Deep Dive
1. Golden Visa Integration (Bullish Impact)
Overview: The TON Foundation expanded its UAE Golden Visa partnership on August 12, allowing applicants to reduce entry costs by 80% through staking TON and paying fees in the token (CoinMarketCap).
What this means: This creates tangible utility for TON beyond speculative trading, locking up supply for residency seekers. With 151,000+ TON holders, the program could drive both staking demand and new user adoption through Telegram’s 1B+ user base.
What to watch: UAE residency application metrics and TON staking rate changes (currently 0.8% APY on Bitvavo).
2. Corporate Treasury Shift (Bullish Impact)
Overview: Verb Technology announced a $558M private raise on August 6 to build a TON treasury instead of Bitcoin, marking the first Nasdaq-listed company to prioritize TON (CobakOfficial).
What this means: The move signals growing institutional confidence in TON’s ecosystem, particularly its integration with Telegram’s payment infrastructure. Corporate treasury allocations typically reduce circulating supply and attract copycat investors.
3. Strategic Investor Validation (Mixed Impact)
Overview: Coinbase Ventures confirmed an undisclosed TON position on August 11, joining Sequoia and Benchmark as backers (TON Blockchain).
What this means: While the investment size remains unknown, Coinbase’s participation strengthens TON’s legitimacy. However, whale wallets still control 67.86% of supply (per July 5 data), creating concentrated sell risk if large holders exit.
Conclusion
The 24h gain reflects strategic partnerships increasing TON’s real-world utility and institutional credibility, though technical indicators (RSI 43, MACD bearish crossover) suggest limited momentum. Key watch: Whether the $3.09 pivot point holds as support, as a break below $3.01 Fibonacci level could erase recent gains.