TON Accelerator

🚀 Breaking News: TON Foundation Names Maximilian Crown as CEO!

Maximilian Crown, the co-founder of fintech powerhouse MoonPay, is stepping in as CEO of TON Foundation, a major move as TON hits new heights.

With a track record of scaling MoonPay into a global crypto giant, Crown joins just as TON celebrates: 41M active accounts, 121M Toncoin holders, deeper integration with Telegram.

A new chapter begins. Welcome aboard, Max! 🙌
Check out the full press release for more details.

Qooverse: Web3 Game Studio
@PlayQoomon /
Qooverse is building their Ecosystem of Games inside the Telegram Mini-App.
Games are designed to be finished in seconds and enhance your social experience.
Stay tuned for some exciting collectibles. 🎮

FanIO: Sports Arcade
@fan_io /
Fan.io is the next evolution of play-to-earn in Telegram. A set of prediction games specifically designed for enhancing customers experience of watching @NBA, @ICC_TODAY or any other sport. 🏀

Vooi: Derivatives Marketplace
@vooi_io /
Vooi allows users to trade any derivative powered by chain abstraction. With @OrderlyNetwork coming to TON in Q2, Vooi will provide a groundbreaking perp DEX experience inside the mini-app in Telegram. 🔢

As we are about to unveil Cohort_0.3, it's time to announce the projects selected for Cohort_0.2.

After 350+ high quality applications, hours of interviews and product deep dives, we are ready to show the 3 selected projects for the Cohort.

Cross Chain Synergy Cohort was announced back in November 2024, but took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to unveil.

We would like to thank our partners from Mantle Ecosystem Fund, TON Ventures, GSR and Bybit for all of the support!

Grably — Transform the future of AI with collective effort

Grably allows you to benefit from the AI boom without any specialized skills while helping top AI companies refine their models and enhance their products. The platform is easy to use—just upload your photos and videos to start monetizing your content.

💸 By completing simple tasks on Grably—whether it's taking a photo of your hand or recording a short happy video—you earn tokens that can later be exchanged for USDT.

The platform also ensures complete control and privacy over your data, using it only as training material for neural networks.

👩‍💻 It would be a mistake to think that Grably is only for regular users. At a time when many AI models are hungry for data, it gives AI teams access to zettabytes of high-quality, diverse, and previously inaccessible training data.

Take on your first task in Grably today and see how easily you can contribute to the growth of neural networks. 🤖

#web3 #web_apps

TON Accelerator X AdsGram

Launching an app on TON comes with unique challenges, and the cold start problem is one of the biggest. How do you attract the first wave of users and create momentum for growth? This is where AdsGram comes to the rescue.

With innovative ad formats and precise targeting, AdsGram has already helped projects overcome the most difficult initial hurdles. For example, Memetics has partnered with AdsGram to successfully launch their app allowing entities to create their mini economies, achieving 100k monthly users in a short period of time.

Here’s how AdsGram provides solutions:

▪️ Using formats like Task-Based Ads to drive user engagement through incentivized actions, ensuring that users interact with apps meaningfully by completing specific tasks such as installs, registrations, or in-app activities.

▪️ Using formats like Interstitial Ads to engage users without disrupting their experience, increasing visibility and interaction seamlessly within the app ecosystem.

▪️ Reaching key audiences, including wallet owners and VPN users, to directly target the most relevant users for Memetics’ Mini Economies and other Web3 applications.

▪️ Using a second-price auction model to optimise advertiser spend, making campaigns more effective, affordable, and performance-driven.

Together with AdsGram, we will be helping cohort projects every step of the way, ensuring they have a confident and successful user engagement journey.

From first click to sustained engagement, AdsGram provides the tools and expertise you need to succeed.

TON x LayerZero: Be Open with Cross-Chain Connectivity

TON has integrated LayerZero, a leading interoperability protocol, to connect with 100+ blockchains, including Ethereum, Solana, and Tron. This integration merges LayerZero’s trusted messaging infrastructure with TON, enabling seamless cross-chain asset transfers. With LayerZero, TON gains enhanced liquidity and access to major crypto assets, driving broader adoption.

Several key partners are leveraging LayerZero’s infrastructure on TON including: 

▪️ USDT0: A new USDT that uses LayerZero’s OFT Standard for seamless cross-chain transfers between TON, Tron, Ethereum, and Arbitrum.
▪️ Ethena: Its flagship $5B asset USDe will be its first asset to go live on TON. 
▪️ Stargate: The largest cross-chain bridge enabling seamless conversion of USDT from Ethereum and Tron into USDt-TON.

Developers also benefit from OFT Standard for token deployment, smart contract interoperability, and FunC++ for efficient development. Learn more in our latest blog article!

💎Cohort_0.1 Deep Dive: Cabal Town (@CabalTown_bot)

Cabal Town is building the Social Monetization Layer for On-Chain Markets, enabling crypto influencers to monetize their edge while helping alpha seekers discover high-quality opportunities early!

