TON's ecosystem advanced with greater depth and discipline in June 2025. Projects moved beyond novelty, refining their products, shipping useful DeFi tools, and expanding real-world payment integrations. Stronger infrastructure and major app milestones show ecosystem maturity, with builders aligned around long-term value and Telegram as the distribution channel.

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📊 June in Numbers

Sources: TON Weekly Analytics, NFT Analytics, Stars Volume

🌟 Top Highlights in June

🦄 TOP Becomes TON's First Unicorn

The Open Platform (TOP) reached a $1B valuation in its latest equity round led by Ribbit Capital and Pantera Capital. The team behind Wallet in Telegram achieved this milestone, signaling institutional recognition of TON's strategic position.

TOP also launched the Telegram Mini Game Accelerator Camp, a six-month program nurturing high-quality mini game projects across the APAC region.

✈️ Real-World Payments Take Flight

TON expanded real-world payment utility through six new platforms:

Travel Mini Apps: All three support payments in Toncoin and USDt-TON directly through Telegram:

• TON Travel offers access to 3M+ hotels worldwide, with up to 8% cashback in Toncoin
• EntravelX covers 1M+ hotel options, with flight bookings coming soon
• DinoGo Travel supports both hotel and flight bookings

Payment Innovations:

• RedotPay launched its crypto-linked card for real-world spending
• Jagad's J-Wallet enables crypto transactions across Indonesia
• TheOpenCard provides AI-powered virtual cards for TON payments

📈 DeFi Yields Reach New Heights

TON's DeFi ecosystem delivered compelling yield opportunities:

Factorial Finance rebranded to Affluent, launching Strategy Vaults for one-tap access to high-yield strategies. The TON Multiply Vault reached $900K with deposits from over 700 users.

🏗️ Infrastructure Reaches Production Grade

Major developer stack updates launched:

• Toncenter's Streaming API went live for Enterprise users, enabling real-time transaction updates via WebSockets and Server-Sent Events
• Tolk v0.99 reached release-candidate status and is now used by TON Core for all production contracts

Wallet improvements included Wallet in Telegram's launch of Wallet Earn (up to 15% APY on USDT), MyTonWallet v3.8 enhancements, and Tonkeeper Pro iOS adding a built-in dApp browser.

🎮 Major IP Partnerships Drive Gaming Growth

Pudgy Penguins launched Pengu Clash, a skill-based mini-game that generated strong early traction:

• 170K games played by 60K unique users in one week
• Over 5,500 staked matches
• Pengu Clash NFTs became one of the most traded collections on TON

Telegram Stickers gained momentum with major Web3 brands:

• Azuki launched a sticker pack featuring its Shao character (112K+ claims)
• BAYC debuted its first official Telegram sticker pack (300K+ claim attempts)
• Claynosaurz and Doodles each released second collections

All packs sold out within seconds, highlighting strong demand for established intellectual property on Telegram.

📱 Telegram Apps Center Updates

TApps partnered with Walletium and Upscale for interactive campaigns, engaging 40K+ users across both activations. Five new payment platforms joined: Fonbnk, RedotPay, TheOpenCard, Dinogo Travel, and Jagad Wallet.

The Streaks campaign concluded with 2M+ participants completing daily tasks, with final rewards scheduled for the end of July.

🎯 Builder Ecosystem Scales Up

TON's Ecosystem Support now tracks 2,307 teams registered on TON Builders Portal and 2,868 teams internally. June highlights include:

• 40+ teams amplified on official social channels
• 11 teams featured on Telegram Apps Center
• 12 teams introduced to TON VC Club network
• 4 teams graduated from TON Nest
• 2 projects secured CEX listing support

The first TON Demo Day showcased six promising projects to 15+ leading investors, facilitating 20+ connections between teams and investors.

🌍 Telegram Assets Drive Digital Collectibles Boom

Telegram Gifts became a major driver of Telegram Stars purchases on Fragment. Daily purchase volume rose from approximately $300K to $1-2M, peaking at $3M.

Plush Pepe NFTs surged in popularity, rapidly climbing to become the fifth-most expensive NFT series across all chains. High-profile sales including one for approximately $73K helped cement its status in the NFT space.

🚀 Looking Ahead: Building for the Long Term

June's developments show TON's shift from experimental playground to invisible infrastructure. When users book hotels with Toncoin, earn 63% APY with one tap, or trade NFTs at volumes surpassing Ethereum, they're not consciously "using blockchain." They're living their digital lives. This seamless integration, backed by TOP's unicorn validation and production-ready tools, suggests TON's success won't be measured in adoption metrics, but in how completely crypto disappears into Telegram's everyday experience.

Next stop: July's continued evolution. See you in the next update!

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