With Telegram's massive user base, TON has rapidly gained traction. Its 100k TPS speed and Tap-to-Earn memecoins have contributed to a market cap of nearly 20B USD ^[1]. Once considered a formidable competitor to Solana, Avalanche, BNB Chain, and Ethereum, TON's ecosystem has flourished.

Telegram's global operations may be jeopardized following the arrest of its CEO, Pavel Durov, in France on multiple charges of serious criminal activity. The potential for increased censorship efforts by other governments poses a significant threat to the app's future ^[2].

Investor sentiment toward the Ton blockchain took a hit as several tokens experienced price drops. TON, for instance, fell from 7 USD to 5 USD, and NOT from 0.012 USD to 0.008 USD, causing concern among those who had invested in Ton ecosystem tokens.


Conversely, the Telegram community is rallying behind their CEO, further elevating their esteem for Telegram and Ton due to their decentralized and unregulated nature. This could potentially fuel a surge in the value of Ton ecosystem tokens.

As the market swings, the pessimists will flee in terror, while the optimists will seize the moment to accumulate. But I'm a spectator, watching the drama unfold, hoping that Telegram's future remains bright.

I want to know your opinion on this issue:

• Are you holding any tokens in the Ton ecosystem?
• Did this news make you worry about the future of the Ton blockchain?
• What was your action upon receiving this news: sell/hold/buy tokens?

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References:
[1] Coinmarketcap: Toncoin Ecosystem Tokens
[2] French authorities can hold Pavel Durov until Aug. 28

I agree. It's a great price off for the TON itself, however, it's interesting what the situation will boil down to in the end.

Yeah, but I think the fud about it will die eventually pretty soon, and Telegram is here to stay, so

I believe this presents another opportunity to invest in it, knowing that the possibility of its recovery is inevitable. A lot of things can happen and Telegram is well used in every industry for messaging so I don't think it will be closed or falter for a long time.

This makes me think that I want to buy TON.

Not only french, though, but many other services would also like to get something out of it, as far as I know But, yeah, fud is only temporary.

Shouldn't matter that much at least in the long run, the CEO was arrested for having a messaging app that the government can't tap into so they're just malding about it lol. I don't even think it should go to court since no such law exists or ever would afaik since anonymity is part of freedom of speech, at least afaik.

And even then, instead of the arrest, I'd be more afraid if the CEO was changed since polices would then probably change. God knows whether Telegram would still be the decentralized app it is.

Too much uncertainty with TON platform it's making me worried at some point, but if the price gets too low i'm ready to invest.

my reaction upon hearing the news was shorting it though, pretty late but make some profit regardless, but the market of TON is quite resistance against the dumping, there's just this one momentary fall off in the price and that's it, the dumping still continue but not as rampant as the first one.



but I doubt the price will recover back to ATH for this whole year, unless significant news happens.

If you're into TON before, all i can say is, buy the dip and hodl. This dump is just temporary, and i bet there's no bad news next after this. Once there's a light news regarding the bias arrest of Durov probably the price already bounce back by the time he is release.

I too think that way. Telegram and TON are here to keep on living, so, using the price-offs given is a no-brainer in this situation.

Well for investors I do think now is good time to stack some TON tokens. I do think it is only for a small time now we are seeing alot of our profits lose from this bad news.  And TON is still top 9 coin in coinmarketcap with $13.6 Billion
And price of TON tokens is now up in the last 7 days. We can not say this about any of the other coins in top 10 of the coinmarketcap. I do think the ceo will be just fine and if you buy TON now you will earn profits next 'bull run'.