Token Discovery Bottleneck
Paid platforms like Dexscreener create noise and not signal
No product suite that measures alpha quality provided by influencers
Influencers largely monetize by promoting tokens after their entry, often resulting misaligned incentives

Current Problems
Influencers: Current monetization heavily relies on exiting into trade calls
Traders: No reliable way to assess signal quality, resulting in blind following
Platforms: Existing discovery platforms focus on noise, and not quality

Cabal Town: Aligning Incentives with Social Trading
Influencers create Cabals where they can share alpha with members
Members can buy access to Cabals and Trade in the same interface
Reputation system ranks Cabals on alpha quality

Value Flow: Influencers
Choose a pricing mechanism for your Cabal Tokens
Earn Trading Fees on Cabal Token volume
Provide Trading alpha
Earn Trading Fees on volume generated of alpha
Maintain high quality alpha to build your Cabals reputation

Value Flow: Cabal Members
Transparently analyze Cabal performance
Join Cabals with the highest quality alpha
Trade on alpha in 2 clicks

Why Now?
Telegram is the biggest hub for trading discussions
Trading bots lack friendly UX and Social features
@friendtech proved the demand for social trading, but failed on UX

If you would like to try out Cabal Town:
Follow @cabaltown on X (https://x.com/cabaltown)
DM @cabaltown for an Invite Code
Try the app @CabalTown_bot

Cohort_0.1

🔥 1054 applications
☑️ 5 teams selected
🎯 12 weeks of incubation

Last week we have concluded our inaugural Cohort with a Demo Day in front of our partner VCs!

Watch it below ⬇️
http://youtu.be/bIhADgWMZ0I

🚀 Grably Closed Beta is LIVE! 🚀

Join the Grably Closed Beta and help them build better AI — while getting compensated for your data contributions! 🎉

🔒 The first 2,000 registrants will get exclusive access to the mini app and paid tasks.
🏆 From them, the best 200 Grabbers will be selected based on performance, unlocking maximum rewards for the top contributors!

💡 No meaningless clicks, subscriptions, or app installations—only real tasks that contribute to advancing science and AI!

⚠️ After the first 2,000 registrations, beta access will be paused, and all others will be placed on the waitlist with the opportunity to join future stages.

📲 Register now for your chance to join the Closed Beta!

TON Accelerator x Bybit: Driving Innovation Through the Cross-Chain Synergy Cohort

TON Accelerator has partnered with Bybit to launch the Cross-Chain Synergy Cohort, a game-changing initiative for Web3 developers and projects within the TON ecosystem. This collaboration offers unparalleled support, including:

▪️marketing assistance
▪️onboarding resources
▪️access to liquidity through Bybit, one of the leading exchanges

The Synergy Cohort is a unique opportunity to drive innovation by bridging TON and EVM ecosystems, unlocking access to over 950 million Telegram users and $90B in cross-chain liquidity. 

Applications are now open! If you're ready to build groundbreaking solutions and shape the future of cross-chain technologies, apply today!

Calling all builders! If you're looking for ideas to join Cohort_0.2: Cross-Chain Synergy, we’ve got you covered

☑️ AI agents ☑️ DeFi ☑️ Gaming ☑️ Payments

We’ve outlined some of the most exciting ideas to build in this era of cross-chain innovation

💎Take a read here

You don’t need to build one of these ideas to apply. We expect that most projects will come from ideas we haven’t even imagined yet.

That said, if one of these resonates with you, we hope this inspires you to take the leap.

Whether it’s seamless cross-chain wallets, decentralized credit protocols, or AI-powered Telegram tools, there’s never been a better time to turn your vision into reality.

Explore the ideas, apply today, and let’s build something extraordinary together

💎Apply here

☕️With the new updates to Mini Apps coming along, we dropped a couple of our thoughts on how to use them best

🍴Take a read here

💎We are glad to announce GSR as a Market Making Partner for Cohort_0.2: Synergy

GSR are an Industry Leading Quantitative Trading and Market Making firm that will be a massive asset for our Cohort_0.2 Participants!

GSR will be helping with:

🔎 Cohort Application Screening
✍️ Tokenomics and Quantitative Structuring
🟢 Market Making Services
💰 Investment in Cohort Projects

We are also welcoming several key GSR members as mentors:

Xin Song: CEO
Jakob Palmstierna: President
Brian Rudick: Head of Strategy
Alian Kunz: Head of European Sales

If you are interested in participating in Cohort_0.2, applications are opened ⭐️here⭐️

TONCA$H App — Dive into 11.11 with the best cashback offers

TONCA$H is a shopping and rewards app on Telegram, unlocking over 100 cashback deals from top brands worldwide. Shop at 200+ online stores and earn cashback in Bitcoin, TON, or USDt directly to your TON wallet.

Getting your first cashback is easy: just open the Mini App, connect your wallet, select a deal, and tap “Shop Now” to complete your purchase through the merchant's website. Once confirmed, your cashback is added directly to your balance.

Shop smarter with up to 80% cashback, earn $TCA$H with every purchase, and invite friends for even better deals and premium features. Until 12.11, enjoy a special offer with 3x $TCA$H rewards.

Enhance your 11.11 shopping with TONCA$H for maximum savings, and check out our Apps Center for more opportunities to earn!

#utilities #web_apps

Titan: The DeFi Super app on TON

Titan serves as a point of entry for DeFi on TON via a Trading Aggregator and a Concentrated Liquidity AMM (CLAMM). All your trading needs are served on Titan! 😳🧐

Cabal.Town: Gamified Social Trading on Telegram

Cabal Town combines elements of Social, Liquidity and Game theory to create a novel approach to community interaction in crypto trading and project discovery! 🍴🥳

Ton Cash: Get Cashback in Crypto when shopping online

Ton Cash gives shoppers the ability to get the best deals while earning in Crypto - all without leaving Telegram!🛍🛍

Memetics: Monetize your TG Community via Mini-Economies

Memetics allows for monetization of communities through shared economic goals. Whether its to boost engagement or create a new revenue stream, Memetics has you covered! 🥁🎯