Telegram is the best platform for DeFi because most users already have it. Today, the platform has about 1 billion users, and it’s safe to say that this is a ready-made audience fully prepared to interact with both DeFi and mini-apps related to crypto in one way or another.

For example, most other well-known blockchains first build the technology and then try to find users. $TON does the opposite; it is initially built into an environment where users already exist. Thanks to integration with Telegram, crypto features become part of the familiar interface. There’s no need to download separate wallets or figure out complex dApps; everything happens within a single, user-friendly app.

When a person already spends enough time on Telegram, any new action whether a transfer or an exchange becomes a natural extension of their behavior. Essentially, Web3 doesn’t require separate onboarding; it integrates into the existing user flow.

Against this backdrop, DeFi protocols within $TON are beginning to develop. For example, following the integration of STONfi with the Telegram wallet and the launch of this wallet in the U.S. market, users gained access to a influx of other traders, who in turn increase the total liquidity of the entire blockchain.