According to @jbfxdotme, he resigned from TON Foundation and is now CEO of Mint, a premium Telegram collectibles launchpad, with Mint exiting stealth and launching very soon via a special collaboration; source: @jbfxdotme on X, Oct 7, 2025. He stated that Telegram has surpassed 1B monthly active users and 500M daily active users and already supports subscriptions, paywalled channels, digital assets, mini-apps, and crypto payments, positioning Telegram for distribution of IP-driven digital collectibles; source: @jbfxdotme on X, Oct 7, 2025. He emphasized that growth of layer-1 networks like TON is driven by pioneering community projects and real use cases rather than foundation incentives, framing IP in Telegram as a major and largely untapped opportunity for the TON ecosystem; source: @jbfxdotme on X, Oct 7, 2025. He added that the collectibles_tg community is the most powerful collector group on the platform and that onboarding globally recognized IPs, with creators such as Snoop Dogg adopting channels, chats, collectibles, apps, and games, is the next focus; source: @jbfxdotme on X, Oct 7, 2025. For traders tracking TON, the near-term catalyst outlined is Mint’s imminent launch and IP partnerships within Telegram’s user base as described by @jbfxdotme; source: @jbfxdotme on X, Oct 7, 2025.