May 4
Weekly News Digest for April 28 – May 4, 2025
- Elon Musk started following the @durov2025 account on X (formerly Twitter).
- The swap.coffee platform underwent a rebranding, updating its design, logo, and color palette, and introduced a new mascot—a smart and friendly dinosaur named Swappy.
- Farmix will become part of a modular DeFi infrastructure that will also include x-fi and Lendix.
- The Getgems platform, in collaboration with ToON, launched the NFT Collector Wrap for its 3rd anniversary, allowing users to explore their TON collection history, receive a limited-edition anniversary SBT, and create a custom avatar.
- The Open Platform released the first issue of the TOP Newsletter for Q1 2025, covering key updates on project development, investments, and events in the TON and Telegram ecosystem.
- Alexey Solovyev is concluding his contract with TON Society.
- TON Society ID has been rebranded to TON ID.
- The swap.coffee platform launched MultiSwap, enabling the exchange of multiple tokens for one in a single transaction (up to 4 tokens on V4 wallets and up to 20 on V5 wallets) with protection against MEV attacks.
- Broxus launched TON Factory, a platform for scaling high-load TON projects, capable of processing up to 35,000 transactions per second.
- Libre is launching the Telegram Bond Fund on the TON blockchain, tokenizing $500 million of Telegram’s debt.
- Tonnel Network: "107,866 Telegram accounts have made at least one sale, purchase, or bid on the Tonnel Gift marketplace."
- TONCO processes 27% of the total trading volume on the $TON network.
- MyTonWallet updated to v3.6, featuring the ability to view any address, instant transfer links, and more.
- Tonhub introduced a smart limits feature for children’s crypto cards, allowing parents to set blockchain-based spending restrictions and monitor their children’s financial behavior.
- Ethena is launching dollar savings technology on TON, providing Telegram users access to USDe and tsUSDe.
- MyTonWallet will be one of the first TON wallets to support staking of Ethena’s synthetic dollar USDe this month.
- DEX TONCO will be among the first platforms to support USDe.
- Tonnel Gift now supports balance top-ups via @CryptoBot using BTC, SOL, and other cryptocurrencies.
- Epic Games won its lawsuit against Apple in the U.S., allowing app developers to accept payments directly through their websites, bypassing the App Store’s 30% commission.
- In April 2025, swap.coffee processed 37,129 transactions worth $17.96 million, involving 5,934 unique users.
- In Dubai, Telegram, TON, Notcoin, and Dogs set a new Guinness World Record with a massive light show celebrating the widespread adoption of their technologies.
- Tonnel Network launched Deal, a secure way to exchange Telegram gifts between strangers.
- ZarGates is launching popular AAA Web2 games from studios like Nekki and Helio Games on Telegram via the TON platform, with the ability to earn real TON rewards.
- STORM token rewards from the MyTonWallet contest have been distributed to participants.
- Caitlin Long accused the Federal Reserve of supporting stablecoins issued by major banks.
- Coinbase is launching an institutional fund with BTC yield.
- Trust Wallet launched “Stablecoin Earn,” allowing users to earn interest on stablecoin deposits.
- Ledger added a yield generation option for stablecoins stored in its wallet.
- MicroStrategy expanded its crypto portfolio, acquiring 15,355 bitcoins for $1.42 billion ($92,737 per coin).
- Brazil’s largest bank, Itaú Unibanco, will purchase $210 million in BTC as a strategic reserve.
- Tether reported purchasing over 7.7 tons of gold to back its XAUT token.
- Metamask, CompoSecure, and Baanx will release the MetaMask Metal Payment Card, a metal crypto card.
- OKX and Mastercard will launch a banking card.
- The U.S. Commerce Secretary suggested miners build their own power plants.
- Mastercard launched stablecoin payments in USDC and Pax Dollar for U.S. users.
- The UK introduced a bill to regulate the crypto market.
- CoinGecko: Over half of the tokens launched since 2021 are now defunct.
- Tether described itself as a dollar exporter to other countries to maintain its dominance.
- Ubisoft and LayerZero are launching a cross-chain network for gaming assets.
- Morgan Stanley will launch crypto trading for E*Trade clients in 2026.
- MicroStrategy is raising an additional $21 billion to purchase BTC.
- Tether does not plan to obtain a MiCA license and may exit the EU market.
- The trading volume of crypto derivatives on CME showed a sharp increase in April.