What Is Toncoin (now GRAM): Statistics and Price Reaction

GRAM (TON crypto) statistics and analysis

GRAM is linked to bitcoin more weakly than other coins, so in the bot's statistics the coin's own events matter more:

• Telegram and Pavel Durov. The cases against Durov in France and in Russia, Telegram announcements about the wallet and mini apps.
• The unfreeze on February 21, 2027. About 1.08 billion coins of early miners will come out of the freeze. The market usually discusses such dates in advance.
• Liquidity. GRAM's turnover is about $55 million a day, so notable moves happen even without loud headlines.

Where the bot gets GRAM data

The coin's official messages come out right in Telegram: the @gram and @tonstatus channels. Pavel Durov's channel is also an official source of the bot for GRAM, on a par with TON releases and the TON and Durov accounts on X. Six sources of its own in total, plus 25 shared crypto outlets and channels. The official @gram channel has been silent since July 21, 2026, so the market more often learns about the coin from the media and from Durov, and the bot shows the source level for each story.

GRAM has its own folder in the Telegram bot @invest_prs_bot. The result of the past day is on the What happened to Toncoin in 24 hours page.

What is Toncoin and why it is GRAM crypto now

GRAM is the coin of the TON blockchain (The Open Network), closely linked to Telegram. Until June 15, 2026, it was called Toncoin, ticker TON. The rename went through a community vote on June 8, 2026: 81.22% "for". You do not need to swap coins: it is the same coin under a new name.

Important: offers to "swap TON for GRAM" are a scam. There was no swap, and none is needed. The address of this page stays the same – /toncoin/, because people still search for the coin by its old name.

On October 30, 2026, GRAM cost $1.16, the market cap was $3.29 billion, 31st place. It is a small coin compared with bitcoin, XRP and Solana: the 24-hour trading volume is only $55 million. A large seller can move the price noticeably.

History: from Telegram to the community and back to Gram

The new name is actually an old one. In 2018 Telegram sold investors tokens called Gram for $1.7 billion, and the project was called TON. In 2019–2020 the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a lawsuit, Telegram gave up the project, and Gram never came out.

From July 2020 to June 2022 the community launched the network, and coins were handed out through mining – that is how Toncoin appeared. In 2026 the coin got its 2018 name back. This is marketing: the rename did not affect how the coin works. The coin's main value is its link to Telegram and its huge audience. The main risk is the same link.

GRAM price: history and lows

The all-time high is $8.25, on June 14, 2024 (CoinGecko). On October 30, 2026, the price is 86% lower, minus 46% over the year, minus 23% over 30 days. On October 30, 2026, Binance set a new low of the year – $1.10.

* $0.55 is an instant dip on Binance on October 10, 2025, during the crash of the whole market, not a closing price. Binance data: until June 2026 – the TON pair, from July – GRAM.

A personal note. I held a little TON and XRP – about $500 worth – and took them out at about zero, deciding it was nonsense. With TON this decision turned out no worse than others in the end: the coin has become much cheaper since then. But the conclusion is the same as with XRP: I left based on mood, not on data.

How many coins, and the unfreeze on February 21, 2027

There are 5.28 billion coins in total, 2.84 billion in circulation, 54%. The market cap counting all coins is $6.1 billion. Inflation is small: by various estimates, 0.5–1.5% a year.

The main date for GRAM is February 21, 2027. In February 2023, validators voted and froze 171 inactive wallets of early miners for 4 years – about 1.08 billion coins. In February 2027 they unfreeze. That is about a fifth of all GRAM, or more than a third of the coins now moving on the market.

It is unknown whether the keys to these wallets are still alive and whether the owners will want to sell. But the volume is large, and the market usually starts discussing such dates in advance. The bot will flag all news about this event.

Telegram and Pavel Durov

News about Telegram and Pavel Durov is some of the most important for GRAM. Durov's channel is one of the bot's official sources for this coin, on a par with the @gram and @tonstatus channels and the TON accounts on X.

According to the media: on August 24, 2024, Durov was detained in France, the case there is not closed, the fourth questioning took place in July 2026, and the travel ban was lifted in November 2025. In February 2026 a criminal case was opened against him in Russia. Any news on these cases is a reason to look at the GRAM recap: such events can match sharp price moves.

One more feature: the official @gram channel (6.3 million subscribers) has been silent since July 21, 2026. The project has little official news, and the market learns about it from the media and from Durov.

How the TON blockchain is used

The network lives mostly on the wallet and mini apps inside Telegram, not on complex financial apps. Money in the network's apps (TVL) – $44 million, stablecoins on the network – $641 million, 18th place among networks (DefiLlama, 30.10.2026). For comparison: Solana's TVL is $5.7 billion.

Company interest has weakened. In 2025 the company AlphaTON bought about $100 million of TON for its balance sheet, and in July 2026 it closed this strategy and returned the coins. CoinShares has an exchange-traded product on staking the coin, renamed CoinShares Gram Staking ETP.

Why GRAM depends less on bitcoin

GRAM's correlation with bitcoin is 0.58, beta is about 0.86 (calculated over 90–120 days). For Solana and XRP the correlation is 0.83–0.89. Put simply, GRAM more often lives by its own news: Telegram, Durov, unlocks. That is why for this coin it is especially useful to look at its own move in the recap – what is left after the market is taken out.

GRAM calendar

GRAM risks

1. The unfreeze on February 21, 2027 – about 38% of the current circulation.
2. Durov and Telegram – criminal cases in two countries.
3. Low liquidity – $55 million turnover a day.
4. Weak use of financial apps – TVL of $44 million.
5. Buyer companies leaving.
6. Little official news.
7. Concentration: by one estimate, more than 68% of coins are in large wallets.

Guide sources

• CoinGecko – GRAM (The Open Network)
• KuCoin – 81.22% vote for the rename
• Blockworks – freeze of 20% of TON coins
• Crypto Briefing – Durov's fourth questioning
• GlobeNewswire – Alpha Compute closed its TON treasury

Day archive and guide updates

The results of all past days are in the calendar on this page, the price and events of the current day are on the Toncoin today page.

Guide: snapshot of October 30, 2026 · Vitaly Lapin. The guide will be updated before the unfreeze on February 21, 2027, and after decisions in Durov's cases. It is a collection of facts, not advice on the coin.