{"id":27570,"date":"2026-05-05T10:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/why-is-toncoin-up-today-durov-puts-telegram-in-charge\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:06:24","slug":"why-is-toncoin-up-today-durov-puts-telegram-in-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/why-is-toncoin-up-today-durov-puts-telegram-in-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Toncoin up today? Durov puts Telegram in charge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p><strong>Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on May 4, 2026, that Telegram will replace the TON Foundation as the main force behind The Open Network.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_9618a210030fc136888c7bc7fc8f2c0d\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Durov said Telegram will replace TON Foundation as TON\u2019s main force and largest network validator.<\/li>\n<li>TON rose about 28% in 24 hours, trading near $1.82 with $632.75 million daily volume.<\/li>\n<li>Telegram plans new TON developer tools, a website upgrade and performance improvements by late May.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>He also said Telegram will become TON\u2019s largest validator. Durov linked the move to lower network fees and a stronger technical roadmap. He <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/durov\/501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">wrote<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cFees in TON have dropped 6\u00d7 \u2014 to nearly zero.\u201d He added that Telegram would shift TON\u2019s focus to \u201ctech superiority.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Durov said TON should receive a new website, new developer tools and performance upgrades within \u201c2-3 weeks.\u201d That places the expected changes in late May 2026, based on the May 4 announcement.<\/p>\n<p>The details remain limited. Telegram has not yet explained how its validator role will work. It has also not disclosed its planned validator stake or how the TON Foundation\u2019s role will change after the shift.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Toncoin rallies after the announcement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Toncoin (TON) moved higher after Durov\u2019s comments. TON climbed from about $1.35 to nearly $1.80 after the announcement, placing it among the top 25 crypto assets during the rally.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: crypto.news<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Crypto.news data showed TON trading near $1.82 at press time, with a 28.10% gain over 24 hours. The token also posted about $632.75 million in daily trading volume and a market cap near $4.8 billion.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Telegram links deepen around TON<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The latest move follows Telegram\u2019s wider push into TON-based products. As highlighted in our February 20, 2026 article, TON has used Telegram\u2019s wallet, digital gifts and social NFT tools to support consumer use across the messaging app.<\/p>\n<p>That report also said TON\u2019s approach focuses on Telegram\u2019s reach instead of only technical features. It noted that TON gives developers access to Telegram\u2019s large user base through wallet features, payments, gifts and asset transfers.<\/p>\n<p>As featured in our April coverage, Wallet in Telegram also added perpetual contract trading across metals, stocks, oil and crypto. The product used Lighter\u2019s infrastructure and offered more than 50 markets inside Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telegram founder Pavel Durov said on May 4, 2026, that Telegram will replace the TON Foundation as the main force behind The Open Network.\u00a0 Summary Durov said Telegram will replace&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27571,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27570\/revisions\/27571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}