TON is deepending its ties with Telegram.
TON is deepending its ties with Telegram.
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TON becomes the exclusive blockchain for Telegram’s mini-app platform

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 3 min

The Open Network Foundation, a non-profit supporting the TON blockchain community, has become the exclusive partner for Telegram’s mini-app platform.

As an expansion of its partnership with Telegram Messenger, TON will become the exclusive blockchain infrastructure powering Telegram’s mini app ecosystem and support Telegram’s global user base of over 950 million monthly active users.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.