Ethereum DeFi connects to TON and Telegram with Tac mainnet launch

Telegram is opening up to decentralized concern (DeFi) connected Ethereum with the mainnet motorboat of Tac, a third-party blockchain bridging apps connected the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) to The Open Network (TON).

Tac mainnet has launched with a ngo to bring EVM decentralized apps (DApps) to TON and Telegram ecosystems, the squad down the web announced connected Tuesday.

The web allows Telegram users to interact with EVM DApps straight wrong the messenger, offering entree to a scope of DeFi protocols specified arsenic Curve, Morpho, Euler and more, Tac co-founder Pavel Altukhov told Cointelegraph.

For developers, Tac provides EVM a frictionless mode to deploy connected TON without rewriting codification from scratch, unlocking vulnerability to Telegram’s billion-strong idiosyncratic base.

What is Tac and wherefore does Telegram request it?

First publically announced successful July 2024, Tac is designed to enactment arsenic a afloat EVM-compatible layer-1 blockchain connecting Ethereum DApps to the TON and Telegram ecosystems.

According to Tac co-founder Marco Monaco, Tac is simply a task built connected TON that features its ain jetton TON token and works with different projects wrong the TON ecosystem to “accrue worth to TON.”

Source: Marco Monaco

The web raised a full of $11.5 cardinal crossed its effect and strategical rounds past twelvemonth and aboriginal 2025, with the latest $5 cardinal strategical circular being led by the Web3 task superior steadfast Hack VC.

“Until recently, EVM-based applications had to beryllium adapted for TON Virtual Machine (TVM) compatibility to scope Telegram’s 1B+ users,” Tac wrote successful a station successful March 2025.

“But now, Tac allows EVM developers to integrate their applications with Telegram and TON effortlessly,” it added.

This is simply a processing story, and further accusation volition beryllium added arsenic it becomes available.

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