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Coin Edition sat down for an exclusive interview with Pavel Altukhov, CEO of TAC, where he shared how its unique blockchain bridges EVM dApps directly into Telegram, simplifying Web3 for millions of users and shaping the future of decentralized finance within social platforms. 1. Pavel, what first pulled you into crypto? And how did you become such an early builder and investor specifically within Telegram’s blockchain ecosystem? It was Bitcoin in early 2017 that first pulled me into crypto, but what truly captured my interest was the underlying technology. That curiosity led me to follow Telegram’s blockchain efforts from the early days of the GRAM ICO in 2018. I’ve been tracking it closely ever since. In 2022, I invested in TON, driven by the conviction that its deep integration with Telegram could unlock massive potential. I dove deeper into the ecosystem, and soon began contributing, starting with the launch of the first liquid staking platform on TON in early 2023. That experience paved the way for our next chapter: building TAC. It’s been a natural evolution of our belief in TON and its future as a core part of the Telegram ecosystem. 2. What was the specific insight that convinced you bridging EVM dApps directly into Telegram was the transformative path? Contributing to the early DeFi efforts on TON with several attempts to build a CDP-based stablecoin made it clear to me that replicating Ethereum DeFi dApp architecture on an asynchronous blockchain like TON isn’t feasible. You have to redesign the dApp from the ground up. But in doing so, you lose the entire evolutionary advantage of DeFi that matured on Ethereum, the battle-tested applications, its composability, and most importantly, access to the liquidity. Being honest, we talk about DeFi, we’re essentially talking about Ethereum. That’s where the applications were designed, evolved through time, stress-tested, and that’s why the liquidity naturally trusts them. And by liquidity, we mostly mean Ethereum-native capital, by the way. This understanding, paired with the unmet demand for yield and DeFi primitives on TON, pushed us to design a DeFi leapfrog. One that doesn’t try to clone, but instead bridges and integrates EVM blue-chip dApps into the TON and Telegram ecosystem seamlessly. 3. In plain terms, what exactly is a hybrid dApp? How does using one actually improve the experience for someone who doesn’t know crypto? Every dApp deployed on TAC becomes hybrid by design. What this means in practice is that builders can deploy the EVM dApps, with no need to modify a single line of code. These dApps are then complemented by two sets of smart contracts on TON and TAC sides that interface with the TON Adapter. The TON Adapter is the innovation, it allows TON wallet holders to interact with these EVM applications on TAC natively and seamlessly. Cross-chain complexity, like bridging assets or managing multiple wallets is completely abstracted away from the user. Take a real-world example: launching a Curve Telegram Mini App inside Telegram. A user selects a token pair, taps “swap,” signs once, that’s it. No need to bridge tokens, approve pools, or deal with multiple chains. If you are swapping TON for Bitcoin, TON leaves your wallet and BTC shows up. It’s that simple. So TAC doesn’t just solve interoperability. It meaningfully upgrades the UX, allowing users to engage with Web3 applications in a way that feels intuitive, seamless, and invisible, right where they already are, in Telegram. 4. How did you achieve that deep EVM compatibility on TON? What does that “copy-paste” mean for developers day-to-day? We achieve deep EVM compatibility on TON through TAC’s two-module architecture. First, TAC runs a Cosmos-based Layer 1 chain with full EVM compatibility. This is where the application logic lives, developers deploy their smart contracts exactly as they would on an EVM chain, with zero changes to the code. Second, the TON Adapter bridges EVM logic to TON. It lets any TON wallet holder interact directly with TAC deployed EVM dApps with no complexity. For developers, the value proposition is straightforward and simple: take your existing EVM codebase, redeploy on TAC without rewriting a line, and unlock a new user