Toncoin (TON) Price: TON Strategy Bags $5.6M in May Staking Rewards as Network Gets a Major Upgrade

TLDR

• TON Strategy earned an estimated 3.3 million TON (~$5.6 million) in May staking rewards.
• The company’s gross staking yield rose from 1.39% in April to 1.48% in May, with an annualized rate of 17.80%.
• TON network upgrades focused on throughput, smart contract execution, and validator efficiency took effect on June 4.
• TON Strategy’s Nasdaq-listed TONX shares rose about 1.3% to $3.15, up roughly 31% year-to-date.
• Toncoin itself traded near $1.72, staying mostly flat year-to-date.

TON Strategy, the Nasdaq-listed company that holds Toncoin as its primary treasury asset, reported approximately 3.3 million TON in staking rewards for May 2026. Based on market prices at the time, those rewards were worth over $5.6 million.

The company held about 227.5 million TON as of May 31, with around 226.8 million of those tokens actively staked. Its gross staking yield for May came in at roughly 1.48%, up from 1.39% in April. On an annualized basis, the May yield reached about 17.80%, compared to 16.7% in April.

TON Strategy said staking rewards remain a core part of its treasury operations. The company, formerly known as Verb Technology, adopted its Toncoin-focused strategy in August 2025. Since then, it has become one of the largest holders and validators on The Open Network.

Network Upgrades Take Effect June 4

TON Strategy also voiced its support for a set of governance proposals that took effect on June 4, 2026. The upgrades were focused on network performance, throughput, and scalability.

Among the changes was the TVM 14 upgrade, which brought improvements to smart contract execution. The Block Sync Overlay introduced a dedicated communication layer for validators. Full collated data generation and expanded validation capacity were also included, raising the maximum collated data size handled by validators. The upgrades also added resource controls to manage spam and congestion.

TON Strategy confirmed the approved changes would not affect validation rewards, meaning its staking income is not expected to be impacted.

‘Make TON Great Again’ Push Continues

The upgrades come as Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has pushed a broader overhaul of the TON ecosystem under his “Make TON Great Again” initiative.

Earlier in June 2026, Durov announced that TON’s native cryptocurrency would be renamed to Gram. The name revives the branding from Telegram’s original white paper. The rebrand is part of a wider effort that includes fee reductions, further network improvements, and a plan for Telegram to take a larger role in guiding the TON ecosystem.

TON Strategy’s TONX shares were up about 1.3% on Monday, trading at $3.15. The stock is up approximately 31% year-to-date.

Toncoin (TON) was trading near $1.72 and has remained mostly flat year-to-date.

The company’s April 2026 upgrades had already improved block times and transaction costs. The latest round of changes builds on that earlier work.

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