• TAC and Polygon Labs accomplice to carry EVM-compatible DApps to TON.
• The mixing will enhance DApp entry inside Telegram and enhance real-world purposes.
• Phishing assaults, whereas profitable, are on the rise, creating challenges for person safety on the TON community.

Ton Utility Chain (TAC) and Polygon Labs have introduced a groundbreaking partnership geared toward strengthening the TON ecosystem with new Layer 2 (L2) options.

The collaboration is anticipated to introduce Ethereum Digital Machine (EVM) performance to TON and broaden the vary of decentralized purposes (DApps) obtainable to customers.

New L2 Options EVM Compatibility and Expanded DApp Ecosystem

Based on the collaboration announcement, Polygon CDK and the interoperability protocol Agglayer will probably be built-in into the brand new TON L2. This strategic transfer goals to introduce EVM-compatible DApps to the TAC, considerably increasing the vary of purposes obtainable to customers of the TON community.

The principle areas of focus for the brand new L2 Chain embody decentralized finance (DeFi), gaming, and identification options.

TAC CEO Pavel Artukhov highlighted the significance of the mixing, saying it can strengthen the corporate’s skill to bridge the hole between the TON and Ethereum ecosystems.

Altukhov additionally mentioned that leveraging a wallet-like utility inside Telegram would permit Ethereum builders to succeed in an unlimited person base, making it simpler to implement real-world crypto purposes.

The mixing is anticipated to considerably increase DApp integration inside Telegram, one of the vital standard messaging platforms globally.

The brand new EVM compatibility layer will allow builders to create and deploy a variety of DApps that will probably be seamlessly accessible to Telegram customers, opening up a wealth of potentialities from DeFi purposes and video games to decentralized identification options, stimulating innovation and adoption inside the TON ecosystem.

TON noticed a major enhance in person exercise

Based on a July 6 put up by Messari on X, the variety of day by day energetic addresses on the TON community surpassed that of Ethereum throughout June, even earlier than the collaboration was introduced.

This surge in exercise highlights the rising curiosity and engagement inside the TON group. Nonetheless, regardless of the optimistic momentum, the chain's ecosystem isn’t with out challenges. Together with its latest success has come a rise in phishing assaults.

On June 24, Slowmist founder You Xian warned that the Telegram ecosystem is “too free,” making it a breeding floor for phishing hyperlinks which can be unfold via messaging teams, airdrops, and different misleading means.

The elevated danger of phishing is of explicit concern for customers with nameless numbers that aren’t linked to a SIM card, as these accounts are extra susceptible to compromise by unhealthy actors.

Telegram boasts round 196 million day by day energetic customers and 800 million month-to-month energetic customers as of April, and defending person safety stays a prime precedence.