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News MONTHLY RECAP · JUNE 2026

TON in June 2026: monthly retrospective

What happened in TON in June 2026: MyTonWallet 4.10, DeFi TVL drop, regulatory news, NFT and gifts, validator and staking news. Full monthly recap.

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TON Adoption Team · research desk
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June 2026 for TON was a month of user releases and a noticeable DeFi correction, without loud infrastructure events. After the explosive May activity (TON Core RC, Tolk 1.4, Tonkeeper 4.7.0 stable), June played out as stabilization and targeted improvements.

Below — what happened, what it means, and where TON is heading.

Wallets: MyTonWallet 4.10 and the patch series

The headline release event of the month was the MyTonWallet 4.10 line, shipped as a four-patch series across the first decade of June:

  • 4.10.0 (June 1) — feature release. New swap UI with explicit network fee / aggregator fee / slippage breakdown, multi-account expanded to 20 slots, core Ledger fixes.
  • 4.10.1 (June 3) — patch. Fixed crash when importing 15+ watch-only accounts in quick succession, Russian-layout correctness in seed input on macOS.
  • 4.10.2 (June 5) — patch. TON Connect 2.0 correctness for dApps passing many jettons in a single transaction.
  • 4.10.4 (June 8) — patch. Ledger Nano X over Bluetooth on iOS 17.5+: heartbeat mechanism added for session stability.

No breaking changes — seed format, derivation path, local encryption unchanged. Full deep dive — MyTonWallet 4.10: what’s new in June 2026.

Tonkeeper stayed on 4.7.0 stable with no new RCs. After the active May cycle the team is on a quiet streak. Public PR activity on GitHub hints at 4.8 with a UI framework upgrade in preparation, but no release dates yet.

Wallet in Telegram — no public updates in June. Normal — Telegram traditionally bundles Wallet releases with broader Telegram client updates.

Tonhub — unchanged, continues to be a niche choice for users who picked it back in 2021-2022.

DeFi: synchronous 10-15% TVL drop

The headline analytics event of June was a notable TVL correction across the eight largest TON DeFi protocols over two weeks mid-month:

ProtocolCategoryΔ TVL 14d
TonstakersLiquid Staking−13.4%
STON.fiDEX−15.2%
EVAA ProtocolLending−14.3%
DeDustDEX−12.5%
TONCODEX−13.0%
UTONICLiquid Staking−12.1%
Storm TradeDerivatives−11.7%
BemoLiquid Staking−12.5%

Synchronous movement across eight protocols spanning four different categories is a structural signal, not a local one. Possible causes: mTONga retracement (capital that parked in DeFi awaiting clarity began exiting), token unlocks at major protocols (STON.fi, EVAA), and market-wide risk-on → risk-off rotation amid macro volatility.

Cross-chain (NEAR Intents, Symbiosis) — the only segment that didn’t drop. Consistent with the rotation hypothesis rather than a full exit from the ecosystem.

Full breakdown — TON DeFi: why TVL dropped 10-15% in June 2026.

Infrastructure: quiet after May

In contrast to May (TON Core v2026.05-rc, Tolk 1.4, catchain removal), June was a relatively quiet infra month:

  • TON Core v2026.05 stable — expected in June after the late-May rc. As of writing there’s no public stable tag, but merges into master with finalization commits are visible. Stable likely ships at the very end of June or first week of July.
  • Tolk — no new majors, a 1.4.2 patch with minor source-map bug fixes.
  • Validator set — stable operation, no incidents. Caps introduced in v2026.05-rc working correctly.
  • RPC and infra — stable. Liteservers, public RPC endpoints all normal.

This is healthy stability: after major May upgrades, infrastructure needs to settle before the next cycle. More on the upgrade — TON Core v2026.05-rc release explained.

Telegram Gifts: stabilization continues

After April’s burn and May’s stabilization, June played out as slow rebalancing:

  • Big collections (Plush Pepe, Cake, Lobster) hold floor steadily. No sharp moves in either direction.
  • Marketplaces Portals, Tonnel, MRKT show stable daily volumes. New trader count isn’t growing but isn’t dropping either — the market has settled.
  • Activity has shifted to long-hold positions for top collections. Flipping strategies (quick resale within 1-3 days) show diminishing returns as spreads compress.
  • Pre-market channel @durov didn’t run any big announcements in June. Next drop wave expected closer to late summer.

Detailed context — Telegram Gifts: how the market works and flipping strategies.

NFT segment

Beyond Telegram Gifts, June was light on NFT news:

  • Getgems continues to be the primary marketplace, volumes stable.
  • DaoLama (NFT-collateralized lending) is growing — TVL up about 5% over the month, contrasting the overall DeFi decline. Suggests capital is migrating into niche NFT-finance protocols.
  • TON DNS (.ton domains) — small growth in premium names, no new trends.

