Got it — you’re laying out the Telegram/GRAM timeline. Here’s how it continued into *2026*:
*2026 — Telegram officially reclaims GRAM*
1. *May 2026*: Pavel Durov announces Telegram will replace the TON Foundation as the primary driver of The Open Network and become its largest validator. Network fees drop ∼6x and speed increases 10x.
2. *June 1, 2026*: Durov reveals step 4 of 7 in “Make TON Great Again” — Toncoin will be renamed *GRAM*, restoring the original 2018 whitepaper name. Transition to take ∼3 weeks.
3. *June 8, 2026*: Community governance vote passes with *81.22%* support to rename Toncoin → GRAM.
4. *June 15, 2026*: Rename takes effect at 12:00 UTC. No swap, migration, or bridge needed — balances stay the same, just ticker changes from TON to GRAM. Blockchain remains “The Open Network” / TON.
5. *Market reaction*: Price jumped ∼11-15% on the news, breaking above $2. Hit ∼$2.26 intraday. Current price ∼$1.6 with $4.23B market cap. c35fe6a7df5bc80258bfc37a272a
*Key points of the rebrand:*
- *No new token*: GRAM is the same asset as Toncoin, just renamed. No claim/migration — sites asking for that are scams.
- *Why “Gram”*: Original name from 2018 before SEC blocked the $1.7B sale. Telegram settled in 2020, returned $1.2B + $18.5M fine.
- *Telegram’s role*: Now primary steward, largest validator, pushing TON for payments, mini-apps, wallets inside Telegram for 900M users. d3fcdf5b9a7948d0
*Exchanges*: Tokocrypto said it will remove all TON pairs and cancel orders June 30, 2026 10:00 WIB to support rebrand to GRAM. dcf5
So yes — 6 years after the SEC forced Telegram to kill GRAM, they brought the name back. Same chain, same token, different ticker. Three MTONGA steps still undisclosed. df5b
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*2026 — Telegram officially reclaims GRAM*
1. *May 2026*: Pavel Durov announces Telegram will replace the TON Foundation as the primary driver of The Open Network and become its largest validator. Network fees drop ∼6x and speed increases 10x.
2. *June 1, 2026*: Durov reveals step 4 of 7 in “Make TON Great Again” — Toncoin will be renamed *GRAM*, restoring the original 2018 whitepaper name. Transition to take ∼3 weeks.
3. *June 8, 2026*: Community governance vote passes with *81.22%* support to rename Toncoin → GRAM.
4. *June 15, 2026*: Rename takes effect at 12:00 UTC. No swap, migration, or bridge needed — balances stay the same, just ticker changes from TON to GRAM. Blockchain remains “The Open Network” / TON.
5. *Market reaction*: Price jumped ∼11-15% on the news, breaking above $2. Hit ∼$2.26 intraday. Current price ∼$1.6 with $4.23B market cap. c35fe6a7df5bc80258bfc37a272a
*Key points of the rebrand:*
- *No new token*: GRAM is the same asset as Toncoin, just renamed. No claim/migration — sites asking for that are scams.
- *Why “Gram”*: Original name from 2018 before SEC blocked the $1.7B sale. Telegram settled in 2020, returned $1.2B + $18.5M fine.
- *Telegram’s role*: Now primary steward, largest validator, pushing TON for payments, mini-apps, wallets inside Telegram for 900M users. d3fcdf5b9a7948d0
*Exchanges*: Tokocrypto said it will remove all TON pairs and cancel orders June 30, 2026 10:00 WIB to support rebrand to GRAM. dcf5
So yes — 6 years after the SEC forced Telegram to kill GRAM, they brought the name back. Same chain, same token, different ticker. Three MTONGA steps still undisclosed. df5b
Want the very short version too?