Pavel Durov’s TON Revival Sparks 100% Surge But Experts Warn of Hidden Risks

The TON token has surged by more than 100% over the past week. This sharp rise coincided with a series of statements by Pavel Durov about his plans to personally develop the blockchain ecosystem and further integrate it with Telegram. BeInCrypto asked market participants to explain what’s behind TON’s growth and what to expect next. Why is The TON Price Rising? All the experts interviewed agreed on one thing: the main trigger was the MTONGA (Make TON Great Again) initiative and the personal involvement of Pavel Durov. Kirill Pistsov, Head of Product Development at FINAM , believes the market perceived Durov’s announcement of more direct network management and the role of the largest validator as a signal that Telegram will further integrate and develop the TON ecosystem. He added that the announcement of fee reductions was an additional positive development for the market, signaling a potential increase in user and developer activity within the network. Alexander “RocketMan” Shepelev, founder of xRocket , offers a similar assessment . He recalls that in the first days, the community reacted ambivalently to the announcement. It had been waiting for some interesting and useful news for a long time, but nothing happened. Rather, some activities turned out to be either misguided or were curtailed before they even began. “Apparently, without Durov’s personal involvement, ‘no crocodile could be caught, no coconut could grow.’ And now, things are going as smoothly as they did in TON’s heyday, back in the now relatively distant year of 2024,” Shepelev notes. Toncoin (TON) Price Performance. Source: TradingView Thus, while Pistsov and Shepelev emphasize Durov’s role as a catalyst, Fedorov draws attention to the objective infrastructural improvements that made embedded payments, exchanges, and microtransactions possible directly within Telegram apps. The Infrastructure Can Handle the Load Andrey Fedorov backs up his assessment with concrete figures. Following the news surr...