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Research Brief
Research Brief · 19 May 2026
Through research on the following hot topics: Trump launching World Liberty Financial DeFi protocol, TON network upgrading to Catchain 2.0 for sub-second finality, and ongoing election integrity investigations by DNI Gabbard, the crypto-political landscape is heating up. Major announcements from Mar-A-Lago and hacked Trump family accounts also dominate.
My take: This is a clear push to merge political branding with crypto adoption, but security risks remain glaring. The TON ecosystem is maturing fast, which could legitimize Telegram-based finance.
Prediction: Expect more political figures to launch crypto projects, driving regulatory scrutiny. TON will likely become a key layer for identity and reputation systems.
Public sentiment is excited but wary, with many calling out scams and questioning the motives behind these high-profile launches.
#1
Catchain 2.0 activation is underway TON validators are voting to fully activate Catchain 2.0 , a consensus upgrade that brings sub-second finality to the network. The first phase has been live since April 2. Today, at 14:00 UTC, the final vote started to cut block times to 400 ms across the entire n
#2
🇺🇸 🦅 It’s official! Donald J. Trump has just announced the launch of World Liberty Financial! Go check it out and be part of this groundbreaking DeFi movement: https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1846326266011762820
#3
Observe the top three things DNI Gabbard is investigating: -Treasonous conspiracy against Trump -Election integrity, specifically mail-in ballots from Fulton County in 2020 -Covid origins and US biolabs, specifically the 40+ in Ukraine All of these are connected. How? Covid was a man-made virus, tha
#4
Attention: Tomarket users in Nigeria! 🇳🇬 Tomarket has worked with Bitget Wallet to support a safer way for Nigeria users to convert stablecoins to Naira via Bank Transfer. P2P off-ramps today often come with real pain... 👉 waiting for sellers 👉 nervous refreshes of bank apps 👉 fake alerts... Wit
#5
🇺🇸 Big Announcement! 🇺🇸 We're thrilled to announce that on September 16 at 8 PM EST, we'll be going live from Mar-A-Lago with none other than Donald J. Trump! Get ready as we unveil our plan to Make Finance Great Again. This is a landmark event you won't want to miss! Let'
#6
🚀 Exciting News! World Liberty Financial has officially published its vision for revolutionizing finance through a DeFi protocol built for mass adoption! 🌍 🔗 Read it here: https://medium.com/@wlfi/world-liberty-financial-seeks-to-revolutionize-finance-with-a-defi-protocol-that-will-be-built-
#7
Despite the unsettling events of yesterday, our X Spaces with Donald Trump will proceed as scheduled. We admire Mr. Trump's courage to continue in the face of adversity. Join us for a pivotal discussion on the future of cryptocurrency https://x.com/i/spaces/1jMJgBljZaYGL
#8
Identity is the trust layer for the TON ecosystem. 💎 It turns public ecosystem activity into reputation by analyzing signals such as code, wallets, badges, and social presence, helping make contribution and credibility more visible across TON. Now Identity has released Launches, a new discovery sect
#9
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#10
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#11
🚀 The AI Hackathon review period has been extended until April 3 . The results exceeded all expectations: over 160 submissions, 4x the previous contest. The volume and variety of projects submitted have genuinely impressed us. A strong mix of thoughtful, creative, and technically impressive work fro
#12
💎 Tolk v1.3 is here, and it’s no longer just a smart contract language Tolk is evolving into a general-purpose language and a foundation for a broader TON development toolchain. This release introduces capabilities needed for libraries, frameworks, and developer tools beyond contracts. The TON Core
#13
The Telegraph: «Эксклюзив: Путин издевается над Стармером , используя военный корабль в Ла-Манше. Российский фрегат сопровождает танкеры, находящиеся под санкциями,
#14
GOATS PREDICTION MARKET: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER-FINALS - 1ST LEG 🔥 This ain’t just football—it’s WAR. 💰 Big clubs. Big bets. Even BIGGER bags. 🚀 4 fresh Champions League battles just hit the GOATS Prediction Market. Think you got the football IQ of a mastermind? Or just ready to send it like a tru
#15
🚨 ALERT: Lara’s and Tiffany Trump's X accounts have been hacked. Do NOT click on any links or purchase any tokens shared from their profiles. We're actively working to fix this, but please stay vigilant and avoid scams! 🚫
#16
💎 Building financial products inside Telegram just got faster Dynami c and Fireblocks launched native embedded wallet support for TON. Developers can now ship payment apps, trading platforms, and commerce experiences without building wallet infrastructure from scratch. ✅ Users get a fully functional
#17
TON Foundation Celebrates Pavel Durov's Passport Return TON Foundation is delighted to learn that Pavel Durov's passport has been returned to him by French authorities, granting him the freedom to leave the country at his discretion. This news marks a significant moment of resolution. With n
#18
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#19
Just like @realDonaldTrump ,our eSIM keeps you winning, no matter where you are in the world! Connect in over 150 countries without the hassle.
