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AIRDROPS + ALPHAAug 30, 2024
Markets
Toncoin and Notcoin Plunge Amid Telegram CEO Arrest and The Open Network Issues
Telegram-linked cryptocurrencies Toncoin (TON) and Notcoin (NOT) have plunged more than 23% over the past week. This comes following the Telegram CEO, Pavel Durov, being arrested and charged in France. Days later, the token’s network halted the production of blocks. The Open Network was originally developed by brothers Pavel and Nikolai Durov. But it was abandoned after they received warning from the SEC that they were producing an unregistered security. Quickly, the project was picked up by com...
Aug 27, 2024
Markets
Toncoin, Notcoin Slip 21% After Telegram Founder Pavel Durov's Arrest
Telegram-linked crypto tokens Toncoin (TON) and Notcoin (NOT) are both down more than 20% over the week after co-founder and CEO of the mobile app, Pavel Durov, was arrested in Paris. The Open Network, which uses Toncoin (TON) as its native currency, was originally theorized by Telegram in 2018 with the release of its whitepaper for the “Telegram Open Network.” But the mobile app company abandoned the project after the SEC claimed the project would have been considered an unregistered security....
Aug 6, 2024
Markets
Notcoin Leads Crypto Rebound With 30% Jump as Bitcoin, Ethereum Regain Footing
The cryptocurrency market is broadly in the green Tuesday, much to the relief of traders who saw major assets plunge by 20% or more from late Sunday into Monday as liquidations piled up. But amid the rebound, it’s not Bitcoin or Ethereum that’s leading the charge—it’s a crypto gaming token. Specifically, it’s Notcoin (NOT), the token of the Telegram-based game that launched on The Open Network (TON) in May, yielding the year’s biggest gaming token to date. NOT is up 30% over the last 24 hours at...
Aug 1, 2024
Gaming
Notcoin Launches Game Based on ‘Lost Dogs’ NFT Collection
Viral Telegram clicker game Notcoin has partnered with The Open Network (TON) NFT project Lost Dogs to launch a story-driven game by the same name. In the new Lost Dogs Telegram game, players will vote daily on decisions that will shape the six-week-long narrative of Lost Dogs. As the game progresses, the characters based on the Lost Dogs NFT collection will gain special powers and become “celebrities.” “We want to unveil to you a world full of discoveries, joy, suffering, cliffhangers, and myst...
Jul 20, 2024
Gaming
‘Hamster Kombat’ Daily Combo Guide: How to Earn 5 Million Free Coins in the Telegram Game
Hamster Kombat is the latest Telegram-based gaming sensation, recapturing the Notcoin clicker vibes with the promise of a token launch and airdrop on The Open Network ahead. But there’s more happening with Hamster Kombat than just clicking or tapping a screen to rack up coins. As the hamster CEO of a fictional crypto exchange (yes, really), it’s your job to boost your up-and-coming startup to the top of the industry, and you’ll do so by investing in things like marketing, licenses, talent, new p...
Jul 10, 2024
Technology
Telegram Game ‘Notcoin’ Launches Accelerator to Support TON Apps
Viral Telegram game Notcoin, in partnership with DeFi platform 1inch and on-chain attestation protocol Sign, announced Wednesday the launch of Triangle, a new accelerator program aimed at supporting developers building on the Telegram messaging platform and The Open Network (TON). Triangle seeks to bridge crypto and traditional technology, leveraging Telegram's 900 million active users to drive mass adoption of crypto applications. It will offer “essential resources, guidance, and a community of...
Jun 17, 2024
Coins
Notcoin Loses 11% After the NOT Airdrop Claim Ends
Notcoin has dropped 11% since its airdrop claim ended Sunday evening. The NOT token now has 11.5 million holders, according to the Notcoin team. At least 2.5 million of them are on-chain holders, according to the team. "Most of the drop was distributed already," the team wrote on Twitter early this morning, adding that "unclaimed tokens will be put into the future development, part will be burned." At the time of writing, the NOT price is sitting at $0.01812, which is 11% lower than it was yeste...
Jun 15, 2024
Gaming
‘Notcoin’ Airdrop Claim Ending as Telegram Crypto Gaming Hype Builds
Crypto-fueled games on messaging app Telegram are taking off in a big way lately, all spurred by the sizable demand and massive token launch seen earlier this year by Notcoin. And now Notcoin is about to close up its token claim for players as the game’s next moves start to take shape. Notcoin’s airdrop claim for players is set to end on Sunday, June 16, one month after the NOT token launched on The Open Network. NOT immediately became 2024’s biggest gaming token debut at launch, topping a $1 bi...
Jun 13, 2024
Gaming
Telegram Games ‘TapSwap’ and ‘Yescoin’ Launching Tokens on The Open Network
First it was Notcoin—which dropped the biggest gaming token so far in 2024—and then it was the white-hot Hamster Kombat, which is building on the Telegram clicker model with a token airdrop ahead. Now, a pair of rising Telegram games have revealed plans to bring their projects to The Open Network (TON) as well, with token launches ahead. TapSwap and Yescoin, both simple games playable via mini apps on the Telegram messaging platform, revealed plans in separate announcements on Thursday to launch...
Jun 10, 2024
Markets
Notcoin Token Pumps 6% as Telegram Game Hits 40 Million Players
Notcoin, a Play-to-Earn game on Telegram, has announced that its total player base now stands at 40 million. In doing so, the team has debunked claims of third-party tools that miscalculate the number of players because they use the wrong parameters. Currently, Notcoin is trading at $0.0185, an increase of 5% in the past 24 hours, and an eye-watering gain of 210% in the past 14 days, according to CoinGecko. Earlier this month, the NOT token hit an all-time high of $0.0283, which saw its market c...
Jun 3, 2024
Coins
Notcoin Surges 219% With Billions in Trading Volume as TON Reenters Top 10
A token tied to the Telegram-based clicker game Notcoin (NOT) has surged to over $2 billion in market cap in recent days, skyrocketing in price just weeks after its debut. Airdropped in May to users for repeatedly tapping a digital gold coin in-game, Notcoin has risen 5% over the past day to $0.022, according to data from CoinGecko, further propelling a 219% gain over the last seven days. In the past two weeks alone, the cryptocurrency has rallied a whopping 300% amid users’ ongoing endeavors. R...
May 30, 2024
Gaming
Notcoin Jumps 35% as NOT Sets New All-Time High
What's NOT to love? Notcoin, the play-to-earn Telegram cryptocurrency game, saw its token set a new all-time high of $0.01244 early Thursday morning. It's already retreated slightly, but the current Notcoin price of $0.01199 means it's comfortably 35% higher than it was this time yesterday and 129% higher than it was this time last week. Over the past day, NOT has seen $1.3 billion worth of trading volume—approximately 42% of it originating from the NOT/USDT trading pair on Binance. In fact, the...
May 29, 2024
Markets
Cardano Drops Out of Top 10 by Market Cap Again as Toncoin Rises
After dropping 4.7% over the last seven days, Cardano has fallen out of the top 10 tokens by market capitalization, according to CoinGecko data. At the same time of this Cardano (ADA) drawback, Toncoin (TON) climbed 3.2% over a seven day period making it into the top 10. This isn’t the first time this exact swap has happened, in April Toncoin flipped Cardano after TON jumped 12% in a day. ADA is trading at $0.46 after having gained 0.6% in the past day. Meanwhile, while TON is at $6.47 and has c...