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OKX Ventures Backs $10 Million Telegram Growth Hub for TON
OKX Ventures, The Open Platform (TOP), and Folius Ventures have unveiled a $10 million Telegram Growth Hub. It will provide essential funding and resources to projects that enhance user engagement on TON, supporting innovations and expanding Telegram’s mini-app ecosystem.
Beyond encouraging developer participation in TON, this initiative also signals confidence in the platform’s future.
Empowering Developers Across Key Areas
The Telegram Growth Hub plans to select up to 10 projects for a two-month acceleration program, offering financial support from a $10 million fund. Applications are open until November 29. This initiative represents a significant investment in TON ecosystem, aiming to attract developers and enhance user engagement through innovative, interactive applications.
The hub will focus on three primary areas: user onboarding and education, trading capabilities and networks, and the mini-app ecosystem. The Growth Hub tailors each focus area to support The Open Network’s (TON) rapid expansion, aligning with Telegram’s surging user base, which now grows by an estimated 2.5 million new users daily.
“TON’s seamless integration with Telegram’s user base, coupled with the messaging app’s nearly one billion monthly active users, positions the ecosystem for mass adoption. This program represents our commitment to fostering innovation and supporting projects that will shape the future of decentralized applications on Telegram,” said Jeff Ren, partner at OKX Ventures.
The Growth Hub will additionally support mini-app developers in launching innovative solutions for gaming and entertainment. These efforts aim to broaden TON’s user appeal and provide developers with opportunities to test and implement fresh ideas that boost user engagement on the platform.
Read more: What Are Telegram Mini Apps? A Guide for Crypto Beginners
This fund is timely, as Telegram’s growing popularity creates fertile ground for new blockchain-driven applications tailored to its massive audience. Projects that streamline user onboarding will play a crucial role in demystifying TON for newcomers.
Support for Select Projects and Innovator Opportunities
OKX Ventures and its partners are prioritizing intuitive interfaces and educational tools to make TON accessible for everyday users, easing their introduction to blockchain technology. Selected projects will receive more than funding, gaining access to a robust support system designed to drive growth and scalability.
The Growth Hub provides capital for talent acquisition and community building. It will also give access to OKX’s and TOP’s extensive developer resources. Notably, projects will gain from OKX Connect, a newly launched solution by OKX Ventures that simplifies wallet integration for TON developers.
In addition, developers will have access to TOP’s developer toolkit. This includes vital TON ecosystem tools such as Tonkeeper for wallet management, TON Apps API for app development, and the Getgems NFT Platform for managing digital assets. Collectively, these resources offer essential infrastructure for developers to build, scale, and retain users within TON ecosystem.
Read more: How To Fund Innovation: A Guide to Web3 Grants
The success of TON blockchain has been driven mainly by popular projects like Notcoin, DOGS, and Hamster Kombat, as well as Telegram airdrops. Meanwhile, concerns over large holders deserting TON, which has made the network no longer lucrative for bad actors, cannot be ignored.
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Why SUI Network Outage Did Not Cause a Price Crash
Earlier today, the Layer-1 blockchain Sui experienced a two-hour blackout, halting block production and rendering transaction processing impossible. This network outage led to a slight dip in SUI’s price, falling from $3.73 to $3.64.
Despite concerns of a more significant decline, the price stabilized after the project announced that the network was fully restored and operational.
Sui Comes Back Online, Altcoin Still in Good Position
Around 10:52 UTC, web3 security firm ExVull disclosed that a DOS bug caused the Sui network outage. Fully known as a Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack, the bug” refers to a software attack that overwhelms a system with excessive traffic or requests, causing it to become unavailable to legitimate users by crashing or severely slowing its functionality.
“After our analysis, it was found that the Sui Network node occur DOS due to integer overflow,” ExVul stated.
Following this development, several exchanges halted SUI transactions as the price also dipped a little. However, nearly two hours later, the project updated its community, saying that validators had assisted in resolving the issue.
“The Sui network is back up and processing transactions again, thanks to swift work from the incredible community of Sui validators. The 2-hour downtime was caused by a bug in transaction scheduling logic that caused validators to crash, which has now been resolved,” it explained.
Meanwhile, data from Messari showed that, amid the outage, the Sharpe ratio remained positive. The Sharpe ratio is a key measure of risk-adjusted return, indicating how much excess return an investment generates relative to its volatility.
It helps investors assess whether the returns of a riskier asset justify the risk taken. A higher ratio signifies better risk-adjusted performance. Typically, when the ratio is negative, it means that the risk might not be worth the reward.
