto crowds usually arrive late. They buy the noise, sell the panic and then wait for someone on X to explain what already happened. Professional traders play a different game: they track market movement before it becomes obvious.

BullRun Trader is built around that exact idea. 🔝 What’s inside ⚫️ Daily market moves and trading ideas ⚫️ Forecasts based on active market behavior ⚫️ Insider-style updates from people who actually watch the flow ⚫️ Signals for traders looking for clear setups ⚫️ A faster way to follow the market without drowning in random noise 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ In crypto, timing often matters more than loud predictions ⚫️ The crowd usually reacts after the move is already visible ⚫️ Traders need structure, not endless panic posts ⚫️ Good signals do not remove risk, but they help you stop trading blind ⚫️ Limited access makes the channel worth checking before it fills up The market will always have two groups: people chasing candles after the pump, and people trying to understand the move before everyone else notices it. BullRun Trader is for the second group. Join here: https://t.me/BullRun_Trader 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Trading is heating up again

The crypto market is moving, and everyone is arguing about the same old numbers. Some are waiting for Bitcoin at $1,000,000, others are waiting for $10,000, but active traders are not sitting around waiting for a perfect prophecy. They are watching the market, catching the moment and taking what the chart gives.

🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ Volatility is back, and volatility is where traders look for opportunity ⚫️ Big predictions sound nice, but entries and exits matter more ⚫️ The market usually rewards timing, discipline and fast reaction ⚫️ PROtrading shows how traders look for that moment instead of guessing forever ⚫️ Signals, strategies and working setups are shared directly in the channel Crypto loves loud forecasts. Traders care about the move that is happening right now. All insights and setups are here: https://t.me/PROtrading_live 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 TON is pushing toward 600 TPS

Anatolii Makosov summed up the latest TON performance work: after the August 17 update, the network moved to the new collator-based architecture. Since late August, TON Core has been gradually raising limits and testing how far one shard can actually go.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ TON switched to the new collator architecture on August 17 ⚫️ Validators no longer have to do everything alone ⚫️ Collators assemble blocks, while validators focus on verification ⚫️ TON Core has been increasing network limits step by step since late August ⚫️ In the latest test, one shardchain processed 600–650 TPS ⚫️ The test ran in sub-second mode for a token-transfer-like workload 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ This is the infrastructure TON needs before real Telegram-scale traffic arrives ⚫️ One shard doing 600+ TPS makes the scaling story look less theoretical ⚫️ Collators are becoming the engine behind higher throughput ⚫️ The network is being tuned on mainnet-style conditions, not just in clean lab tests ⚫️ For Gram Wallet, this matters because millions of users will not care about architecture — they will only notice if transactions start choking TON is slowly proving that the pipes can get wider. Now comes the awkward part: waiting for enough real activity to actually fill them. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 $20 spot reward in three simple moves

A new promo is aimed at fresh users only. No KYC is required, and the mechanics are pretty straightforward: register, fund the account, make a small futures volume, then wait for the reward.

🔝 What’s required ⚫️ Register a new account using the referral link ⚫️ Deposit more than $100 ⚫️ Hold the balance for more than 3 days ⚫️ Trade more than $500 in futures volume ⚫️ Minimum margin starts from $10 ⚫️ Example: open and close a $10 position with 25x leverage to reach $500 volume 🔝 Important details ⚫️ The promo is available only for new users ⚫️ KYC is not mandatory ⚫️ Only the first 20 users who complete the conditions will qualify ⚫️ Rewards will be sent within 5 days after the promo ends ⚫️ The bonus comes as $20 for spot trading Not the kind of promo where you need to decode a 40-page quest map. Deposit, hold, trade the required volume, and try to make it into the first 20 before everyone else remembers how fast crypto people click free money. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Gram Wallet is live

