红杉资本，Ribbit，Benchmark和Kingsway投资超过4亿美元购买Toncoin Cryptocurrency

开放网络基金会或吨基金会周四表示，包括红杉资本，Ribbit，Benchmark和Kingsway在内的一群风险投资超过4亿美元，购买了Toncoin Cryptocurrency。

A group of venture capital firms, including Sequoia Capital, Ribbit, Benchmark, and Kingsway, have invested over $400 million buying the Toncoin cryptocurrency, the Open Network Foundation, or TON Foundation, said on Thursday.

Open Network Foundation或Ton Foundation说，包括红杉资本，Ribbit，Benchmark和Kingsway在内的一群风险投资公司已投资超过4亿美元购买了Toncoin Cryptocurrency。

TON is the blockchain used to power the growing number of mini apps that function within the Telegram's messaging app ecosystem.

TON是用于为电报消息传递应用程序生态系统中越来越多的迷你应用程序供电的区块链。

"These venture capital firms have invested over $400 million in Toncoin, which is the native cryptocurrency of the TON blockchain," according to a TON Foundation spokesperson. "The funding is provided in the form of Toncoin, rather than traditional equity or cash."

一家吨基金会发言人说：“这些风险投资公司已经投资了超过4亿美元的吨币，这是吨区块链的当地加密货币。” “资金是以吨币的形式提供的，而不是传统的股权或现金。”

During the past year, TON blockchain's active user numbers have surpassed 40 million while there are 121 million "unique" holders of Toncoin, according to a statement.

一份声明说，在过去的一年中，吨区块链的活跃用户数量已超过4000万，而有1.21亿“独特”的吨币持有人。

"The TON team is the best in the world at the intersection of consumer product thinking and crypto infrastructure. When you combine this with the global distribution of Telegram, we’re very excited to see where they go." Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital said in a statement.

“在消费者产品思维和加密基础架构的交汇处，TON团队是世界上最好的。当您将其与全球电报的分布相结合时，我们很高兴能看到它们的去向。”红杉资本的合伙人肖恩·马奎尔（Shaun Maguire）在一份声明中说。

Other investors included Vy Capital, Draper Associates, and Libertus Capital are also key backers, alongside CoinFund, Hypersphere, SkyBridge, and Karatage.

其他投资者包括Vy Capital，Draper Associates和Libertus Capital，也是Coinfund，Hypersphere，Skybridge和Karatage的主要支持者。

"Essentially, these VCs are placing their bets on the future success and utility of the TON blockchain, its growing ecosystem, and its potential to provide real-world utility for crypto holdings, especially within Telegram," the TON Foundation spokesperson also said.

Ton Foundation发言人还说：“从本质上讲，这些VC将其押注在吨区块链，其日益增长的生态系统的未来成功和实用性上，及其为加密货币提供现实世界的实用性的潜力，尤其是在电报中。”

Toncoin's high level of interest

吨币的高度兴趣

Venture capital firms interested in TON blockchain, due in large part to its strong connection to the Telegram messaging app which now boasts 1 billion users, have been acquiring Toncoin for quite some time. Last year, Pantera Capital made two separate investments in Toncoin tokens.

对TON区块链感兴趣的风险投资公司，这在很大程度上是由于它与现在拥有10亿用户的Telegram Messaging App的密切联系，已经收购了Toncoin一段时间。去年，Pantera Capital对Toncoin代币进行了两项单独的投资。

Animoca Brands co-founder and executive chairman Yat Siu also said in 2024 that his company had first started buying TON tokens when it was trading hands below $1. While Toncoin has retreated from a high of over $8.00, achieved in mid-2024, and currently trades at about $3.75, it remains a top 20 cryptocurrency with a market cap of over $9 billion, according to The Block Price Page.

Animoca Brands联合创始人兼执行董事长Yat Siu还在2024年表示，当他的公司交易以下时，他的公司首次开始购买TON令牌。根据Block Price Pagg的数据，虽然Toncoin已从高达8.00美元的高价撤退，在2024年中期实现，目前的交易价格约为3.75美元，但它仍然是前20名加密货币，市值超过90亿美元。

Interest in the TON blockchain and Telegram mini apps reached fever pitch last year after clicker games like "Notcoin" and "Hamster Kombat" spurred rapid growth in the number of people using the messaging app to engage with the crypto ecosystem.

在“ Notcoin”和“仓鼠Kombat”之类的点击游戏之后，对TON区块链和Telegram Mini应用程序的兴趣促成了发烧，这刺激了使用消息传递应用程序与加密生态系统互动的人数的快速增长。