However, since it is positive for SUI, it indicates that accumulating the altcoin around its current value could still yield positive returns.
SUI Price Prediction: Run Above $4
On the daily chart, SUI continues to trade within an ascending channel. An ascending channel, also called a rising channel or channel up, is a chart pattern defined by two parallel upward-sloping lines.
It forms when the price shows higher swing highs and higher swing lows, indicating an ongoing uptrend. Furthermore, the Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) has increased, suggesting that buying pressure has outpaced distribution.
If this continues, SUI’s price could climb above $4. However, if a Sui network outage occurs again, this might not happen. In that scenario, the value could drop below $3.
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Aptos Partners with Circle and Stripe to Revitalize Network
The Aptos Foundation announced a new partnership with Circle and Stripe, hoping to revolutionize its network functionality. Circle’s CCTP and USDC stablecoin will enhance blockchain interoperability, while Stripe will attract TradFi by simplifying fiat interactions.
Aptos has set ambitious goals with this partnership, but APT’s upward momentum has stagnated.
Aptos Partners with Circle and Stripe
According to a new announcement from the Aptos (APT) Foundation, its network is integrating Circle’s USDC stablecoin and Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP). Additionally, Aptos is integrating the payment platform Stripe, generally streamlining fiat-related features. These include on- and off-ramps, payment processing, and TradFi ease of adoption.
“Once the integration is complete, users will be able to seamlessly transfer USDC between Aptos and 8 major blockchains. In addition to USDC and CCTP, Stripe will soon launch its payment services on Aptos, creating a reliable fiat on-ramp to streamline merchant pay-ins and payouts using Aptos-compatible wallets,” the firm claimed via press release.
In other words, Aptos aims to use this partnership to make itself “the ultimate hub for interoperable DeFi.” These companies will approach this goal from both ends: enticing new users and investors while substantially improving the core experience. This partnership marks a new development for Stripe’s integration with crypto.
Indeed, Stripe took a six-year hiatus from cryptocurrency payments, which only ended this April. Since then, however, it’s been engaging seriously with the industry. The firm entered an earlier partnership with Circle this June, hoping to promote USDC adoption. Additionally, Stripe acquired Bridge, a crypto payment platform, last month.
For its part, Aptos is undertaking a recovery process. Despite a major price spike in March, it suffered a lingering decline for most of 2024. The asset began regaining steam in October, and the November bull market has brought increased optimism. Still, its gains have stagnated for about a week.
This partnership between Aptos, Circle, and Stripe may help APT regain its forward momentum. These ambitious new features will greatly add functionality and accessibility to Aptos’ network. Still, the firm has set a very ambitious goal for itself: to solidify “its place as a leader in interoperable DeFi and enterprise-grade blockchain technology.” Only time can tell its success level.
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SEC Moves Toward Solana ETF Approval Amid Pro-Crypto Shift
The SEC is quietly meeting with several issuers to discuss approving a Solana ETF, claims Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett. With Trump’s impending pro-crypto administration, the SEC seems more inclined to approve such a product.
However, anti-crypto figure Gary Gensler is still nominally in charge of the SEC, and public progress might not begin until 2025.
Solana ETF Approval Is Getting Closer
According to a scoop from Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett, the SEC and several ETF issuers are in talks to approve a Solana ETF. Currently, Brazil is the only country that has given this product a green light. As recently as September, Polymarket odds gave the SEC a dismal 3% chance of approving it. This reluctance, however, might soon be changing:
“Talks between SEC staff and issuers looking to launch a Solana spot ETF are “progressing” with the SEC now engaging on S-1 applications. Recent engagement from staff, coupled with the incoming pro-crypto administration, is sparking a renewed sense of optimism that a Solana ETF could be approved sometime in 2025,” Terrett claimed.
Terrett was very clear about the impetus for this progress in negotiations: Donald Trump’s re-election. On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to significantly reform US crypto policy, and one cornerstone was firing anti-crypto SEC Chair Gary Gensler. Gensler has apparently conceded to his impending ouster, and his replacement will undoubtedly support the industry.
Previous attempts have floundered at an early step in the process. Once the SEC officially acknowledges an application, it must confirm or deny it within a 240-day window. Previous filings have lingered in limbo at this stage. However, the list of candidates is now growing: Canary Capital filed for a Solana ETF in October, and BitWise did the same earlier today.
Nonetheless, these positive negotiations still only consist of anonymous rumors. The Commission has not publicly moved to begin this process, and Gensler is still nominally in charge. Terrett posits that the SEC will only make serious progress on the Solana ETF at the start of 2025. Compared to previous pessimism, however, this is a complete sea change.
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