Durov says Gram Wallet in Telegram is ready and already accessible to a limited group of users. The rollout will expand over the next couple of weeks, which means the biggest TON story is no longer “coming soon” — it has officially entered the release phase.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ Gram Wallet is now working inside Telegram for a select group of users ⚫️ Access will gradually expand over the next couple of weeks ⚫️ Durov again frames it as a native non-custodial wallet experience ⚫️ Validators have already approved the smart contract that powers it ⚫️ Future wallet upgrades should not require painful migrations ⚫️ Telegram is positioning this as part of a bigger push to make non-custodial wallets usable 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ TON finally has the distribution moment it has been building toward ⚫️ Gram Wallet moves crypto from a separate app into Telegram’s everyday interface ⚫️ The limited launch gives Telegram room to test load, UX and edge cases before opening the gates wider ⚫️ Validator-approved wallet infrastructure means this is not just a frontend experiment ⚫️ If the rollout works, TON gets the one thing most blockchains can only pitch on slides: direct access to normal users For months, Gram Wallet looked like the big promise behind all the infrastructure work. Now it is live for the first users. The next question is simple: can TON survive when Telegram stops testing and starts scaling? 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 The market is moving. Some traders are already ahead.

Crypto never waits for everyone to notice the trend. While most people are still trying to understand what is happening, experienced traders are already watching charts, testing strategies and looking for the next opportunity.

One popular trader shared his signals, strategies and market approach with the community — completely free. 🔝 What’s inside ⚫️ Real market setups and trading ideas ⚫️ Strategies used during volatile moves ⚫️ Insights on how experienced traders read the market ⚫️ Practical methods instead of random guesses The biggest moves usually start before everyone starts talking about them. Check out the trader’s approach and see how he navigates the market. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Trading is heating up The market is waking up, and the usual cycle is back: volatility, new opportunities and traders looking for the next move.

Bull Run shared his market journey and explained how he approached the growth phase, what decisions helped him navigate the momentum and what he learned along the way.

🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ Every market cycle creates new winners and new lessons ⚫️ The biggest opportunities usually come with the biggest risks ⚫️ Understanding strategy matters more than simply chasing the pump ⚫️ Real stories from traders show how people actually move through market cycles The market is moving again. The question is not just who catches the wave, but who knows what to do when it arrives. Read Bull Run’s story and see how he approached the rally. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Looks like Telegram is running out of time

TON Core published the smart contract for the future Telegram Wallet, and less than 24 hours later validators had already accepted it on TON mainnet. The key part of the infrastructure is now ready: a new wallet type can already be created and used directly on the network.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ TON Core published the future Telegram Wallet smart contract ⚫️ Validators accepted the wallet code in TON mainnet less than a day later ⚫️ The contract code is added through network configuration ⚫️ The new wallet type is already available at the blockchain level ⚫️ This means Telegram Wallet is moving from “coming soon” to actual mainnet infrastructure ⚫️ The speed of the vote makes the rollout look urgent, not ceremonial 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ Gram Wallet is no longer just a button waiting inside Telegram ⚫️ The on-chain contract layer is already being prepared under it ⚫️ Validator approval means this is becoming part of TON’s base infrastructure ⚫️ Telegram can now build the user-facing layer on top of a wallet type already accepted by the network ⚫️ The pace suggests Telegram may be trying to catch up with its own deadline before the public rollout Telegram keeps teasing Gram Wallet as a massive launch. But TON validators have already moved the contract into mainnet reality. Now the question is simple: is Telegram preparing a polished release, or just racing the clock? 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Durov is quietly building the wallet layer

