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2024-05-04 15:10:40 ​The Open League Season 1 is officially over

Season 1 has been an absolute madness in terms of growth for the TON Ecosystem & brought every metric to the new All-Time-Highs, while distributing $9M between all 894K participants.

We introduced new leaderboards, launched Memelandia and DeFi Grants, and boosted the rewards for top projects.

Here’s how we rewarded the winners.

TL;DR
Top 6 DeFi projects were awarded the total of a whooping $875K prize pool.

StonFi: $496K | DeDust: $250K | Storm Trade: $87K | Evaa Protocol: $22K | Daolama_ton: $10K | JVault: $6,5K

TOP 10 of The Major League winners will share the prize pool of $875K

$KINGY: $375K | $PUNK: $250K | $STON: $125K

TOP 3 Winners of The Minor League will share $150K worth of rewards:

$JVT: $75K | $ANON: $50K | $WEB3: $25K

For TOP 10 contestants in the App Battle we've got $875K worth of rewards!

Tap Fantasy: $375K | GetGems: $250K | Ton Raffles: $125K

TOP 5 liquidity providers will share $500K in prizes:

Tonstakers: $372K | Stakee: $74K | Bemo Finance: $50K

TOP 5 Community tokens: $ANON | $REDO | $BTC25 | $ARBUZ | $PEPE

But the real question is, who's ready for The Open League Season 2?!

More details already available on our Blog. Open / Comment

2024-05-03 18:58:10 Pantera Capital Joins TON Governance as a Validator

We're thrilled to share that Pantera Capital, a leader in blockchain investments, has chosen to join TON governance as a validator. Even crypto-native institutions are now seeing the vision of a Web3 ecosystem in Telegram and how that can be a tool to onboard the masses to blockchain.

TL;DR:

Pantera Capital is one of the First U.S. institutional asset managers focused exclusively on blockchain technology.

Why TON? According to Pantera’s blog, they believe TON will lead the next wave of crypto adoption. We’re inclined to agree… There is no more important mission to TON community, than this.

With Pantera's rich history and expertise in Web3, we’re proud to welcome them to the ecosystem.

Celebrate this exciting moment in TON Community’s journey. As we all continue to innovate and demonstrate the power of TONxTelegram for the mass adoption of crypto technology, more institutions will continue to take notice. Slowly, then suddenly.

Let's put crypto in every pocket and pave the way for a decentralized future together! Open / Comment

2024-05-03 14:38:38 USDt-TON Reaches 100 million in Circulation in Just 2 Weeks

The iPhone reached 100 million sales within four years of its 2007 launch. Instagram achieved 100 million downloads two years after its debut in October 2010. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" sold 100 million copies by 2008, eleven years post-publication. "Gangnam Style" skyrocketed to 100 million views just two months following its July 2012 release.

USDt-TON reached $100 million in issued and circulating USDt in under two weeks, making it the fastest growing launch of Tether’s USDt in history. Open / Comment

2024-05-02 13:30:15 Changelly rolls out the Probably Serious Quiz to support the launch of USDt on TON

TL;DR:
Changelly, a global crypto exchange serving over 7 million users worldwide, has launched the Probably Serious Quiz.
Upon completing the quiz, participants will enjoy a 0% service fee for USDt on TON and Toncoin swaps on Changelly.

End date: May 7, 2024.

Changelly seeks to grant the most convenient access to the newly launched stablecoin and support the growth of the TON Ecosystem.

They offer safe and fast crypto-to-crypto and fiat-to-crypto exchanges of over 100,000 trading pairs with 24/7 live customer support.

Changelly is available on the desktop, iOS, and Android.

If you're new to stablecoins, also check out Changelly's blog article "What Are Stablecoins?" to learn more about USDt on TON.

Please note that the 0% service fee for exchanges of USDt and TON on Changelly does not include the network fee.

Jump in and get 0% fees for USDt on TON and Toncoin exchanges on Changelly! Open / Comment

2024-05-01 22:06:45 The Open League Season 2 Starts Today

Open League S1 has contributed to ATHs across every metric in April. With a massive $9million distributed to all 894K TON users who participated in Season 1!

MAUs = 1.5 million (up 7%)
TVL = $159.52 million (up 59%)
DEX traders = 185K (up 21%)

Congrats to Season 1 Winners:
KINGY wins top prize in the Token battle winning $375K, followed by PUNK and STON, both winning $250K and $125K respectively.

Full Season 1 results of all leaderboards will be available on the TON blog soon.

Introducing Season 2’s Major League Lineup:
KINGY, PUNK, STON, DFC, RAFF, FNZ, JETTON, GRAM and welcoming JVT, ANON, WEB3, REDO, BTC25. All Major League contestants will get up to a 25K Toncoin LP boost to the DEX they choose for the 2 week season.

As always, you can find and access boosted pools via @open_league_bot.

Season 2 changes:
To speed up reward distribution Season 2 will last for 2 weeks instead of 1 month.
To simplify the competition there will only be 3 leaderboards; Apps, Token Major and Minor Leagues.
5 Projects have been promoted to the majors in S2, and 5 relegated to the minors.
New leaderboards are reset and live at The Open League website.

Latest updates for The Open League only on this channel. Notifications on. More surprises are coming.

Hint: Open / Comment

2024-05-01 11:00:46 Telegram’s 2024 Design Competition is underway!

Pavel Durov is reviewing submissions, and so are we. TON community members are already taking part, imagining new ways Telegram users could interact with TON.

