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TON price doubles after Telegram made a move critics say cuts against crypto’s core promise
TON has doubled as traders bet Telegram is turning the blockchain into the financial layer of its messaging empire.
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Adoption
X users are muting crypto just as Bitcoin tries to pull retail attention back
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