Could December Be a Turning Point for Toncoin Owners?
2025 has been a relatively dark year for the Toncoin (Ton) ecosystem, which has access to over a billion users via Telegram. The price of a ton is down 65% from the beginning of the year.
However, at the end of December, several positive signs appeared. These signs may be the basis for expectations of tonnage recovery in Q1/2026.
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Show improvement in transaction volume and network activity
First, Ton's daily trading volume has increased significantly.
According to data from TonScan, as of the third week of December 2025, Ton's daily trading volume was over $154 million. This figure represents an increase of over 41.7 percent.
This marked the highest trading volume in December. The increase marked the return of active trading after a slowdown caused by negative sentiment in the altcoin market.
A ton has held above the $1.4 level in recent days. The increase in volume, coupled with a slower pace of price declines, indicates renewed buying pressure.
Another notable sign is Ton's return to “trending” status on CoinGecko. This trend reflects tons of renewed search interest and trading interest in December. It also helps explain the recent increase in trading volume.
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On-chain information adds more optimism.
Although tons of daily active users (DAU) will drop significantly from 2024, the decline now appears to be stable. Due to the AirDrop and GameFi campaigns, user activity reached an all-time high.
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According to the data, the number of daily active users increased from 70,000 to nearly 100,000 in the last three months. During the same period, the price of a ton dropped from $3 to $1.4. This difference shows a return of confidence. It may also indicate that investors view the ton as undervalued.
What to expect in 2026?
At the Blockchain Life 2025 event in October, Pavel Durov – Telegram's founder – emphasized Telegram's interest in developing Ton's core technology by 2026.
In December, Durov announced the official launch of Cocoon, a decentralized and secure computing network.GPU owners are starting to earn tons by contributing computing power to the network.
Investors Pavel Durov and Telegram believe that Ton will continue to expand their efforts to reach one billion monthly users.
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According to Pavel Durov, in 2026 Telegram will strengthen its work to develop Tone. – The investor Mr. Satoshik predicted.
Another milestone has recently emerged. Kraken Announces Support for xStocks Platform
This integration allows Telegram users to buy, hold and transfer tokenized US stocks and ETFs in Ton Wallet.
“After serving the pioneering shares on Solana and expanding to EVM through Ethereum, we got a foothold on the ton. With this strategic move, we will take the same winning solution chosen by 50,000 users, moving more than $13B in CEX + DEX volume to Telegram's native blockchain. xStocks explained.
These developments represent positive signs for investors expecting a recovery in the ton. However, determining the price of a ton is difficult. Conflicting macroeconomic signals continue to weigh on the broader altcoin market.
