$2.5 TON, are you getting in or shorting?

From 1.35 to 2.9 in a week, more than doubling the gains, Telegram personally stepped in as the biggest validator, with 900 million users about to flood in—yet just now, the price retested $2.51, and on May 24th, there’s still a $100 million token unlock bomb.

First look at the surface: volume and price soaring together, momentum like a rainbow.

In the past 7 days, it’s up 66%-90%+, with a single-day surge of 36%, market cap hitting $7.3 billion, and 24-hour trading volume skyrocketing from a few tens of millions to $1.9 billion. The candlestick chart shows: a violent breakout from the $1.3 bottom through months of resistance at $1.6-2.0, with MACD golden cross continuing: the main bull wave is here, don’t get off.

First thing: Telegram directly “incorporated” TON.

Not a partnership, not sponsorship, but Pavel Durov personally announced: Telegram replaced the TON Foundation, becoming the largest validator, staking 2.2 million TON. TON Connect is now the exclusive wallet protocol for Telegram Mini Apps.

Second thing: staking APR up to 18.8%, topping the top 50.

If you leave it there untouched, you earn nearly 20% annual yield. Plus, with the price doubling, holders get a double hit. TON Wallet, Payments, Storage all interconnected, and memecoins like NOT, DOGS in the ecosystem are also moving.

Third thing: a technical signal that must be watched carefully.

From 1.35 to 2.9, more than doubling in 7 days, short-term gains are too large. On May 8th, it already pulled back to 2.52, a typical profit-taking correction. RSI on the weekly just retreated from overbought, daily MACD golden cross still ongoing, but on May 24th, there’s a scheduled token unlock—36.58 million TON, worth over $100 million.

One side:

Telegram directly takes over, 900 million user access

Sub-second confirmation + $0.0005 fee

18.8% staking APR, top 50 highest

Violent breakout from 1.35, technical bull market confirmed

The other side:

Doubled in 7 days, huge short-term profit-taking

$100 million unlock bomb on May 24th

High leverage longs crowded, a correction could trigger a chain reaction

Still 69% below ATH of 8.24, trapped holders waiting to break free

Key level: 2.35-2.40, the last line of defense for bulls.

Resistance above: 2.80-2.90 (short-term high) → 3.20-3.50 → 4.0-5.0 (mid-term target)

Support below: 2.35-2.40 → 2.20 (Fibonacci 0.618) → 2.00 (trend line of life and death)

Short-term traders:

Lightly position around $2.50, aiming for a rebound, stop-loss at $2.35, target $2.80-2.90. If it pulls back to $2.35-2.40, add more, stop-loss at $2.20, target above $3.20.

Swing traders:

Wait for a dip to $2.20-2.40 to build positions in batches, using 18.8% staking yield to withstand volatility, target $4.0-5.0. If it spikes before May 24, reduce some holdings to hedge.

Long-term believers:

TON is now the most certain target for Web3 mass adoption. Telegram treats TON as its own child, and even converting 1% of 900 million users equals 9 million active on-chain users. End of 2026 target: $6.0+, but remember—good news landing is not the end, don’t go all-in before unlock, keep some bullets for a dump.

TON now is like SOL early 2024—

Everyone thought “just a meme chain backed by Telegram,” but then the ecosystem started growing, and you realize the car is already moving.

It’s not that TON flew away, it’s that your perception hasn’t kept up. #BTC重返8万 #Gate广场五月交易分享 $TON $BTC $ETH