TON Ecological Project Inventory Deep Integration with Telegram, Can it Unlock the 800 Million User Traffic Password?

Enhancing TON Ecological Project Inventory with Telegram Integration Unlocking the Potential of 800 Million User Traffic?

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Editor | Colin Wu

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In mid-September, the TON Foundation announced a partnership with Telegram, one of the three major social media platforms in the crypto community. The partnership aims to integrate and promote the TON network ecosystem to Telegram’s 800 million active users, with the goal of attracting and converting 30% (240 million users) of Telegram’s active user base into TON network active users by 2028. The TON blockchain was initially developed by the Telegram team in 2018 but later had to be handed over to community developers due to legal disputes and investor withdrawals. Over the past two years, TON and Telegram have remained connected, and this official announcement of partnership will undoubtedly strengthen the ties between TON and Telegram users, developers, and the community.

The rapid rise of Telegram Bots this year confirms the possibility of integrating social media and finance. Deep integration with Telegram will become TON network’s core competitiveness. Although the TON ecosystem is still in its early stage, TON-based applications deeply integrated with Telegram have the potential to stand out. This article will take stock of such projects.

Wallet

Wallet in Telegram

The official TON wallet has seamlessly integrated into Telegram after the partnership announcement. In the Telegram settings interface, “Wallet” is located in the first column. The wallet utilizes TON Sales LLP as the user’s on-chain account, eliminating the need to store seed phrases. It offers features such as email and Telegram account recovery, Wallet bot, TON Connect, and allows users to make purchases of TON, USDT, and BTC using bank cards, as well as engage in cryptocurrency transactions on the P2P market.

Native DEX (integrated with Wallet in Telegram)

DeDust

DeDust is a DEX built on the TON network, developed by Scaleton. In September, DeDust SDK and DeDust Protocol 2.0 were launched, supporting trading, liquidity provision, and cross-chain functionalities. DeDust currently has a Total Value Locked (TVL) of $2.94 million and a 24-hour trading volume of $135,000.

OPTUS

OPTUS is an on-chain DEX funded by the TON Foundation. In Q3, it secured the third place and a $70,000 prize at the TON Foundation’s Hack-a-TONx hackathon. OPTUS also introduced the exclusive OPTUS SBT as a reward for trading, liquidity provision, vulnerability identification, and contributors, with future unique roles planned. OPTUS is expected to launch the first TON-based DEX aggregator, gasless transactions, RFQ orders, and other features in Q4.

Megaton Finance

Megaton is the first DEX in the TON network to receive Certik auditing. It has more complete functionality and UI design, as well as anti-phishing identification. With token rewards from liquidity mining, Megaton TVL reached $4.973 million, making it the largest DEX on the TON network. However, the trading volume in the past 24 hours was only $29,000.

Perpetual Contracts

Storm Trade

Storm Trade is the first decentralized perpetual contract trading platform on the TON network. It adopts a virtual AMM and liquidity capture model similar to GMX GLP, but is currently in the testnet stage. Storm provides incentives to testnet users, with a reward pool of 30,000 Storm for participating in Testnet 1, Testnet 2: Early Birds, and Tonraffles activities. According to official data, Storm Trade completed over $35 billion in trading volume within one month during Testnet 2: Early Birds at the end of September, with over 9,000 users participating in testing and providing more than 10,000 bug reports. In the future, Storm will be directly integrated with Telegram, eliminating the need for a separate frontend for trading.

Lending

EvAA Protocol

EvAA Protocol is a TON network lending protocol incubated by Tonstarter and invested in by TONcoin fund and Existential Capital. It has also made it to the finals of the DoraHacks hackathon. EvAA has seamlessly integrated with Telegram, allowing users to perform lending operations directly through Telegram’s EvaaAppBot without opening a separate frontend. EvAA supports lending for TON, jUSDT, and jUSDC assets, with a total deposit of $24,000 and a total loan amount of $112.

Liquidity Staking Protocol

Hipo

Hipo is an open-source, non-custodial liquidity staking protocol built on the TON network. Users can stake TON to receive hTON tokens representing staked TON and rewards. Hipo charges a 6.25% validator reward as protocol fees. Following the recommendation of the TON Foundation, Hipo has integrated with Wallet in Telegram, but is currently in the testnet stage. In early October, Hipo awarded 55 Hipo Community Champions NFTs to 55 testnet users who completed tasks.

