TON June 2025 Ecosystem Update

TOP hits unicorn status, TON captures 62% of global NFT volume, DeFi yields reach up to 63%, and real-world payments go live. Let's dive into June's biggest wins 👇

🦄 First TON unicorn: The Open Platform reaches $1B valuation with Ribbit Capital and Pantera Capital leading the round

📈 NFT market domination: Daily volume peaked at $9.7M on June 9, capturing 62% of all NFT market activity (3x ETH, 8x SOL)

✈️ Real-world payments: 
▪ New travel mini apps – @TravelwithTonbot, @entravelx_bot, @dinogo_notification_bot
▪ New payment tools – @RedotPay_Bot (with a crypto-linked card), @JagadWalletBot (for crypto payments in Indonesia), @TheOpenCardbot (an AI virtual card)

💰DeFi yields soar: @tonco_dex_bot continues to lead the pack with up to 63% APY on TON/USDT

🎮 Gaming heats up: 
▪️ @pengu_clash_bot: 170K games played, 60K users in week 1
▪ Not Pixel tournament: Accounted for 40% of TON activity, with 1M+ NFTs minted
▪ @gatto_gamebot: 3M+ players

🎁 Telegram assets boom: 
▪ Gifts drive $1-2M daily Stars volume (peak $3M)
▪ @OfficialBAYC and @azukihq launch stickers
▪ Plush Pepe enters the top 5 NFT series globally

🛠️ Production-ready infra: Tolk v0.99 reaches release-candidate status, now powering TON Core production contracts

TON Summer is just getting started ☀️

Full update 👉 https://blog.ton.org/ton-ecosystem-update-june-2025