After the rapid growth and sudden declines in the cryptocurrency industry, the TON network is trying to stand out by determining a new road map. The network, which reached a large audience in the long-popular tap-to-earn trend and then suffered a serious loss, now aims to be a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI)-based payments. The new wallet standard, announced on April 28, 2026, was introduced as an important step in this transformation.
New wallet standard and technical details
This new open standard developed by the TON team enables autonomous artificial intelligence agents to have their own financial identities on the blockchain. Smart contracts developed specifically for each agent consist of two keys, one belonging to the user and the other to the agent. Thanks to this structure, the artificial intelligence agent can only perform transactions with its own operator key and can independently manage transactions such as swaps, payment of transaction fees or communication with decentralized applications without accessing the user wallet.
Users can update, remove or withdraw their agent access whenever they want, while still maintaining control of the funds up to the amount they define to the agent. All these operations can be used through the management panels that TON has prepared specifically for the agent.
Another feature of the system is that users can have as many separate agents as they want; Each works with its own wallet and balance. This provides the opportunity to manage many artificial intelligence services independently on the chain at the same time.
TON’s technical documentation included a note that the currently shared version is only in developer preview status and must undergo detailed security testing processes before widespread use.
TON’s strategic direction change
As you may remember, in 2024, the TON chain made a big splash in the crypto market with the rapidly popular digital game Hamster Kombat. This short-term rise ended with the project’s own token, HMSTR, losing more than 76 percent of its value in the three months after the launch. Not only Hamster Kombat, but also other similar projects such as Catizen and Tapswap lost most of their users in the process. In the tap-to-earn model that the industry attempted one after another during this period, there was a loss of over 86 percent in the user base.
Based on all these experiences, the TON network wants to approach the gaming industry more cautiously than before. Instead, it centered on the integration of artificial intelligence and blockchain to move the ecosystem onto a more permanent and sustainable growth path.
Telegram integration and growth potential
One of the biggest advantages of the TON network is its close integration with the Telegram platform. While the number of daily users of Telegram exceeds 1 billion, developers have direct access to this wide technology ecosystem, which offers a great privilege compared to other blockchain projects.
Thanks to this advantage, TON accelerated its efforts to gain an important place in the developing agent-based payment and financial services market. According to projections prepared by McKinsey, it has been reported that agent-based artificial intelligence services could reach a volume of 3 to 5 trillion dollars in worldwide consumer commerce by 2030.
However, experts point out that the new system still needs to be tested in terms of security and sustainability. It is stated that time is needed for agent-specific wallet contracts, whose official security audit has not yet been completed, to be made available for full widespread use.
CryptoAppsy According to the data, the TON price is currently trading at $ 1.29, and it is a matter of curiosity what impact new growth moves on the network will have on token prices and the general ecosystem.
