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Max Crown @mcrown

President & CEO TON Foundation @ton_blockchain Co-Founder & Board Director @MoonPay Investor — Disclaimer in Extended Bio! 👇 linktr.ee/maxcrown

Joined March 2011
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Very proud of what @ivanhodl, @KeithGrossman and the team have achieved!
Jack Kubinec
@whosknave
May 5
Exclusive: MoonPay has acquired @dflow in a $100 million all-stock deal DFlow, which builds Solana trading infrastructure, will bolster MoonPay's offerings for crypto traders It's MoonPay's sixth acquisition in the past 18 months as the company prepares to eventually go public
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Pavel Durov
@durov
Apr 23
⚡️ In one week, TON fees will drop 6× — to just 0.00039 TON (~$0.0005) per transaction, fixed regardless of network load. 🆓 Soon after most transactions go fully feeless. Zero commission. MTONGA!
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Amazing!
MoonPay 🟣
@moonpay
Apr 23
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Pavel Durov
@durov
Apr 19
✅ The Telegram Login SDK now supports native iOS and Android apps. Only Telegram lets developers verify users’ phone numbers for free — something that’s otherwise expensive. 🫰 Expect more apps adding “Continue with Telegram".
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The Block
@TheBlockCo
Apr 9
Telegram's Pavel Durov touts TON's upgraded 'one second' transaction speed theblock.co/post/396889/tele…

Telegram's Pavel Durov touts TON's upgraded 'one second' transaction speed

TON, the Telegram-focused blockchain, said the network upgrade will deliver sub-second finality on mainnet starting April 10.

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Pavel Durov
@durov
Apr 9
The TON blockchain just got upgraded and is now 10× faster. Block rate increased 6×. Transactions are now instant, subsecond. This was step 1 of 7 to Make TON Great Again (MTONGA). Next step: cut the already low transaction fees by 6×.
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TON 💎
@ton_blockchain
Apr 8
TON x @Scrypt_Swiss loading… 📷️ Stablecoin rails on TON just leveled up for institutions—this is bigger than it looks, video dropping soon, stay tuned.
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Messari
@MessariCrypto
Apr 7
Everything you need to know about @ton_blockchain, the Layer-1 built inside Telegram's 950M MAU ecosystem. Roadmap: -Catchain 2.0: sub-second finality, block intervals under 500ms -2026: vibe-coding loop on AppKi where builders describe apps to AI agents, and ships inside Telegram
Jonnytoshi
@jonnytoshi
Apr 7
TON is the only Layer-1 where the distribution problem is already solved. 1B Telegram users, a wallet embedded in the messenger, and onchain actions that feel like sending a message. The question is whether the infrastructure can keep up with the surface area.
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TON 💎
@ton_blockchain
Apr 7
TON Foundation partners with @Scrypt_Swiss to enable institutional access to USDT on TON. A new infrastructure layer for banks, fintechs, and payment providers — supporting faster, lower-cost cross-border settlement.
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Crypto Wins Quietly People keep asking whether crypto will ever be truly consumer-facing — whether your average person will one day choose to pay with crypto the way they choose Visa or Apple Pay.
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Where crypto builds lasting value is in the infrastructure layer. Cross-border payments that legacy systems handle slowly and expensively. Stablecoin rails that don't depend on centralized intermediaries that can fail. AI agent payments that can't be plugged into a bank account but can be plugged into crypto.
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That's where value accumulates — in the background, powering systems people already use without knowing it. Not because consumers chose crypto. Because crypto is simply the better pipe.
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Rachel Conlan
@RachelConlan
Apr 7
Unity. Purpose. Home. 🇦🇪 Proudly supporting the "One Nation. One People." initiative with Design Commission Abu Dhabi. Together, we protect what we love 💛
Binance MENA
@BinanceArabic
Apr 7
I don’t just live in the UAE, I belong here…Stronger together. Binance is proud to support the UAE’s national initiative “One Nation. One People.” alongside Design Commission Abu Dhabi. Driving unity and a future built on shared values. أنا لا أعيش في الإمارات فقط، بل أنتمي إليها… ومعًا نحن أقوى. تفخر بينانس بدعم المبادرة الوطنية لدولة الإمارات "وطن واحد. شعب واحد." بالشراكة مع لجنة التصميم أبوظبي . نحو ترسيخ الوحدة وبناء مستقبل يقوم على القيم المشتركة.
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MoonPay 🟣
@moonpay
Apr 3
BREAKING: we’ve just received confirmation that 1st place in the OWS Hackathon is $10,000 in stablecoins 🤯🤑 pick from 40 @OpenWallet builder tracks and code your way into 10K in one day… register here: hackathon.openwallet.sh/#tra…
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With @ton_blockchain MoonPay, stablecoins now have zero on-ramp fees for agents — removing the last friction between usage and value. Excited for the future.
MoonPay 🟣
@moonpay
Apr 1
Telegram is where Agents love to spend time it's only right that @ton_blockchain stablecoins now have zero onramp fees with MoonPay Agents too
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Neobanks aren't replacing traditional banking infrastructure. They're using it—and cutting corners wherever they can get away with it. That's actually the whole model.
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The niche player theory comes up a lot and it keeps running into the same wall. Banking licenses are expensive, compliance doesn't scale down, and without enough transaction volume you can't absorb the fixed costs of operating. There will be players who carve out specific remittance corridors—very targeted, very focused—and they'll make money. But 50,000 smaller players coexisting globally? That's not how this ends.
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There will be more players than there are today. But whoever figures out the cheapest path—crypto, SWIFT, or something else—is who ends up with the business. Scale is still the thing. The rails are a commodity. What you do with the margin isn't.
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