TON Revives in an Old Pattern

It seems the main sign of TON's revival isn't the rise of TON or Pavel Durov's posts, but rather the return of hackers, scammers, and traders to the ecosystem

While everyone was discussing Acton, the new AI-ready toolchain for TON, several amusing incidents occurred in the network over the week:
• Fake USDT on Getgems that looked genuine.
• A $2.5M hack of the TAC bridge (funds were returned by the hacker).
• Pepekton with the classic "raised presale and vanished" act.

Amusingly, all this happened alongside a surge in TON activity.

During the hype around Pavel Durov's posts, trading volumes via TON bots soared above 4M TON per day. It seemed like a new life for the ecosystem. But just a week later, volumes dropped about tenfold. Dtrade fell from 2.1M TON to ~220k, Maestro nearly died, and other bots followed suit.

It turns out TON's old problem hasn't disappeared. The ecosystem is great at generating hype but struggles to sustain it. Hype, pump, a bunch of new tokens, and then emptiness again a week later.

Honestly, even the wave of scams and hacks now seems more like a positive signal. When there's no money in the network, no one bothers to write exploits, test bridges, or create fake tokens for TON. It's too complicated and pointless.

Now, it's clear that interest in the ecosystem is reemerging. With liquidity comes not only developers but also the rest of the crypto market's wildlife

The main challenge now is for TON to finally learn how to retain people for more than a week, and so far, it's not doing well.

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