STON.fi has introduced TON's first fully on-chain Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), marking a major milestone for the ecosystem. By staking STON tokens, users receive ARKENSTON (their voting power) and now can influence the protocol's evolution through verifiable, on-chain governance.

Week 2 has wrapped, the leaderboard settled, and we have a clear winner.

The first week is done. The leaderboard settled. The winner emerged. The Winner: UTYA

TON entered 2025 with strong momentum from the mini‑app and GameFi wave, but this year marked the beginnings of something more structural: DeFi on TON scaled into a robust, multi‑layered ecosystem.

2025 has been a breakout year for institutional participation on The Open Network (TON). A previously retail‑driven ecosystem is now being taken seriously by asset managers, funds, fintechs, and corporates. Many now view Toncoin as a strategic and investable asset.

While the NFT boom of 2021 may have cooled, in 2025 the technology continues to develop. Early NFTs were speculative collectibles, but they proved that verifiable digital ownership could be recorded on-chain. As markets matured, attention shifted from price spikes to NFTs as tools for access, identity, and utility.

Confused about TON NFTs? You’re not alone. Here’s a no-BS intro to TON NFTs—what they are, how they work on Telegram, and why people are suddenly obsessed with digital stickers, gifts, and more.

Remember when NFTs were deader than your high school group chat? Well, they’re back. But this time on TON—affordable, fast, and actually useful, not just $69 million JPEGs collecting digital dust. While some of you are still waiting for your $100,000 PFP to pay for a villa in Bali, have been cooking. Let’s get into it.

This is the second part of our guide to TON on-chain data analysis on Dune. This installment demonstrates how to analyze balances and value flows between real blockchain users.

With TON now the exclusive blockchain for Telegram’s mini app ecosystem, Web3 is reaching over 950 million users—bringing crypto into the hands of everyday people like never before. But with this kind of explosive growth, how do we track what’s actually happening on-chain? In this article, we’ll break down TON’s architecture and how you can use Dune’s blockchain data tools to make sense of this fast-growing network.

TON Blockchain has increasingly become a magnet for blockchain developers globally, offering a welcoming space for Web3 development. To support this growth, we’ve put together a range of tools and libraries to simplify building on TON Blockchain.