ChainCatcher news, Slow Mist founder Yu Xian posted on X platform citing ScamSniffer's official tweet stating, "A phishing gang in the TON ecosystem is preparing to shut down, claiming that they believe there are no whale players in TON and that it is a small community. They have turned to the Bitcoin ecosystem, being too realistic. It may also be that this gang is not smart enough."

ChainCatcher news, at the opening ceremony of the GameOnTON Global Game Hackathon held on September 19 in Singapore, the founder and CEO of Gate.io, Han Lin, presented detailed data on the TON ecosystem in his keynote speech titled "Gateway to TON Ecosystem," in collaboration with the modular payment protocol AEON, the TON Foundation, Nomad Capital, and TOP. According to forecasts, by 2028, Telegram's users will reach 1.5 billion, while the TON Foundation expects the monthly active TON users to reach 500 million within five years, with gaming being the segment with the highest proportion and the most potential user growth in the TON ecosystem.Han Lin pointed out that although the number of active TON addresses is continuously increasing, the TVL and DEX trading volume remain at low levels, and there is a shortage of developers. He emphasized three major pain points faced by the TON ecosystem: the need for lower token distribution and transfers, lower transaction fees, and cross-chain transactions for stablecoins. To address this, Gate.io offers pre-market and pre-mint features, as well as high-performance spot trading and stablecoin cross-chain transfer solutions.

ChainCatcher news, TON Foundation Chairman Steve Yun attended the opening ceremony of the GameOn TON Global Game Hackathon held in Singapore on September 19, co-hosted by the modular payment protocol AEON, TON Foundation, TOP, and Nomad Capital. In his speech, Steve reviewed the development of the TON ecosystem since 2017 and highly praised TON's recent performance in the market.Steve expressed gratitude to the hackathon organizer AEON, while announcing that the TON Foundation would provide support for this hackathon and encouraged developers to actively participate and seize development opportunities within the TON ecosystem. Steve emphasized that now is the best time for developers to build applications on the TON ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, focusing on the TON ecosystem, the fund T-Fund has been announced. T-Fund was founded by Daniel Yang (@CryptoBoiDanny), former Head of Global Business Development at the TON Foundation. Its mission is to accelerate the development of the TON blockchain through strategic investments and comprehensive incubation support aimed at project teams within the TON ecosystem.

ChainCatcher message, The Open League announced in their official Telegram channel, "The Open League Season 6 will start on September 12. Major changes will be introduced next week to improve user experience. The community can expect new activities built around airdrops, and loyalty and events will reward you! Both Normies and Degens are invited to join the feast. Applications, DeFi protocols, and NFTs will no longer compete but collaborate, bringing everyone closer to the mission of bringing cryptocurrency to more people. Prizes will be awarded to the top performers."

ChainCatcher message, the modular payment protocol AEON stated in a post on X that it has purchased 1 million USD worth of TON to show support for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov and the TON ecosystem.The AEON team stated that this action emphasizes the team's advocacy for freedom of speech and decentralization, reflecting their strong support for the Telegram community and the TON ecosystem.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Mask Network announced the winning projects of the "TON CONSUMER APP CAMP DEMO DAY".A total of 14 projects were selected for the competition, divided into three tracks: infrastructure and tools, DEX and liquidity, and applications. The judges evaluated the projects based on innovation, commercial and technical feasibility, market prospects, compatibility with the TON ecosystem, product maturity, and presentation effectiveness. The final winning projects are Tradoor, OUTA, OutterDish, OpenAD, and Depinsim.

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to market information, the TON ecosystem meme coin Resistance Dog (REDO) is currently priced at $0.8773, with a 24-hour increase of 175%.Previous news indicates that the official TON Twitter account has added the Resistance Dog logo, hand-drawn by Telegram founder in 2018, to its profile picture. Additionally, Steve Yun, the chairman of the TON Foundation, has changed his Twitter profile picture to the Resistance Dog logo. Today, some pages on Binance also show that the TON logo has been updated to the Resistance Dog pattern.