#20
🔥 6 HOURS LEFT! 🔥 You will have 40 minutes to buy as much as you can before the official launch on Twitter. Over 10 million combined followers are waiting to buy after you. The buying power will be obscene once everyone else gets it. 🌐 Read our pinned guide. This is a billion dollar coin, and yo
#21
JUST IN: Elon Musk announces he is filing appeal in lawsuit against OpenAI. @WatcherGuru
#22
Trump announces that another mission was carried out in Nigeria, this time to take out an ISIS leader. Trump and the US MIL are neutralizing Deep State assets and terror cells around the globe. The entire network is being exterminated.
#23
Here are some of the stories we are covering from around the world: Live Updates: No Letup in Strikes on Iran, U.S. Says, as Mideast Crisis Widens The crisis in the Middle East widened on Wednesday after NATO air defenses shot down an Iranian ballistic missile headed toward Turkey, the U.S. sank an
#24
I think we are going to see the eventual withdrawal of US influence in Taiwan and Ukraine. Trump is removing Chinese/Russian influence from our hemisphere, Venezuela, Panama, Cuba, etc., and I think Trump wants to remove our presence from China and Russia’s neighborhood as well. Putin and Xi stood d
#25
I think we are witnessing the dawn of a new world. Xi speaks highly of Trump and his vision to Make America Great Again, and says that the modernization and rejuvenation of China can be done “hand in hand” with the US, and we can work together to make the world a better place. What if Trump and Xi a
#26
My biggest takeaway from this trip so far, is that Trump and Xi were working together this whole time on Iran. Escalation into WW3 was never a risk. Trump had the board secure before he struck. Xi didn’t want Iran having nukes either. A deal/agreement was already in place.
#27
As expected, Trump is already putting the pressure back on Iran, now that the trip to China is over. Trump is reportedly gearing up for his next move. Potential targets being: infrastructure, Kharg Island, and/or the enriched uranium. Stay frosty.
#28
Can you all imagine Kamala or Biden going to China, with all the top businessmen on the planet, to negotiate with Xi? They could barely even complete a sentence. The fact that the Dems put those two morons in charge of our country, is unforgivable.
#29
Here are some of the stories we are covering from around the world: Pakistan Strikes Afghanistan in ‘Open War’ Against Taliban Government Pakistan and Afghanistan engaged in their fiercest clashes in years on Friday, according to officials from both nations, escalating months of tension and border s
#30
የፈረንሳይ ኤምባሲ ዛሬ የሰጠውን ምላሽ አየሁ፣ በቅንነት ለተሰጠው ማብራርያ አመሰግናለሁ። ነገር ግን የሌሎች ሚድያዎችን ዜና ምንጭ ሳይጠቅሱ ቲክቶክ ላይ ማንበብ 'digital news creator' የሚያስብል እንደሆነ ስለማላውቅ እኔም የበለጠ ለማወቅ ጥረት አረጋለሁ። ልጁን ደግሞ በርታ ለማለት እና ወደፊት ወደ ሚድያ ሙያ ለመግባት የሚያስብ ከሆነ ልምድ ለማካፈል ፈቃደኛ መሆኔን ለመግለፅ እወዳለሁ። በጋዜጠኝነት ሙያ ዙርያ አስተያየት ሲሰጥ ጉዳዩን ከብሄር ጋር
#31
It always makes me laugh when people are like “Trump needs to do XYZ”, as if Trump doesn’t know what’s going on. The guy just took control of the world’s oil flow, and is resetting the global order, with a sequence of premeditated maneuvers. He has a plan, he has a timeline, and both he and his team
#32
Here are some of the stories we are covering from around the world: How the Assault on Iran Unfolded Despite warnings after an earlier wave of killings, top Iranian officials gathered in person on Saturday, and Israel seized the chance to kill Iran’s supreme leader. Afghanistan Says Pakistan Tried t
#33
Good news! We're excited to announce that our Discord server limit has been increased! This means we're now able to welcome new members again. Here's the invite link: https://join.zksync.dev/ You can always confirm our official links on our documentation page: https://docs.zksync
#34
Trump highlights the recent mission in Nigeria and says “watch what’s next on your favorite subject”. I’m not exactly sure what he is referring to, but my guess is Iran? Perhaps a threat to Iranian leadership that something similar is about to happen to them. We shall see.
