# TONs of Potential?

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Jun 18, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/tons-of-potential*

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TONs of Potential?
    
  

  
  Published on June 18, 2024

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    MARKET VIBES

  
  

    BTC Below $65K
  
  
   
     
   
     
    
 

**📸 Daily Market Snapshot: ***The crypto market's bleeding shows no signs of slowing down after BTC fell below the key $65K barrier, while one-third of the Top 100 tokens by market cap are down more than 20% this week.*

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ANALYSIS

  
  
    
   
Where to Get Started on TON
  
  
   
     
     Bankless Author: 
     
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       David C.](https://x.com/davewardonline)
     
    
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/06/image---2024-06-18T151352.080.png)](https://www.bankless.com/ton-network-getting-started)**It's been hard to miss the rise of TON over the past few months.**

Thanks to its integration with Telegram and persistent price action — setting new ATHs last week as the rest of the market dumped — *The Open Network* ecosystem continues to gain traction rapidly.

While TON remains best known for its gaming ecosystem with a wide variety of tokens and titles, its network actually offers a diverse range of activities, from liquid staking to lending and trading.

*In this article, we'll dig into five of the most active areas in the TON ecosystem *👇

[Read the Analysis](https://www.bankless.com/ton-network-getting-started)

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