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Right now $TON, like most of the market, is far from its peak and it's especially noticeable just how alive and packed its ecosystem really is. There's so much happening around the network that staying silent about it simply isn't an option. Even now, Pavel Durov keeps heavily upgrading the network, refining micro elements to make it better, faster, and more resilient.
And looking back, remember when TON Wallet access opened up in the US? Or when STONfi got integrated directly into TON Wallet, giving users a direct gateway from Telegram right into the heart of the ecosystem? That seriously sim

One protocol can control most of the market, and in DeFi this happens through liquidity. The logic is simple: users go where the token rates are best, and where there is less slippage to get a better experience and result. And the best rates are where there is more liquidity. In the end, a snowball effect occurs. The more liquidity there is in a protocol, the more trades go through it; and the more trades there are, the more new liquidity comes in.

This is how dominance is formed. In $TON , this effect is clearly visible on STONfi. It is one of the key AMM protocols across the entire networ

Network speed on $TON Isn’t just a network metric, it’s a factor that directly influences user behavior. On most major blockchains, there’s a noticeable delay between an action and its result: you send a transaction, then have to wait for it to be processed and executed. On $TON, this pause isn’t just imperceptible, it’s so brief that you’d have to try really hard to notice it.
Following a recent network update transactions are confirmed in about a second and blocks are created every ~400 milliseconds which is dozens of times faster than any other network.
In practice this means that in DeFi

Telegram is the best platform for DeFi because most users already have it. Today, the platform has about 1 billion users, and it’s safe to say that this is a ready-made audience fully prepared to interact with both DeFi and mini-apps related to crypto in one way or another.
For example, most other well-known blockchains first build the technology and then try to find users. $TON does the opposite; it is initially built into an environment where users already exist. Thanks to integration with Telegram, crypto features become part of the familiar interface. There’s no need to download separate w

Telegram and TON are not just a combination of a product and a blockchain; they are shaping a new habit through which many people are first introduced to this ecosystem. Previously, interacting with crypto required effort, separate wallets, seed phrases, and complex interfaces.
With Telegram’s growing popularity, everything began to change because $TON is built right into it. The Open Network is becoming part of everyday communication, encountered by hundreds of millions of people daily. Sending a friend a few TON or USDT is now as easy as writing a message.
TON was originally created as an in

I want to talk about why $TON could get stuck without Omniston. Because the growth of the ecosystem itself does not solve the main problem of DeFi, namely liquidity fragmentation. Even with a strong base like STONfi, liquidity remains distributed across different pools and protocols because users get used to certain places, which in total limits the efficiency of the entire system.
When liquidity is scattered, the user always pays for it. For example, worse token exchange rates somewhere, higher slippage elsewhere, or even situations where the token you’re looking for isn’t available at all.

Over time, every network begins to develop its own focal point. This is where the bulk of liquidity concentrates and remains for years. This core forms gradually, driven by user behavior.
At the beginning of a network’s life, liquidity is distributed rather chaotically. This was also the case with the $TON network. Everyone was running around different platforms because each one offered something unique to attract more users. And only after a long time do most of these projects get weeded out, making way for the most attractive platforms. One such platform became STONfi.
The example of STONfi

Today, the $TON ecosystem is gradually evolving into a fully-fledged DeFi ecosystem, where every part of the network plays its own role, from wallets to liquidity aggregation. STONfi and its development, Omniston, have long been key elements of this architecture.
STONfi initially established itself as the leading DEX on the $TON network, operating on an automated market maker model. This means that token swaps occur through liquidity pools, where prices are determined algorithmically and depend on the balance of assets. This approach makes swaps fast and resistant to manipulation, which is esp

I’ve been involved in crypto for quite some time now, and I’ve come to feel that there’s always a tension between usability and functionality in this space. Some services strive to offer as many features as possible, but end up overloading the interface, making it extremely user-unfriendly. Others keep things simple, but severely limit the tools and capabilities available.
The problem is that, in the end, users don’t choose the platform with the most features, but rather the one where they can quickly and easily perform the action they need. That’s precisely why usability almost always takes p

Right now, the market is showing strong momentum and a certain sense of optimism the kind we’d love to see all the time. In light of the growth of many major assets, I’d like to draw your attention to the $TON network and the liquidity pools that have also started increasing their APR.
This trend is clearly visible on STONfi, so I’ll be selecting the pools from there. For example, the TRAIN/USDT pair currently offers a 77% APR. This pool has held the top spot for APR on the exchange for a long time, and given recent developments, it will likely remain there for just as long.
TONG/TON, with a

