Toncoin is moving. The token is up roughly 10% as the crypto community counts down to the close of a community vote that could officially rename one of crypto’s most politically charged blockchains, and the momentum is building with 79% of voters already backing the change.
It began on June 2, when TON’s official account dropped the news the blockchain was proposing a rename to Gram, the name pulled directly from the original TON White Paper that has quietly remained embedded in the codebase this entire time.
Toncoin (TON) -> Gram (GRAM)
Community vote is live.
Since Telegram took a leading role in TON's development, the chain got 10× faster, fees 6× lower.
And now Telegram proposes one more change: renaming Toncoin to Gram – the name from the original TON White Paper that never…
— TON 💎 (@ton_blockchain) June 1, 2026
The market reacted immediately. TON spiked to $2.12 on the announcement, the kind of sharp move that signals genuine attention rather than routine noise.
The rally did not hold. By Friday, the token had round-tripped all the way back to $1.50 as early buyers took profit and momentum cooled. But then something interesting happened, it bounced. And as the June 8 vote deadline closes in with 79% of the community already voting yes, TON is up roughly 10% off that low and climbing again with fresh energy behind it.
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A Name That Never Actually Left
The name Gram is not new. It is not a rebrand for rebrand’s sake, and it is not a marketing exercise dreamed up in a boardroom. Gram was the name in Telegram’s original TON White Paper, the document that laid out the entire vision for the network before legal battles with the SEC forced Telegram to abandon the project in 2020. The name stayed in the codebase through all of it. The rebrand is not introducing something new. It is restoring something that was always there.
That context matters because it gives the rename a legitimacy that pure rebranding exercises often lack. This is the network reconnecting with its origin story, not reinventing itself under pressure.
Part of a Seven-Step Roadmap And Durov Is Driving It
This is not a standalone move. The Gram rebrand is step four of Pavel Durov’s seven-step “Make TON Great Again” roadmap, a structured plan to rebuild and strengthen the network that Telegram’s founder has been executing methodically. Step three, Telegram becoming TON’s largest validator, landed in May. Now step four is at the door, with three more undisclosed steps still to come.
The roadmap context is important for understanding why the community is responding so positively. Since Telegram took a leading role in TON’s development, the on-chain performance numbers have improved significantly, the chain is now ten times faster than it was, and transaction fees have dropped six times lower. Telegram is not just lending its name to the network. It is actively building on it, and the results are visible in the data.
The community vote reflects that trust. With 79% of votes currently in support and the poll closing on June 8, the Gram rebrand is all but confirmed barring a dramatic last-minute reversal.
Nothing Changes Except The Name
Here is what every TON holder needs to understand clearly. If the vote passes, nothing changes except the ticker and the name. There is no token swap. There is no migration. There is no action required from holders. Your tokens do not move, your wallet does not change, and you do not need to do anything at all to remain a Gram holder once the rebrand takes effect.
That clarity matters because scammers are already exploiting the confusion. Any website or account asking you to “claim GRAM” or “migrate TON” is fraudulent. Do not interact with them. Do not connect your wallet. Do not send funds. The official TON team has made this explicit, there is no migration process because none is needed. Anyone telling you otherwise is trying to steal your assets.
What Comes Next As The Vote Closes
The vote closes June 8, and with 79% already in favour, the Gram rebrand appears to be heading toward official approval. What happens after that is the more interesting question. Three steps of Durov’s seven-step roadmap remain undisclosed, and given the pattern so far, Telegram becoming the network’s largest validator, a ten-times performance improvement, fees slashed, and now a historic rebrand, the remaining steps are unlikely to be minor.
The 10% price move today reflects the market pricing in both the near-term rebrand catalyst and the longer-term potential of a network that is genuinely improving under Telegram’s stewardship. Whether the momentum holds after the vote closes will depend on what comes next in the roadmap, and for now, only Durov knows what that is.
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