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⚡️ Fees in TON have dropped 6× — to nearly zero. Next step — Telegram replaces the TON Foundation as the driving force behind TON and becomes its largest validator. ⚙️ The focus shifts to tech superiority. 🧩 New ton.org, new dev tools, new performance upgrades. 🧭 Timeline — 2-3 weeks. 🪙 This is step 3 of 7 to Make TON Great Again.

If this channel stays alive, I want it to be useful — not another feed of recycled news. Help me shape it. What would you actually read?

Gaming’s down. Gifts cooled. But something is always cooking under the surface. Where do you see the next real opportunity — not the next hype cycle?

Bear phases = best time to learn and build. Loud markets make noise, quiet markets make skills. What are you actually digging into these days?

Haven’t posted in a while. Crypto gaming cooled off, TG gifts hype faded, and I didn’t want to force content just to stay visible. But I’m curious — who’s still here, and where’s your head at now?

🇰🇷 South Korea is lifting the 2017 ban on corporate investments in cryptocurrency. Companies will soon be allowed to invest up to 5% of their capital in BTC, ETH, and other major assets. These regulations are expected to be finalized in the coming months. The regulator anticipates that the influx of corporate capital will help mature the market and foster long-term growth.

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: a16z has raised a staggering $15B and insists that crypto is crucial for America’s future dominance.

🧠#AI #Milestones For the first time, AI has outperformed all human programmers at an AtCoder competition! Japanese startup Sakana AI announced that their ALE-Agent secured first place at the AtCoder Heuristic Contest 058, surpassing 804 human competitors. This landmark victory marks the first instance of AI triumphing in a major real-time optimization programming competition. Don't miss the future of coding! 🚀

☠️ The Truebit project was reportedly hacked for 8,535 ETH (approximately $26.4 million).

🇪🇺 The EU's DAC8 directive is now in effect, enabling automatic exchange of crypto tax information among member countries.

Bitcoin turns 17! Launched on January 3, 2009, it marks its birth with the mining of the "genesis block," the inaugural set of transactions in the blockchain. The anonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, embedded a hidden message in this initial block—a headline from The Times: "Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks." This reference underscored Bitcoin's role as an alternative to traditional finance, where taxpayers bail out banks. The genesis block reward was 50 bitcoins—initially worthless without an exchange rate. Fast forward, Bitcoin now trades at $90,000, ranking among the world's top eight assets, trailing only behind gold, silver, and leading tech stocks.

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2025 Asset Performance Highlights: 🔘 Metals Silver: +128.4% Gold: +66.5% Copper: +35.4% 🔘 Indices S&P500: +19.3% Nasdaq: +19.7% Russell 2000: +12.5% 🔘 Cryptocurrencies BTC: -5.7% ETH: -11.5% Altcoins: -42.2% Looks like Peter Schiff's advocacy for gold paid off: in 2025, it proved to be more reliable than every other sector! 🙈

Thank you to those who stayed with us. Now, times are changing and Telegram activities are down, but we believe next year there will be more projects. Now focus is on Telegram gifts.

🇧🇹 Bhutan Launches Gold-backed Token TER on Solana Blockchain This exciting project is a key component of Bhutan's strategy to develop its digital economy and attract investors.