TON Eyes Utility Boost as Durov Unveils 10x Speed Upgrade

• Pavel Durov said TON is now 10x faster, with block rate up 6x and subsecond transactions.
• He called the upgrade step 1 of 7 in the “Make TON Great Again” roadmap.
• TON was trading near $1.2812 to $1.285 at the time of writing, while longer-term charts still show a weak one-year trend.

TON moved back into focus after Pavel Durov said the blockchain has completed a major speed upgrade. In a post on X, Durov said TON is now “10× faster,” with the block rate increasing 6x and transactions becoming instant and subsecond.

He also framed the release as only the start of a broader roadmap. Durov called the upgrade step one of seven in what he labeled “Make TON Great Again,” adding that the next step will cut the network’s already low transaction fees by 6x.

Durov Starts New TON Upgrade Roadmap

Durov’s post gives TON a fresh utility angle at a time when network speed and user experience are becoming more important across public blockchains. Faster block production and subsecond confirmation are direct upgrades to how users experience transfers and app interactions.

The next planned change also matters. A 6x fee cut would push TON further toward low-cost retail usage inside the Telegram-linked ecosystem. That combination of faster execution and cheaper transactions strengthens TON’s pitch as a consumer-facing chain rather than only a speculative asset.

The broader ecosystem has already been building toward that direction. About a year ago, Bemo rolled out its v2 upgrade on TON with deeper DeFi integrations, more flexible staking and unstaking mechanics, real-time notifications, automatic gas calculation, and a new liquid staking token standard through bmTON.

That release showed that staking and DeFi infrastructure on TON were already expanding before the latest network speed push.

TON Price Steadies Near $1.28 In Real-Time Trade

The Coinalyze chart shows TON/USDT perpetual on the 4-hour timeframe trading near $1.2812, down 1.39% on the candle shown. The contract opened at 1.2993, reached a high of 1.3098, and dropped to a low of 1.2743 before settling near current levels.

That chart also shows the broader price pattern since January. TON falls from the upper $1.70 to $1.80 area into a lower trading range around $1.20 to $1.30. Recent candles show repeated attempts to rebound, but each move has so far faded before building into a stronger breakout.

Buy-sell volume on the same chart remains mixed. Green volume was about 1.201 million, red volume about 1.33 million, and the delta stayed negative near -70,276, which shows sellers still holding a slight short-term edge.

One-Year Chart Shows Momentum Improving

The TradingView daily chart places TON at $1.285, up 4.05% on the day shown. The candle opens at 1.235, hits a high of 1.323, and trades as low as 1.212 before closing near the upper part of the day’s range. That gives the daily structure a firmer tone than the shorter-term Coinalyze reading.

Even so, the one-year chart still shows a broader downtrend. TON traded above 3.00 in mid-2025, then broke sharply lower in October and spent months grinding down into the current $1.20 to $1.30 zone. The market is stabilizing, but it has not yet reversed that longer decline.

Technical indicators are turning better. The MACD histogram is slightly positive at 0.006, while the MACD line at -0.013 is moving above the signal line at -0.019. RSI is at 53.85, with its average near 43.66, which places momentum just above neutral.

That setup suggests TON is trying to recover, but it still needs a stronger move above the recent range to confirm that Durov’s upgrade story is translating into a clearer price breakout.

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