Toncoin Price Prediction: Is TON Poised for a Major Comeback Amid DeFi Growth?

The altcoin industry has continued to bleed into the Bitcoin market again, as shown by the rising BTC dominance to nearly 60 percent. Toncoin (TON), the native coin for the Telegram-backed top-tier layer one (L1), has been bleeding profusely to Bitcoin for the past six months.

The large-cap altcoin, with a fully diluted valuation of about $25 billion and a 24-hour average trading volume of around $164 million, has been trapped in a correction mode against the U.S. dollar since early 2024.

As a result, the short-term outlook for the TON price remains bearish unless a sudden rebound happens.

Toncoin Whales Reduces Accumulation Pace

The Toncoin ecosystem has experienced a slow growth phase, regarding the cash inflows from whale investors, during the past few months. According to market data analysis from Santiment, Toncoin investors, with an account balance of between 10 and 10k coins, have sold over 890k TON coins since the arrest of Telegram’s founder [popover-profile type="person" name="durov"] in France in mid-2024.

According to Inal Kardan, a partner at TON Ventures, the DeFi ecosystem on the Toncoin ecosystem has failed to gain traction despite the notable support from the Toncoin Foundation. However, Kardan highlighted that memecoins on the TON network could gain bullish momentum in the near future.

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The Silver Lining for TON Ecosystem 

Backed by Telegram, which has nearly 1 billion monthly active users, the TON ecosystem has gradually grown into a vibrant DeFi ecosystem. As of this writing, the TON ecosystem had a total value locked of about $272 million and a stablecoins market cap of around $1.4 billion, according to Defillama.

In a bid to stir up the DeFi growth prospect, the TON core developers recently released a detailed roadmap for the first half of 2025. The Accelerator kernel update on the mainnet is a huge deal for the TON network in the coming months. In addition to the support of a secure bridge to the Bitcoin ecosystem, the TON core developers are keen to enable a scalable DeFi ecosystem.

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