A new repository appeared under TON: tg-wallet-contract. This is not just another wallet app. It is the on-chain contract layer for Telegram Wallet, where the wallet logic can live directly in blockchain config and be updated through validator voting.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ TON now has a public tg-wallet-contract repository ⚫️ The contract is called WalletTg ⚫️ Its bytecode is designed to stay in TON config ⚫️ Updates go through validator voting and apply to Telegram wallets at once ⚫️ Telegram creates the wallet first, but the user can later switch to self-custody ⚫️ The contract supports signing key rotation ⚫️ A recent revision added tgUserId, meaning Telegram ID can be stored inside the wallet logic 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ This looks like the missing contract layer for native Gram Wallet ⚫️ Telegram does not need every user to understand seed phrases on day one ⚫️ It can create a wallet first, then let advanced users take full control later ⚫️ Validator voting makes the wallet code part of TON infrastructure, not just a client feature ⚫️ Storing tgUserId inside the wallet logic connects Telegram identity and TON accounts much more directly ⚫️ The current vote to add Telegram Wallet code into blockchain config is the kind of step you take before a serious rollout Everyone is watching the Gram Wallet button inside Telegram. But the real story may be lower: Telegram is preparing a shared wallet contract that validators can approve, update and push across the ecosystem. That is not a cosmetic integration. That is wallet infrastructure. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Platho suddenly lost its scam label

The author of .lipsed reconstructed the timeline of Pavel Durov’s conversation with the Platho developer. The strangest detail: Platho’s NFT collection had a “scam” label in TONviewer, and after a few messages in the chat with Durov, the label disappeared.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ .lipsed published a reconstructed timeline of Durov’s communication with the Platho developer ⚫️ Platho is the TON-based encrypted messenger without a backend ⚫️ Its NFT collection reportedly had a “scam” label in TONviewer ⚫️ After several messages in the conversation with Durov, the label disappeared ⚫️ The timing immediately raised questions around who noticed it and how fast the issue was handled ⚫️ Platho is now being discussed as a possible candidate for future Telegram-side attention 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ This is not just about one label inside one explorer ⚫️ If the timeline is accurate, Platho may already be close enough to the Telegram orbit to get fast reactions ⚫️ The project fits the current TON narrative: private communication, no backend, TON infrastructure underneath ⚫️ It also fits the bigger Gram Wallet story, where Telegram needs real use cases that can create network load ⚫️ A future Durov post about TON activity would look much stronger with an actual app example, not just abstract blockchain metrics Platho looked like another experimental TON app. Then Durov tested it, the domain rush started, and now even a TONviewer scam label has turned into part of the lore. If Gram Wallet needs showcase apps, Platho is starting to look less random by the day. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Telegram tests a new way around blocks

Telegram is testing a new anti-blocking route: MTProxy traffic can be carried through HTTPS/WebSocket, making it look much closer to ordinary web traffic. The domain can still work like a normal website, while the proxy part only opens for the Telegram client after verification.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ Telegram Desktop is preparing a new WEB Proxy mode ⚫️ MTProxy traffic is transported through HTTPS/WebSocket ⚫️ To the outside, the connection looks like regular web activity ⚫️ The same domain can host a normal website ⚫️ The proxy bridge activates only for the Telegram client after capability verification ⚫️ The relay forwards the encrypted stream further without reading it or knowing the final destination 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ Blocking this cleanly becomes much harder than killing a visible proxy endpoint ⚫️ A domain can look harmless to everyone except the Telegram client ⚫️ For regulators and firewalls, that creates a messier target ⚫️ For Telegram, this is another step toward keeping access alive under pressure ⚫️ For TON and Gram Wallet, the logic is obvious: if the wallet lives inside Telegram, Telegram connectivity becomes wallet connectivity too The catch is still there: users need their own domain, server and secret key. But the direction is clear. Telegram is not only building crypto inside the app — it is also testing how to keep the app reachable when someone decides to play firewall boss. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Everyone rushed to buy domains