NFT Marketplace

Getgems

Getgems is the most commonly used general NFT trading marketplace on the TON network, charging a 5% platform fee for each sale. Getgems has seamlessly integrated with Telegram, allowing users to browse, trade, and send TON-based NFTs through Telegram’s GetgemsNftBot. The NFT with the highest trading volume on Getgems is Telegram Usernames, with a floor price of 6 TON and a trading volume of 59 million TON. The NFT with the highest trading volume for PFP (Profile Picture) NFTs is TON Punks, with a floor price of 114.8 TON and a trading volume of 804,000 TON.

TON Diamonds

Unlike Getgems, TON Diamonds focuses on art trading and auctions, charging a 5% platform fee for each sale. TON Diamonds has released official NFTs representing private community rights, with a floor price of 34.5 TON and a trading volume exceeding 1 million TON. Users can engage in low/zero fee trading or mine the platform’s utility token, GLINT, by holding NFTs of different levels. Official data shows that there are currently 2,401 TON Diamonds holders, saving them over $120,000 in fees. In addition, GLINT was launched on October 5th with a total supply of 22 million tokens. The first season of mining activities will last for 6 weeks, accounting for 22% of the total supply.

It is worth noting that TON Diamonds has also recruited many renowned Russian artists, including the Annihilation series released by the surrealistic artist Ellen Sheidlin, the CALLIGRAFUTURISM series released by the graffiti artist Pokras LamLianGuais, and the animated NFT: OCTOPUS BOYZ released by the 3D artist BricksLianGuaicer. TON Diamonds has integrated with Wallet in Telegram.

Fragment

Fragment is an NFT platform built on the TON network specifically for trading and auctioning Telegram exclusive usernames and virtual phone numbers. The platform charges a 5% fee for each sale. Currently, Telegram usernames and virtual phone numbers have become the most active NFTs traded on the TON network.

Games

Cards Ahoy!

Cards Ahoy! is the first 60-second, fast-paced meme card game supported by Metalist Game. Partners include NetEase Games and Yolofox game. Metalist Game has formed a strategic partnership with the TON Foundation to explore the development of Web3 games in the Telegram ecosystem. Players can participate in the Cards Ahoy! game through MetalistGameBot on Telegram and win a $1 million airdrop reward.

Cards Ahoy! will also open the on-chain identity Game Console for TON and Telegram target players. This is Metalist Game’s first game identity in the TON ecosystem, and holders will receive a Genesis Blindbox airdrop and unlock more gaming privileges in the future. Currently, Cards Ahoy! has over 1.17 million pre-registered players.

Based on data analysis, Cards Ahoy! has the potential to break barriers, with a team experienced in developing hit card games (such as Marvel Snap, onmyoji, etc.), and the game design lowers the learning curve for players with its 60-second fast-paced gameplay. It is reported that the game will launch its public beta in December and will be promoted and released in Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.

Fanton: Fantasy Football

Fanton: Fantasy Football is a Free2Play football NFT card game in the TON ecosystem, hosted by the Telegram FanTonGameBot. Players can build their teams using NFT cards and then participate in various tournaments to earn TON and NFT cards, which can be rented or sold. In terms of roadmap planning, Fanton will introduce the platform utility token FNTF, which will be used for accessing paid tournaments with higher-level prizes, purchasing loot, renting NFTs, and staking. The team also plans to expand sports events to include American football, NBA basketball, and cricket in the future.

TON Play: Escape from Zeya, Towers: Card Battles

TON Play has launched the PlayDeck development toolkit, allowing game developers to build Web3 games on the TON network based on Telegram and earn profits through in-app advertising and digital asset sales. There are currently dozens of games built using PlayDeck, including unique games like Escape from Zeya, Towers: Card Battles, and Qubix Infinity. Users can participate in these games through Telegram playdeckbot.

Launch Pad

Tonstarter

Tonstarter is a platform designed to assist in the launch of applications within the TON network. It has been integrated with Wallet in Telegram. Project owners can use Tonstarter to fundraise from the community, distribute smart airdrops, organize custom tasks, and even allow participants to complete tasks without leaving the Telegram interface. Projects like Fanton: Fantasy Football, TON Diamonds, DeDust, and Storm Trade mentioned above are all launched using Tonstarter.

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