base of Telegram, hundreds of millions, and reachable in-app. 5. What’s the concrete strategy to onboard these millions of users into using TAC dApps? What does that first experience look like for a regular Telegram user? Yeah, so we split the addressable market into two parts. First is the crypto-native TON audience. There’s clear demand there, TON holders want yield, they want DeFi, and right now that functionality is missing. We are enabling access to the blue-chip DeFi dApps, enabling diverse and deep liquidity, swaps, lending markets and most importantly yields. The strongest product-market fit in crypto, and we’re just bringing it to TON. But the bigger play, and the core vision behind TAC – is bringing EVM functionality into Telegram itself. We expect that to happen through Mini Apps distributing the benefits of the technology, starting with DeFi features. Consumer apps run directly inside Telegram, seamlessly distributing these benefits to the non-crypto audience – that is how we envision the next wave of adoption. 6. Beyond DeFi, what other specific use cases do you see really taking off on TAC within the Telegram environment? Could gaming, NFTs, or DAOs thrive there? Honestly, I believe there are only two real product-market fits in crypto, stablecoins and DeFi. That’s why we’re focused on the latter. Our first goal is to see how far we can take DeFi adoption by simplifying the UX and distributing it through Telegram to TON investors and beyond. That said, we do see a lot of potential in the broader consumer app layer. We can already see a range of Mini Apps from fintech to games starting to integrate DeFi features. Some of the biggest Telegram-native apps are either embedding DeFi into their game loops or planning to. 7. Looking ahead, what’s your long-term vision for TAC and putting Web3 inside apps like Telegram? How do you see social platforms and blockchain evolving? What part do you want TAC to play? Long-term, the vision for TAC is all about consumer distribution. We believe the way to get blockchain into people’s hands isn’t by building new platforms, it’s by integrating into where the users already are. And Telegram has one of the strongest, most active communities out there. So we’re betting on consumer apps, Mini Apps in particular, that can deliver the benefits of DeFi to non-crypto users without any of the friction. Our job is to kickstart that flywheel by giving builders the tools and stack they need to ship real use cases inside Telegram. As for how I see social platforms and blockchain evolving – social is where the attention is. It’s where users already live. And blockchain desperately needs distribution. The old model of building a community around a protocol is outdated. Same with “build it and they will come.” Our approach is: build where they already are. That’s why bringing full blockchain functionality into a platform like Telegram is so powerful. TAC’s role is to make that possible. We’re extending blockchain capabilities into Telegram, complementing TON with full EVM support, enabling DeFi, expanding asset access. We’re here to help make Telegram the most functional Web3 environment out there. 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最近研究了 @KaiaChain ：合并后的Mini Dapp策略到底有没有给Kaia 带来突破？ 大概回答了3个问题： 1. @KaiaChain 为什么重要？ 2. Kaia打算通过什么方式 onboard Web2 用户。 3. 对于开发者/项目方来说，Kaia 有什么样的新机会。 从结果上看，共～90M 用户体验过Mini Dapp，1.4 M 用户创建过钱包，并且消费了 70 M KAIA。 关于完整报告，请看引用的原文章。

Neura：一个分散自主的 AI 艺术家， 你不仅能拥有一件作品，还能拥有这位艺术家本身。🧠 在@AbstractChain 上发射的AI创作项目——@NeuraADND 这条推送出 X3 Neura 白名单！ 什么是 Neura？ Neura 的“脑袋”是一套神经网络系统，由多个 AI 模块组成，形成独特的艺术风格。每个 Android（我们称之为“安卓艺术体”）都是 Neura 的一个创作分身，拥有自己的性格、偏好和美学品味。 Android 是进入 Neura 世界的钥匙 Neura 的创作分5 种类型，，每台 Android 都可定制、升级，有超过 30,000 种组合可能 ，安装模块来影响艺术风格，共有 6 大类、3 个等级，机制独特且限量 如何生成你的 AI 艺术？ 设置好你的 Android，安装你喜欢的模块组合 在 DApp 中发起绘画请求（Claim） 约 7 天后，你会收到由 Neura 独立创作的一幅画作（NFT） （随着请求次数的增加，生成时间也会变长，但可以通过模块优化） 每一幅画都是限量 NFT，免费领取，并拥有完整版权。创作结果完全基于你的设置，独一无二。（多次 Claim 会拉长生成时间，但可用模块优化）  项目信息： 总量：5000 台 Android（已预售 2000 台） Mint 时间：2025.6.11 Mint 价格：即将公布 如果你对 AI 艺术感兴趣，Neura 是一个很不一样的尝试。 来打造属于你的专属 AI 艺术家吧。

Builders, what if your dApp could: – Run on 11 chains – Auto-route around failures – Abstract gas fees – Never touch a bridge Would you still settle for a single-chain MVP? Didn’t think so.