Regulation: status quo

June passed without abrupt regulatory moves in the major jurisdictions:

  • Russia: 2025 crypto income tax plan remains. No new amendments. FATF travel rule for large transfers — still in process. Details — TON regulation 2026 legal guide.
  • EU: MiCA in full phase, unchanged.
  • US: status quo on SEC vs CFTC over Toncoin/Gram classification. No active litigation, no final decision either.
  • Hong Kong, Singapore, UAE: active regulatory frameworks, no changes.

mTONga process continues without abrupt decisions. Some exchanges and wallets have already prepared infrastructure for the Toncoin → Gram conversion, others are still in progress. See when wallets and exchanges switch the ticker to Gram.

Security: a quiet month

June passed without publicly known incidents on TON infrastructure. That’s good news against the April TAC bridge incident and general cross-chain bridge risks.

  • TAC bridge continues operating with tightened limits on large transactions. Trust is slowly recovering but TVL remains below pre-incident levels.
  • Wallet phishing attacks — standard background noise, nothing new. Checklist — safe TON discovery checklist.
  • Smart contract exploits — none publicly known.

What we shipped in June

Our editorial output for the month:

  • MyTonWallet 4.10 deep dive — published early month, synchronously with the release.
  • TON DeFi June TVL drop — published mid-month after the two-week correction.
  • Weekly digests — weekly on Mondays.
  • Catalogue updates: new fields for CEX (Bybit, OKX, MEXC, HTX, Binance — russiaAccess status updates), refined fees in DEX catalogue.
  • Telegram channel @ton_adoption crossed 1300 subscribers (from 1000 at end of May).

Comparison with May 2026

May was an infrastructure month: TON Core RC, Tolk 1.4 ABI, Tonkeeper 4.7.0 stable, legacy codebase cleanup. DeFi was in a “spotty” correction (DEX in red, LSD stable).

June was a user-and-analytics month: MyTonWallet 4.10 for users, synchronous TVL drop for analysts. Infrastructure was quiet. Regulation was quiet. Gifts — stabilization.

These two patterns are normal for a mature ecosystem. Not every month should be explosive, and not every month should be quiet. The alternation is a sign of health.

What to expect in July 2026

Predictable:

  • TON Core v2026.05 stable release (if not shipped at the very end of June).
  • Further MyTonWallet and Tonkeeper patches. By cadence — something meaningful from both teams within a month.

Likely:

  • Start of TVL recovery if the DeFi base case plays out (stabilization within 2-3 weeks of mid-June, slow growth through July).
  • Possibly a new Telegram-gifts drop wave from @durov closer to late summer.
  • Further mTONga process steps.

Possible but unlikely:

  • A new cross-chain bridge incident.
  • A Russia regulatory decision on Toncoin/Gram status.
  • New major DeFi protocol launches (in the launchpad style).

What we don’t know:

  • Global macro markets. If risk-on returns, TVL recovers faster. If macro volatility deepens — slower.
  • Telegram’s internal decisions on Wallet, Stars, Premium, and TON integration. Those land with short preview windows.

Next monthly retrospective — end of July. Weekly digest — weekly on Mondays.

Key June material

Sources

  • DeFiLlama: defillama.com/chain/TON.
  • GitHub releases: ton-blockchain/ton, mytonwalletorg/mytonwallet, tonkeeper/tonkeeper-mobile.
  • Tonviewer / Tonscan: tonviewer.com, tonscan.org for on-chain activity.
  • Our own snapshot data in seo-reports/.

Frequently asked

On the user side — MyTonWallet 4.10 release line (.0/.1/.2/.4 patches): Ledger fixes, redesigned swap UI with fee breakdown, multi-account up to 20 slots, 30% faster cold start. On the analytics side — synchronous 10-15% TVL drop across the eight largest DeFi protocols over two weeks mid-month. On regulation — continued mTONga process without abrupt moves.
Notable correction. Tonstakers lost about 13% TVL over two weeks mid-month (from ~$172M to ~$149M), STON.fi −15%, EVAA −14%, DeDust −12.5%. Eight protocols across different categories moved synchronously. Causes — a combination of mTONga retracement, token unlocks at major protocols, and a market-wide risk-on → risk-off rotation.
Main event — MyTonWallet 4.10, a four-patch series (.0, .1, .2, .4) with Ledger fixes, swap UI rework, and multi-account expanded to 20 slots. Tonkeeper stayed on 4.7.0 stable, no new RCs. Wallet in Telegram — no public updates. Tonhub — unchanged.
Stabilization continued. After May's levels, big collections (Plush Pepe, Cake, Lobster) hold floor, marketplaces (Portals, Tonnel, MRKT) show stable volumes. User activity shifted from flipping to long-hold for top collections. No big drops from @durov in June — next wave expected closer to late summer.
Without abrupt moves. Russia — the 2025 crypto income tax plan still in force, FATF travel rule still being processed. EU — MiCA in full phase. US — status quo on SEC vs CFTC. Details — [TON regulation 2026 legal guide](/en/blog/ton-regulation-2026-complete-legal-guide/) and [TON regulation in Belarus, Kazakhstan, EU](/en/blog/ton-regulation-belarus-kazakhstan-eu-2026/).
Predictable: TON Core stable release (if not shipped in June), new wallet patch releases, possibly start of TVL recovery (if the DeFi base case plays out). Uncertain: further mTONga steps, potential Russia regulatory decisions, ongoing macro influence from global markets.

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