Including this feature, highlighted above, moving tApps Center to Telegram settings and then to the main navigation!

Would this feature be handy for you? Drop a below if you want to see it implemented.

Disclaimer: Votes here won’t mean it will happen, but its nice to dream. Only design competition participants can vote so if you’re a designer now’s your chance to influence the direction of TON and Telegram. You can join the competition here. Open / Comment

2024-04-30 20:00:04 ​The Open League Hackathon

TL;DR:
We’re extending the deadline to apply for The Open League Hackathon til June 15th.
TOL Hackathon is the fastest way for any project to join The Open League.

The deadline for The Open League Hackathon has been extended. This gives more teams the chance to join and refine their projects. With over 220 projects already registered, the aim is to further increase participation and encourage innovation. Contestants will build new Web3 Onboarding & GameFi, Web3 Social, DeFi, and eCommerce use cases on TON and Telegram.

New dates:

Registration deadline: June 15, 2024
Hackathon end date: July 15, 2024

Why apply?

$2 million prize pool.
Fast track to The Open League program with a 50,000 Toncoin boost for your token's liquidity pool.
Top projects may secure funding from a $500,000 pool provided by TON Ventures.
A chance to meet with TON Foundation members and VC/investors on TON in Dubai during Gateway.

Mass adoption only happens on TON. Build it. Register now! Open / Comment

2024-04-30 09:00:05 ​USDt-TON with Bybit

TL;DR:
Join Bybit’s new events to earn your share of a 120,000 USDt prize pool.

To celebrate the launch of USDt on TON, Bybit has joined forces with TON Foundation to introduce two exclusive events, boasting a total prize pool of 120,000 USDt!

Campaign duration: These events are already active and will continue until June 23, 2024, 11:59 PM UTC.

Event 1: Learn & Earn - TON Airdrop of 80,000 USDt

Join and earn your share of the 80,000 USDt prize pool by following these four simple steps:

Register for the Learn & Earn event.
Read this article.
Take the quiz.
Trade at least $100 in Toncoin (TON) during the event period.

Eligible participants will equally share the prize pool, with a maximum reward of 3 TON per user.

Event 2: Refer & Earn - Invite New Users, Unlock 40,000 USDt in TON Rewards

Invite new users to sign up to Bybit and participate in the first event. For each qualified referral, both you and your referee will receive 0.3 TON each.

Terms & Conditions apply.

Earn your share of the 120,000 USDt! Open / Comment

2024-04-26 15:15:00 ​The Open League Digest

On April 1st, The Open League Season 1 kicked off. 30M Toncoin rewards will be distributed to you, TON Community.

Get active on-chain, complete quests, and provide liquidity via the @Open_League_Bot to earn your slice of the 30M Toncoin!

Highlights from the past two weeks:

560K Toncoin were distributed to the winners of The Open League's Pilot Season.
​$600K airdrop to NFT traders and holders.
$120K airdrop to $JVT holders and $ANON traders.
New airdrop calendar page with hints about future airdrops.
A new DeFi Grant Program was launched, offering up to $300K per project in user incentives and up to $200K per team in grants.
We introduced Memelandia, a cultural hub for meme coins and community tokens. Selected memes compete in The Open League for rewards and the title of the best meme coin on TON.

Are you a project wanting to get airdrops for your users?

Join The Open League Hackathon and get fast track into the Minor League Token leaderboard. Registration closes on April 30, 2024. More details here.

Projects announced a TON of additional incentives for you:

$4.5M from STON.fi.
Up to $500K from Tonstakers and TIGER.
$10K+ from TON Punks.
$25K+ from Getgems.
$330K+ from JVault, Meridian, and WEB3.
$20K+ from Tonano.
$1K from Hipo.
1M+ $KINGY from KINGY.
$10K from COFE.
$300K from Storm and JVault.

Latest updates for The Open League only on this channel. Notifications on. More surprises are coming.

Hint: Open / Comment

2024-04-26 06:00:01 ​USDt-TON with KuCoin

TL;DR:
KuCoin and TON Foundation teamed up to launch the "Community Incentives + Learn & Earn + Trading Competition" campaign.
Complete tasks, learn, and earn your share of the $200,000 prize pool.
KuCoin is offering a promotion where users can withdraw USDt-TON without paying any gas fees for a limited time.

Last week marked the official launch of USDt on TON, and KuCoin has rolled out a special promotion waiving all gas fees for USDt-TON withdrawals during the promotional period.

Also, TON Foundation in collaboration with KuCoin introduced the "Community Incentives + Learn & Earn + Trading Competition" event. This event boasts a total prize pool of up to $200,000!

The event is structured in two parts:

Part 1: Community Incentives + Learn & Earn

Engage with the Community bot to complete tasks, earn the exclusive TON x KuCoin co-branded SBT, and a chance to win a share of the $80,000 prize pool.
Rewards: If you complete all the tasks, you will receive $2 in Toncoin in your Wallet in Telegram and an additional $8 in Toncoin in your KuCoin account if you are a new user. This offer is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Join KuCoin’s Learn & Earn, answer at least 60% of the questions correctly, and share from an additional $50,000 prize pool.
Deposit USDt-TON to qualify for extra rewards.
This event is active from April 25th to May 25th, 2024.

Part 2: Trading Competition

A Toncoin (TON) trading competition starting on May 15th. Stay tuned for more details!

Terms & Conditions apply.

Get your share of the $200,000! Open / Comment