In August 2025, an important milestone appeared in the cryptocurrency market. The token NOT of the TON ecosystem, with its unique "social + Decentralized Finance" strategy, surpassed a market capitalization of 10 billion USD, entering the top ten cryptocurrencies globally. This achievement not only marks the success of NOT but also highlights the perfect combination of Telegram's vast user base and the high performance of the TON blockchain, ushering in a new era of social finance.

The successful establishment of the NOT ecosystem is built on multiple innovative fields. In the area of social payments, users can directly use NOT for transfers, payments, and fiat currency exchanges on the Telegram platform, with an astonishing daily transaction volume exceeding 500 million. In the field of Decentralized Finance (DeFi), over 200 protocols have already gathered on the TON chain, covering various financial services such as lending, trading, and insurance, with a total locked value (TVL) exceeding 3 billion USD. At the same time, the integration of NFTs and social platforms has also made significant progress, with over 2000 NFT projects on the Telegram platform supporting payments using NOT, allowing users to directly participate in the minting and trading of digital assets through a simple chat interface.

From a technical perspective, the advantages of the TON blockchain are even more prominent. Its innovative dynamic sharding technology and parallel execution mechanism for smart contracts ensure that even when facing hundreds of millions of users online simultaneously, the transaction confirmation time can still be maintained within 1 second. Cross-chain interoperability is also a major highlight of TON, achieving seamless asset communication with mainstream public chains such as Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin through the HyperNet protocol. In terms of security, TON adopts a composite mechanism of multi-signature and sharding verification, ensuring the secure operation of the network even in the event of severe attacks.

The market performance of NOT tokens is equally remarkable. In just three months, its price soared from $0.001 to $0.01, an increase of more than 10 times. The daily trading volume exceeded $5 billion, far surpassing other popular tokens during the same period. It is noteworthy that the holding structure of NOT shows a healthy distribution, with retail holdings accounting for 62%, while institutional holdings decreased from 45% to 28%. This structure is conducive to the long-term stable development of the market.

Looking ahead, the TON Foundation plans to collaborate with Telegram to launch a "social finance super application" that integrates features such as payments, lending, NFTs, and gaming. As the TON chain aims to increase its transactions per second (TPS) to 2 million by the end of 2025 and open up cross-chain governance mechanisms, NOT is expected to become the core of global social finance infrastructure, with the potential to reshape the traditional financial landscape.

The integration of social media and blockchain technology is ushering in a new era of finance. With the continuous development of the NOT and TON ecosystems, we may be witnessing a revolution that changes the global financial landscape. However, investors must remain cautious and closely monitor market trends and changes in the regulatory environment.