Telegram began accepting the toncoin (TON) cryptocurrency as payment for advertising and payments to content creators on its messenger, which led to an increase in activity on The Open Network (TON) blockchain. On Sunday, a record number of TON wallets were activated - 156,000. Advertisers pay for their campaigns with cryptocurrency, and the income from this is divided between content creators and Telegram itself. This has helped increase the value of TON by 150% since announcing plans to use the cryptocurrency for advertising and revenue sharing programs.