Exploring TON Memelandia: A New World for Memecoins to Reign

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It is hard to argue that memecoins have been as essential for crypto as DeFi, Play2Earn, or DePin. In the current market cycle, they have yet again become a major growth driver for many L1 and L2 blockchains.

TON (The Open Network) is undoubtedly no exception: not willing to remain on the sidelines, the TON community has joined forces in an initiative called TON Memelandia.

What is TON Memelandia?

Created by TON Community and supported by TON Foundation and TON Society, TON Memelandia is a decentralized utopia where memecoin communities thrive, compete, and create.

Compared to other ecosystems, TON’s strategic position allows it to onboard Telegram's massive audience into crypto in general and memecoins in particular. Memelandia, therefore, offers a unique space for meme coins to grow, fuelled by the creative energy of degens.

Within this utopian world, key realms like the Launchpad Lair, Meme Mountain, Cabal Arena, Community Forest, Memecoin Armery, and Lagoon of Digital Resistance form the core of this whimsical world, building collaboration and competition among memecoin enthusiasts.

The Memecoin market: A cultural force

Memecoins are not just a passing fad; they represent a massive, growing vertical in crypto. Recent examples show that strong communities form around massive memes. Celebrities like DOGS, Moo Deng, Neiro, and MOTHER collectively capture the current zeitgeist at breakneck speed.

As an example of the power of memecoins, in August 2024, TON shattered a blockchain record thanks to $DOGS. Over 17 million users claimed $DOGS tokens, with single-day transactions peaking at 14.4M!

Memecoins have become cultural catalysts in 2024, uniting communities with a shared mission and cult. The total market cap of memecoins is approximately $40 billion (subject to change as its value is dynamic), illustrating their staying power and potential.

In a recent panel at TOKEN2049 in Singapore, industry experts like Ansem and Murad emphasized that memecoins are not mere jokes; on the contrary, the most successful ones provide a sense of belonging and even a relatively high degree of safety.

Memecoins challenge traditional finance with their playful yet disruptive narratives. As panelists highlighted, these tokens have shown remarkable resilience through multiple crypto cycles because people believe in them.

Memecoins are having a great time right now! The tab below shows that they're doing much better than other cryptocurrencies. Of the top 300 coins on Coinmarketcap, 40 have done better than Bitcoin, and almost 1/3 are memecoins!

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How Memelandia will seize the opportunity

TON Memelandia’s strategy is multifaceted, embracing battles with prizes and airdrops, marketing support for memecoins, regular community events, and much more.

In September 2024, Memelandia sponsored its first-ever event at Token2049 in Singapore. TON teams such as Blum, DOGS, durev, REDO, FISH, STON.fi, TCAT and Mittens made waves during a panel discussion about TON memes and organized a $5,000 giveaway to the audience.

Soon, Memelandia will kick off its exciting battles for traders and memecoin producers in the Cabal Arena and fair fights of the largest meme communities on the Memecoin Mountain. Prizes to teams and community airdrops in toncoin are coming back! Subscribe to Memelandia’s official channels on X and Telegram to follow the announcements and updates.
Every week, Memelandia will feature the most interesting news of TON memes and host Twitter (X) Spaces with different teams and influencers joining.

To get your news featured, apply here.
Engaging talks, heated discussions and maybe even some conspiracy🙃 will be happening in the Memelandia GANG secret chat.

To join this alpha group, click this link
Community discussions & feedback sharing is always welcome.

Propose your ideas on TONResearch portal: create topics, comment, share!
To increase the visibility of useful tools for memecoin traders and creators (like trading bots, launchpads, and analytics platforms), Memelandia has a dedicated catalogue on its website called Memecoin Armery.

Teams that want their product to appear in the Armery are welcome to submit this form.
Apart from incentive programs, marketing support and community engagement, Memelandia will make every effort to help TON memes gain exposure outside of TON through facilitating listings and partnerships.

In particular, if you submitted a listing request on Coingecko or Coinmarketcap, share your ticket number here to streamline your listing.

Introducing the TON Memecoin Working Group Contributors

Behind Memelandia’s push to revolutionize the memecoin space are key contributors of the TON Memecoin Working Group. This is an association of independent contributors that will develop and execute a strategy for growing the memecoin narrative in the TON ecosystem with the support of TON Foundation and TON Society.

Among the group's goals are increasing the trading volume of memecoins on TON, growing the number of traders and memecoins launched, supporting the launch of successful cases (with $100M+ MC), and ensuring TON becomes a new meme coin hub.

To achieve these aims, the Working Group will lead and facilitate marketing and business development efforts, create new analytics and trading tools and design relevant incentive programs.

While performing their duties, contributors may contact teams and individuals with proposals and initiatives.

Among them are:

Stefan aka AnaTONomantra: The big brain, a degen engineer, and a DeFi strategist, Stefan leads the technical initiatives for TON Memelandia and, more specifically, the Cabal Arena.
Jason Langston aka Jax: Co-founder of MEMECON, full-time degen since 2017. Creative Director, BD & Marketing Manager. Jack of all trades, master of none.
Julien Paredes aka Metafroggy: Co-founder of MEMECON and a Blockchain lover since 2013. With a background in conflict resolution and charity, but also in strategic partnerships and project management, MetaFroggy is committed to making Memelandia an inclusive space for memecoin enthusiasts.

This working group drives the evolution of memecoins in TON, merging community-oriented activation, narrative, culture, and technology to create an unforgettable ecosystem.

Updates and reports will be available on TONResearch.

The future of memecoins on TON

Our goal is to become a leading memecoin ecosystem inside Telegram & beyond and quite simply we won’t sleep until we reach that goal!

As Memelandia continues to grow, memecoins will play a pivotal role in transforming digital culture. With the infrastructure and support of TON Foundation and TON Society, memecoins can become a dominant force in decentralized finance.

Join the movement, and explore the limitless potential of memecoins in Memelandia!

Love & memes

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