TON Ventures 推出 250 万美元加速器计划，目标开发者在 TON 区块链上进行开发

该团队旨在吸引开发人员在价值 120 亿美元的 TON 区块链上进行开发，该区块链最初由消息应用程序 Telegram 开发，将持续三个月，由五家初创公司组成。

TON Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on the TON blockchain, has launched a new $2.5 million accelerator program.

专注于 TON 区块链的早期风险投资基金 TON Ventures 推出了一项新的 250 万美元加速器计划。

The three-month cohort will see five startups build on the $12 billion TON blockchain, which was first developed by the messaging app Telegram.

在为期三个月的队列中，将有五家初创公司建立在价值 120 亿美元的 TON 区块链上，该区块链最初由消息应用程序 Telegram 开发。

The launch comes as the broader TON ecosystem is embroiled in turmoil.

此次发布之际，更广泛的 TON 生态系统正陷入混乱。

The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France sent Toncoin’s price down over 22% from its August high, and TON’s total value locked has fallen 56% to $348 million since the start of August.

Telegram 首席执行官 Pavel Durov 在法国被捕，导致 Toncoin 的价格较 8 月份高点下跌超过 22%，自 8 月初以来 TON 锁定的总价值已下跌 56% 至 3.48 亿美元。

On August 28, a French court charged Durov with allegedly failing to prevent criminals from using Telegram to commit crimes ranging from fraud to child sex abuse to narcotics sales.

8 月 28 日，法国一家法院指控杜罗夫未能阻止犯罪分子利用 Telegram 实施诈骗、性虐待儿童和毒品销售等犯罪行为。

Still, VCs told DL News that they’re not bailing on Toncoin, with CoinFund among backers who say the fundamental case for TON is still “compelling.”

尽管如此，风投们告诉 DL News，他们不会放弃 Toncoin，CoinFund 等支持者表示 TON 的基本面仍然“令人信服”。

Social media app Telegram originally developed the TON blockchain and its cryptocurrency Toncoin, but it spun out into a separate entity after a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission in 2020.

社交媒体应用 Telegram 最初开发了 TON 区块链及其加密货币 Toncoin，但在 2020 年与美国证券交易委员会达成和解后，它分拆成一个独立的实体。

The TON Foundation now oversees the development of the blockchain, the cryptocurrency, and associated projects. TON Ventures is a separate entity from TON Foundation and is not a subsidiary, but ex-TON Foundation executives run it, a spokesperson told DL News.

TON 基金会现在负责监督区块链、加密货币和相关项目的开发。一位发言人告诉 DL News，TON Ventures 是一个独立于 TON Foundation 的实体，不是子公司，但由前 TON Foundation 高管负责运营。

950 million users

9.5亿用户

The entities may now be distinct, but Telegram is becoming a key growth lever for the TON network.

这些实体现在可能是不同的，但 Telegram 正在成为 TON 网络的关键增长杠杆。

“TON Blockchain’s growth so far this year has only shown a tiny percentage of Telegram’s potential as a distribution channel,” Sophia Rusconi, Head of TON Accelerator, said in a statement. “Projects building on TON have an audience of 950 million ready and waiting to engage with their product.”

TON 加速器负责人索菲亚·鲁斯科尼 (Sophia Rusconi) 在一份声明中表示：“今年迄今为止 TON 区块链的增长仅显示了 Telegram 作为分销渠道潜力的一小部分。” “基于 TON 的项目有 9.5 亿受众准备好并等待与他们的产品互动。”

TON has enjoyed several milestones recently.

TON 最近取得了几个里程碑。

On Tuesday, it announced that it had reached over 1 billion transactions. TON accounts also passed the 50 million mark for the first time in August, according to Matthew Graham, founder and CEO of crypto venture firm Ryze Labs.

周二，它宣布交易量已超过 10 亿笔。加密风险投资公司 Ryze Labs 的创始人兼首席执行官 Matthew Graham 表示，TON 账户在 8 月份也首次突破 5000 万大关。

So-called tap-to-earn games are key to that growth. Those games reward users for tapping on their screens to earn coins and upgrade gameplay. One of the most popular games is called Hamster Combat, and it counts more than 200 million users in June, according to the project.

所谓的点击赚钱游戏是这种增长的关键。这些游戏奖励用户点击屏幕来赚取金币并升级游戏玩法。据该项目称，最受欢迎的游戏之一名为《仓鼠战斗》(Hamster Combat)，6 月份该游戏的用户数量已超过 2 亿。

“The tap-to-earn craze has opened many people’s eyes to the powerful combination of TON and the Telegram Mini Apps platform,” Ian W, managing partner of TON Ventures, said in a statement, adding that it “is simply the first phase of TON ecosystem’s growth.”

TON Ventures 的执行合伙人 Ian W 在一份声明中表示：“点击赚钱的热潮让很多人看到了 TON 和 Telegram Mini Apps 平台的强大组合。”他补充说，这“只是第一阶段” TON 生态系统的发展。”

The TON Foundation and TON Ventures did not return requests for comment about how much tap-to-earn games have contributed to the growth nor what the arrest of Durov means for TON’s future.

TON 基金会和 TON Ventures 没有回复关于点击赚钱游戏对增长的贡献程度以及杜罗夫被捕对 TON 未来意味着什么的置评请求。

Eric Johansson is DL News’ News Editor. Got a tip? Email at eric@dlnews.com.

埃里克·约翰逊 (Eric Johansson) 是 DL News 的新闻编辑。有小费吗？电子邮件：eric@dlnews.com。