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Telegram Takes Lead of TON as Toncoin Doubles Into Top 20

Lower fees with subsecond blocks drew a rush of staking and trading.

Overview

  • Toncoin jumped from roughly $1.3 to about $2.8–$2.9, following Monday’s pledge by Pavel Durov that Telegram would lead The Open Network.
  • Telegram became the network’s largest validator and said it will replace the TON Foundation under a seven-step MTONGA plan.
  • Fees were cut about sixfold to near zero and the recent Catchain 2.0 upgrade shortened block times to roughly 400 milliseconds.
  • Staking deposits climbed, with about $191.83 million flowing in on a single day, the most in nearly four months.
  • Trading heat intensified, with daily volume around $3.31 billion and futures open interest near $569 million, while the 14-day RSI near 88–90 flagged overbought conditions.