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🎤 TON of Alpha — Manuel Stotz on TON Strategy and Satorica* In the new episode of TON of Alpha Z, Manuel Stotz — a $558M investor, founder of Kingsway Capital, and Executive Chairman of TON Strategy — sat down for an interview. Manuel talked about his journey from Goldman Sachs and Kingsway to investing in TON, why he considers TON “a real cryptocurrency for billions of users,” and why Bitcoin =…

🖥 TON CIS Dev 1-Day Bootcamp in St. Petersburg: Introduction to the new TOLK language On August 30 in St. Petersburg, there will be an in-person intensive TON CIS Dev 1-Day Bootcamp for developers. The main focus will be on TOLK: a new programming language for smart contracts on TON. TOLK is a language created specifically for TON to simplify and speed up smart contract development . It gets rid…

🍆 False Start for TON Foundation Ahead of U.S. Market Entry TON Foundation has, in a sense, made a false start into the U.S. market, as the initial focus should have been on energizing and onboarding the CIS audience — something that has been somewhat overlooked. Yes, we've seen some regional activities, but nothing viral or outstanding involving celebrities from CIS. Just think of the effect inf…

🌟 Max Crown Appointed President and CEO of TON Foundation; Manuel Stotz to Lead TON Strategy Co. TON Foundation expanded Max Crown’s role : he now holds two positions at once — CEO and President of TON Foundation. The decision comes as Manuel Stotz steps down from his role as Chairman to focus on Verb Technology Company (soon to be TON Strategy Co.) and integrating TON into global finance. Crown,…

💰 New Interview with Manuel Stotz Manuel Stotz, President of the TON Foundation and Executive Chairman of TON Strategy Co (NASDAQ: VERB), has been a key investor in TON for nearly four years. Today, he oversees the ecosystem’s largest digital fund. In January, Verb raised $558 million through a PIPE deal — a mechanism where investors purchase shares directly on Nasdaq, with proceeds immediately a…

💥 Telegram integrates TON amid a strike against the Apple tax At the end of June, a court denied Apple’s request to overturn Judge Rogers’ ruling : the company can no longer charge fees for third-party payments inside the App Store and must allow links to external purchases. For now, this applies only in the U.S., but it represents a significant move in the fight against Apple’s monopoly. Telegra…

💸 FIVA is evolving: finance inside Telegram, as it should be The FIVA project, known for its yield tokenization technology on TON , is stepping up to a new level. No longer just some DeFi infrastructure, it became a convenient financial app built directly into Telegram Mini Apps (TMA). - Up to 15% APY on USDT (in partnership with EVAA) - Up to 10% APY on TON - Simple, "bank-like" interface - Full…

🎁 Telegram Gifts - on Times Square Screens The organizers of NFT.NYC featured Telegram Gifts and TON in their official promo video. In the heart of New York, on the main stage, we saw Jack Booth, Head of IP at TON, make his speech. The main topic was TON as an infrastructure for next-gen digital collectibles. “ All conversations at NFTNYC2025 boil down to this: TON is the future of digital collec…

😎 “The Real AI is what my brother Nikolai is working on.” - Pavel Durov Pavel gave his most extensive interview ever to the French magazine Le Point. For the first time, he spoke openly about topics like his arrest in France, accusations, Telegram, Elon Musk, over 100 children via donation, ideology, crypto, censorship, and philosophy. But the most interesting part is hidden between the lines: AI…

🔒 Second attempt to block Telegram? Recently, millions of Russians experienced issues with Telegram. Chats would load intermittently, and mini-apps outright couldn't open. Officially, everything was apparently “stable,” but users in various regions reported widespread outages . People scrambled for workarounds: some used VPNs, while developers rushed to rework their service architectures just to…

🎁 Gifts as a reason to panic? Or is this the best Web3 onboarding yet? Along the hype around Telegram Gifts in TON, skepticism is also growing. We hear things like "it's just gambling," "referral farms pushing tons of volume," "price is inflated." It makes it seem like just another bubble. But let’s take deeper look. What if Telegram Gifts are the next Notcoin? Not "play-to-airdrop," but rather t…

👮‍♂️ Durov’s Arrest and Pressure on Telegram: Interview with Tucker Carlson What happens when you create the most secure app in the world and refuse to hand over user data to authorities? Here are the details we shared earlier about Pavel in France . Pavel Durov gave his first public interview about his arrest in France . He talked about the pressure, legal manipulation, and why Europe might lose…