#35
Elon can’t stop Pepe posting 🐸 🇺🇸
#36
VERY interesting. Trump says he is holding off on decimating Iran, at the request of the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, who say they can help finalize the deal. These were the three nations Trump visited on his Middle East trip in 2025. The rest of the Middle East sided with Trump against
#37
First we got rid of that moron MTG, now Massie is down to his final days before he is primaried. The anti-Trump movement has lost its steam, and the final woke-Right darling is about to be sent packing. Massie will have a job waiting for him at CNN and MSNBC.
#38
I assume Trump wanted things to be relatively calm in Iran while he was in China, for both optics and security. But now that the visit is over, I think the window is open for Trump to make his next move in Iran. Trump wants this wrapped up and he wants the enriched uranium.
#39
There needs to be a Call of Duty-type video game, dedicated to all of the bad ass missions in the Trump admin. -Midnight Hammer strike on Iran -Maduro arrest in Venezuela -Epic Fury in Iran -Mission in Nigeria -Potential mission to secure uranium Would be epic.
#40
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1867752745039458668?s=46
#41
Missed the $ZEC or $XMR run? $CCD is the next privacy play 💸 one of the most undervalued gems of the cycle. comparable infrastructure projects sit at $2B-$5B MC. $CCD is at $160M. the setup is clean. 🧠 Hilbert Group (NASDAQ-listed) did an OTC deal and is now market
#42
Yesterday it was $ENJ, today it's $ORDI 🚀 This $ORDI pump is even more impressive: 3x in just 2 days! No bullish news, nothing. Just a pump 🤷♂️ 👉 That's exactly what I was talking about 2 months ago when I said 'more and more alts will casually pump…
#43
I believe Covid and election security are related. After the Russia/Mueller hoax failed to remove Trump, I believe C19 was released intentionally, to force mass mail-in ballots, which the Dems harvested and delivered to blue counties in swing states, and stole the 2020 election. Yes, I am alleging t
#44
Bitcoin Dominance Bitcoin dominance has held strong for over 1.5 years — unusual compared to previous cycles. Trump’s pro-Bitcoin stance likely helped maintain this strength, limiting liquidity flow into altcoins. Now dominance is near key levels: 49% and 45%. A break below 49% shows weakness. A dro
#45
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1867414209425735711?s=46
#46
The anti-American propaganda from the fake news, is not just blatantly inaccurate, it’s treasonous. The Left-wing MSM are aiding and abetting the enemies of the US during wartime. They are the propaganda arm of a global terrorist organization, that we are at war with. Treason.
#47
Just witnessed like 5 crashouts in gcs, on a few% moves in each direction Good news was expected and uncertainty wasn’t priced in, tldr nothing ever happens
#48
Here are some of the stories we are covering from around the world: The Fall of a Strongman: Inside Maduro’s Last Days in Power In his final days in power, President Nicolás Maduro overestimated his strength and misread his exchange with President Trump, a miscalculation that changed the course of V
#49
Иран запустил «Hormuz Safe» — сервис страхования судоходных компаний, проходящих через Ормузский пролив, обеспеченный биткоином. Правительство Ирана заявляет, что программа принесет более 10 млрд долларов дохода. Сервис предназначен для иранских судоходных компаний и владельцев грузов. Груз застрахо
#50
TRUMP: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, U.S. NAVY, WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF BLOCKADING ANY AND ALL SHIPS TRYING TO ENTER, OR LEAVE, THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ: INFINITYHEDGE
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