Pavel tested Platho, an encrypted backend-free messenger built on TON, by sending 1 GRAM to the project wallet and creating a channel inside the app. The reaction was instant: users started grabbing domains before anyone even knew where this experiment was going.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ Pavel interacted with the Platho prototype and created a channel ⚫️ The project runs without a traditional backend and uses TON infrastructure ⚫️ Domain demand appeared almost immediately after the test ⚫️ One user tracked wallets funding the project experiments ⚫️ One connected address reportedly holds around $375K in GRAM, $120K in USDT and almost 186M Notcoin ⚫️ The wallet activity remains relatively low, around 5–10 transactions per day 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ TON users are already showing the behavior Telegram wants: experiment first, build second ⚫️ The interesting part is not just Platho itself, but the speed at which a new TON-native idea creates speculation around it ⚫️ Domain ownership could become a new battlefield if decentralized apps start growing inside the ecosystem ⚫️ A simple test transaction was enough to trigger a mini rush around the project TON has a funny pattern: someone builds a prototype, someone sends 1 GRAM, and suddenly everyone is hunting for the next valuable piece of digital land. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 TON Core may be building the engine for Gram Wallet

A curious repository appeared on TON Core developer Petr Makhnev’s GitHub: wallet-engine. It is a Rust library that handles the internal logic of a TON wallet — creating and importing wallets, reading balances and transaction history, signing transfers, working with TON Connect, and more.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ The repository is called wallet-engine ⚫️ It is described as a cross-platform TON wallet engine written in Rust ⚫️ The library handles core wallet behavior instead of UI ⚫️ It supports wallet creation, import, history, transfers and TON Connect flows ⚫️ Apps provide the interface, network access and platform storage around it ⚫️ Bindings are already prepared for Swift, Kotlin, TypeScript/WebAssembly and experimental C++ 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ These are the exact platform directions Telegram needs: iOS, Android, Web and Desktop ⚫️ Instead of building a separate wallet logic stack for every client, Telegram can use one Rust core and attach native interfaces around it ⚫️ That makes wallet behavior more consistent across platforms ⚫️ For Gram Wallet, this looks like the boring infrastructure layer that actually matters ⚫️ The repo does not say “this is Gram Wallet”, but the architecture fits the Telegram rollout story a little too well Everyone is watching the shiny Gram Wallet button inside Telegram. Meanwhile, the real signal may be lower in the stack: a shared wallet engine that can quietly make the same TON wallet work across every Telegram client. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Telegram is printing money from ordinary gifts

A rough estimate puts Telegram’s ordinary gifts revenue at around 21,000 Stars per minute. That is about $320 every minute, before we even start talking about bigger mechanics, limited drops or secondary market activity.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ Estimated ordinary gift flow reached 21,000 Telegram Stars per minute ⚫️ In dollar terms, that is roughly $320 per minute ⚫️ Hourly revenue comes out to about $19,200 ⚫️ Daily revenue is around $460,800 ⚫️ Annualized, that gives roughly $168.2 million per year ⚫️ And this is only the ordinary gifts layer, not the full Telegram monetization machine 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ Telegram has turned small digital reactions into a real revenue stream ⚫️ Gifts look casual for users, but the math is already very serious ⚫️ Stars are becoming Telegram’s internal spending rail, not just a cute bonus feature ⚫️ For TON, this matters because user behavior is already being trained inside Telegram-native payments ⚫️ If Gram Wallet plugs into the same habit loop, the transition from gifts to crypto payments becomes much easier Telegram does not need to convince users to “enter Web3” with a conference speech. It can just sell them a pretty gift, charge Stars, and quietly build the payment muscle one tap at a time. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Is Telegram preparing Gram Wallet for blockages?

Telegram Desktop developer John Preston published tproxy-server, an experimental Web proxy for Telegram. He says it is only a proof of concept, but the idea is easy to read: make Telegram traffic look like normal HTTPS activity while keeping the MTProxy logic underneath.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ John Preston published an experimental Web proxy for Telegram ⚫️ The project is called tproxy-server ⚫️ It routes Telegram traffic through a WebView-style transport ⚫️ On the server side, traffic is passed to a regular MTProxy ⚫️ The author directly says this is not a finished product yet ⚫️ The documentation describes the idea as a way to hide proxy access behind normal web traffic 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ This looks like anti-blocking research, not just a random developer toy ⚫️ Telegram has already lived through bans, proxy wars and domain-level pressure ⚫️ With Gram Wallet moving directly into Telegram, access to the messenger also becomes access to wallet infrastructure ⚫️ If governments try to block Telegram or its crypto features, proxy layers become much more important ⚫️ For TON, this is not only about chats anymore, but about keeping payments reachable Telegram is putting Gram Wallet inside the app and testing ways to make Telegram traffic harder to block. Maybe it is just a PoC. Or maybe Telegram is making sure its wallet does not get killed by the first firewall with ambition. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 TON is getting ready for real load

