The $TON ecosystem is quietly building some of the most seamless onboarding rails in crypto, and the latest integration between Gift Asset and STONfi is a perfect example of this "invisible" infrastructure evolution.

If you’ve been following the Telegram Mini App (TMA) boom, you know that Telegram Stars are the lifeblood of the platform’s internal economy. However, the friction between holding a native jetton (token) and needing Stars for in-game items or gifts has always been a bit of a hurdle.


Here is my breakdown of why the new Stars Swap widget (powered by the STONfi Omniston SDK) is a great upgrade for the ecosystem.


Most users don't care about "SDKs," but they do care about speed and price. By building on the STON.fi Omniston SDK, Gift Asset isn't just making a simple swap tool; they are plugging into a professional-grade liquidity and routing engine.

  • No KYC: Keeping the decentralized ethos of TON intact.

  • Real-time Quotes: You aren't guessing the conversion rate; the SDK pulls live data from STON.fi’s deep liquidity pools.

  • Slippage Control: Critical for smaller, more volatile tokens that people might want to swap for Stars.



Gift Asset has already positioned itself as the "Bloomberg Terminal" for Telegram Gifts. By adding a conversion layer, they’ve turned their data platform into a functional utility. We’re already seeing this integrated into projects like Jivo Pets and Eggonomic.

Instead of leaving a game to buy Stars via the App Store (and paying those hefty platform fees), users can now swap their earned or held tokens directly within the interface.


The Impact on $STON and TON

From a market perspective, this is a massive "volume funnel" for STON.fi.

  1. Passive Volume: Every time someone buys a "Gift" or a "Power-up" in a Telegram game using this widget, the transaction routes through STONfi. This creates consistent, utility-driven volume that isn't dependent on speculative trading.

  2. SDK Dominance: STONfi is positioning its SDK as the "Stripe for TON." By being the backend for TapSwap, Tonkeeper, and now Gift Asset, they are becoming the liquidity backbone of the entire Telegram user base.


We are gradually moving away from the era of "clunky DEX interfaces" and into the era of Embedded Finance. You shouldn't have to know you're using a DEX to swap tokens for Stars—it should just work. Gift Asset and STONfi just brought us one step closer to that reality.

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