Toncoin showed a strong rise after the statements made by Telegram founder Pavel Durov. Durov announced that the popular messaging platform will now take a direct lead in the development of The Open Network (TON) and will manage the network as the largest validator. This structural change caused a significant increase in the price of Toncoin.
New era in TON: Telegram took over active management
In his statement, Pavel Durov stated that transaction fees on TON have decreased sixfold to almost zero, and that the priority will be technical performance in the next stage. Durov stated that Telegram will take a leading role in the next stage of the network and that new development tools and performance updates will meet users within two to three weeks.
The TON network was until now managed by the TON Foundation as the main coordinator of the ecosystem. Telegram, on the other hand, has become one of the validators of the network with its recent share investment of approximately 2.2 million TONS. It was stated that this amount corresponded to approximately 2.88 million dollars. With this new model, Telegram is significantly increasing TON’s role in product development, technical delivery and validator engagement.
“TON fees have decreased nearly sixfold and are almost zero. We will draw strength from the size of the Telegram community and accelerate technical upgrades.”
Network updates and performance improvements
Developments on the network side accelerated with structural changes. The Catchain 2.0 update, activated on April 9, reduced block generation times from approximately 2.5 seconds to 400 milliseconds. It was emphasized that with this update, the user experience in Telegram Mini Applications and payment infrastructure has been significantly improved.
A remarkable regulation was also made in network fees. On May 1, the base fee per transaction was fixed at 0.00039 TON (approximately $0.0005). It is stated that this decrease in fees strengthens the infrastructure in terms of micropayments and high-frequency transactions in the Telegram ecosystem.
Technical outlook and future plans for Toncoin price
Toncoin traded between $1.42 and $1.45 today and is up around 7.5 percent on a daily basis. CryptoAppsy According to data, during this bounce the token moved above the 20-day simple moving average and approached the upper Bollinger Band. In the short term, the range between 1.47 and 1.50 dollars is viewed as a critical resistance zone. A sustained close above this range could push the price to $1.55 and then to $1.60. The $1.35 level stands out as the most important support. If this support is lost, the price may retreat to the range of $ 1.26 and $ 1.30.
Looking at technical indicators, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is currently at 66.8. Although this value shows that the current uptrend is strong, it means that if 70 is exceeded, an overbought signal may occur in the short term.
The increase in the number of users on the TON ecosystem continues. In the last year, the number of wallets increased from 2.9 million to over 32 million. Telegram Mini Apps have become a major focus of user activity on the network. New infrastructures such as Streaming API v2 have begun to offer an experience closer to traditional mobile applications by reducing the response times of decentralized applications to the range of 30-100 milliseconds.
Another important development in the network map will be the validator vote to be held in 2026. As a result of Catchain 2.0’s rapid block production, the annual inflation rate increased from approximately 0.6 percent to 3.6 percent. Validators are expected to vote to reduce block rewards and create a more balanced supply. Among the proposals, the main chain rewards per block from 1.7 TON to 0.35 TON and the mainnet reward from 1 TON to 0.2 TON stand out.
Experts state that it is important for the price to hold above $ 1.50 and maintain the $ 1.35 level as support for the continuation of the rise in the short term.
