TON announced the launch of a new program called TON Nest, aimed at providing assistance to early developers seeking guidance and support. The program is initiated by TON Society Worldwid, a TON community, and participants need to apply and present their projects at offline events or online conferences.Successfully admitted developers will have the opportunity to participate in professional workshops and compete for rewards through a leaderboard.

According to Tonscan data, the TON network currently has a total of 645.9 million TON staked, accounting for 25.82% of the circulating supply (2.501 billion TON). In addition, the current staking APY is 3.9%, and the network has a total of 386 validation nodes.

The market shows that TON has broken through $7.5 and is now trading at $7.51, with an intraday increase of 13.1%. The market is volatile, so please be prepared for risk control.

Following Pantera Capital's disclosure of investing in TON tokens, Kingsway Capital founder and CEO Manuel Stotz also revealed that the organization's largest holding of tokens to date is TON, and the venture capital firm began buying TON tokens two years ago (earlier than Pantera Capital). Additionally, Ryze Labs (formerly known as Sino Global Capital) has also invested heavily in TON tokens, with its founder and managing partner Matthew Graham stating that Ryze Labs has always been a "big buyer" of TON. Furthermore, Yat Siu of Animoca Brands stated that he purchased the token when the TON price was below $1 and continued to buy it at $1, $1.5, and $2.

The TON ecosystem game Hamster Kombat claims to be the third fastest application to reach 150 million users in history. In 2016, the augmented reality mobile game Pokemon GO took 33 days to reach 150 million users and held the record until the summer of 2023 when Instagram's competitor Threads achieved the goal in just six days.

According to official data, the TON ecological game project Catizen has exceeded 20 million total users, with over 500,000 paid users. Currently, Catizen users have raised over 4 billion cats and will donate 1% of their income to non-profit organizations that adopt stray cats through the CatizenVibe - Heal the World program.

According to Scam Sniffer monitoring, TON network phishing thieves are using stolen funds to recharge their Telegram advertising accounts.

TON ecosystem Launchpad platform TonUP and TON ecosystem-focused startup company Microcosm Labs announced their cooperation roadmap. Both parties will officially launch the modular DEX PixelSwap in the mainnet test version at the end of this month, and will also collaborate on the "Move to TON" grant to promote more projects to enter the TON platform.

According to market data, TON has broken through $5 in a short period of time, reaching a new historical high, and is currently priced at $4.9075, with an intraday increase of 9.19%. The market is volatile, so please be prepared for risk control.

On December 23rd, according to official sources, TON ecosystem Launchpad platform TonUP announced the completion of a private placement round of financing. This round of financing was participated by Antalpha, MEXC Venture, Waterdrip Capital, New Tribe Capital, nxgen capital, MixMarvel DAO Venture, y2z Venture, and industry individual investors. The specific amount of financing has not been disclosed yet. The funds raised in this round will be used to support product development and expansion into multiple markets.