STONfi continues to expand its presence within the ecosystem, and this time the integration focuses on full-fledged Web3 applications. Specifically, it involves integration with Quantum Club. This platform combines several tools for everyday cryptocurrency management.
Quantum Club is more than just a wallet. It’s convenient because it already includes real-time balance tracking, NFT support, and even some AI features. Essentially, it’s a successful attempt to bring all Web3 interactions together in one place.
Integration with STONfi adds another important layer to this: full-fledged in-app exc

The concept of an exchange in DeFi has long ceased to be just a place for conducting swaps. Because gradually, a whole system is being built around this basic action, where an exchange is only one of the entry points.
This is very clearly noticeable on the example of STONfi in the $TON network. Besides regular swaps, there are liquidity pools where users can not only exchange tokens but also participate in the very structure of the market. There is farming and staking, which allow for more flexible use of assets rather than holding them idle.
It is also worth noting the DAO model. It graduall

Anyone who spends a lot of time in DeFi will agree with me that it’s not just the features that matter, but also how they’re presented to the user.
Complex mechanics are no longer a problem in and of themselves. The problem arises when the user encounters them directly. The more steps and confusing processes there are, the higher the chance that a person simply won’t want to figure it out and will leave for platforms they’re familiar with.
This is precisely why DeFi technologies eventually come to the conclusion that they must be invisible. Everything that happens behind the scenes for ordinar

Sometimes, in crypto, the hardest thing is to do nothing - especially in those moments when it feels like you need to make a decision right away.
If you follow the market closely and frequently, it constantly pushes you to act. Price movements, big news, and new opportunities all create the feeling that if you don’t take a step now, you’ll miss out on something important. And against this backdrop, inaction starts to feel like a mistake.
And the more experience you have, the more you understand that not every movement requires a reaction from you. There are situations where any action is simp

That feeling of missing out in the crypto world is called FOMO, and it sets in pretty quickly and hardly ever goes away. Even when you start to understand the market better, that feeling just becomes harder to hide.
At first, it seems like you didn’t get in on a certain token in time. Then it seems like you got out too early. After that, you start catching yourself thinking that there’s an opportunity out there somewhere that you don’t even know about. And this gradually starts weighing on your mind, and you begin spending all your free time on some kind of fruitless search.
The problem is tha

Gradually, one important aspect of the crypto space is beginning to change: the entry point through which users first enter and begin to explore DeFi in the $TON .
Today, the foundation is no longer based on specific platforms, as it was in the past, but increasingly on wallets. That is where every action begin storage, exchanges, and interaction with applications.
And against this backdrop, the emergence of integrations between major exchanges like STONfi and wallets such as Arculus Wallet seems like a perfectly logical step. When a single tool allows you not only to store assets but also to

Not every exchange behaves the same way when network activity spikes. During quiet periods, almost all of them operate similarly, but the differences become apparent precisely when the load increases. The network itself also plays a role; for example, what is considered a stress test for the BTC or ETH networks is standard operating procedure for the $TON network.
This is quite evident in the example of STONfi on the $TON network. The first point is the stability of the exchanges themselves. Even as the number of users and transactions increases, swaps continue to process without delays or sig

The $TON pools on the network are looking promising right now, and I’ve highlighted a few of them for you. All of these pools can be found on STONfi, which is where I sourced the statistics.
TRAIN/USDT is currently offering an 88% APR. This pool has been at the top for a very long time, demonstrating its resilience in the face of various market conditions.
EVAA/USDT at 51% APR. This pair is gradually increasing its APR day by day, and now it has broken into the top APR rankings, which can only mean that its APR will continue to rise.
REDO/TON - 47% APR. The situation with this pool is exactly

When you first start swapping tokens, it seems like everything is as simple as it gets. You click a button, receive your tokens, so it seems like everything went as it should. As you continue swapping, you realize that the mere fact that the swap took place isn’t necessarily an indication that it went well.
First, you check the final token balance. How closely does it match what you expected to see before confirming? If the difference is minimal, then the trade went through without major deviations.
Next comes the feel of the process itself. Sometimes the swap happens quickly, and sometimes th