TON update 2026.07 fixed what 2026.06 broke, and TON Core is already preparing the next move. On August 17, update 2026.08 is expected to split validator and collator functions, a change designed for the kind of load Telegram’s native Gram Wallet could bring.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ TON 2026.07 fixed the network issues caused by the previous update ⚫️ TON Core is preparing update 2026.08 for August 17 ⚫️ The next release will separate validator and collator functions ⚫️ The architecture has reportedly been in preparation for about a year ⚫️ The design is tied to the upcoming native Gram Wallet inside Telegram ⚫️ The main concern is simple: Telegram-scale wallet usage could sharply increase network load 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ TON is moving from “fast chain” marketing into actual stress preparation ⚫️ Separating validators and collators should make the network architecture more scalable ⚫️ Gram Wallet inside Telegram may bring users who do not care about crypto, nodes or explorer charts ⚫️ That means TON has to survive normal people using it, which is usually where beautiful infrastructure stories go to die ⚫️ The timing shows TON Core understands the obvious: Telegram distribution is useless if the chain starts coughing under traffic TON is not just shipping another update. It is trying to prepare for the moment when Gram Wallet stops being a crypto feature and becomes a Telegram habit. That is when the network either proves the thesis, or gets slapped by its own distribution. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Telegram launches its second challenge

Telegram Messenger announced another challenge, this time for Mini Apps. Developers need to show their app, explain why it is useful, and attach a t.me link so people can actually open it.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ Telegram launched a second challenge after the IRL Moderation campaign ⚫️ This one is focused on Mini Apps ⚫️ Participants must be developers ⚫️ They need to explain what their Mini App does and why it is useful ⚫️ A t.me link to the app is required ⚫️ Three winners will receive 100 USDT each 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ Telegram is pushing Mini Apps through simple public contests, not only official product updates ⚫️ The platform is giving developers a small but visible reason to show what they are building ⚫️ For TON, this is the important part: more Mini Apps means more possible wallet, payment and on-chain use cases inside Telegram ⚫️ The challenge format also trains users to see USDT rewards as a normal Telegram-native mechanic ⚫️ Telegram is slowly turning its own X account into a launchpad for community activity around the app ecosystem First they asked users to clean parks for USDT. Now they are asking developers to show Mini Apps. Telegram’s onboarding strategy is starting to look simple: make people do something useful, then pay them in crypto. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑

💎 Telegram wants users to moderate IRL

Telegram Messenger launched an “IRL Moderation” challenge. The task is simple: do something useful in your neighborhood, like cleaning up a park, helping a neighbor with their lawn, or another small good deed, then post before-and-after photos.

🔝 What changed ⚫️ Telegram announced a new “IRL Moderation” challenge ⚫️ Participants need to do a real-world good deed in their area ⚫️ The result must be shown with before-and-after photos ⚫️ The deadline is 13:00 Moscow time on August 14 ⚫️ Four winners will receive 100 USDT each from the Intern Fund 🔝 Why it matters ⚫️ Telegram is turning moderation into a community meme, but offline ⚫️ The platform is again using small USDT rewards to make users generate content ⚫️ This keeps the Intern Fund format alive after earlier meme and challenge campaigns ⚫️ For TON, the interesting part is not the cleanup itself, but the habit Telegram is building around crypto rewards ⚫️ The more Telegram normalizes USDT prizes for simple public actions, the easier it becomes to push crypto mechanics into everyday behavior Telegram started with chat moderation and somehow ended up asking users to clean parks for USDT. Web3 onboarding, but with garbage bags. 🤑 TON Insider 🤑