Wall Street Just Made a Bold Move: Toncoin Takes Center Stage

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In an act that screams, “Why not?”, Toncoin just snatched its first shiny Wall Street proxy. VERB’s $558 million dance into Toncoin territory suggests institutional interest is not just a mirage, but can the hype survive the painfully real price swings? Buckle up! 🚀💸

Say hello to Verb Technology (NASDAQ: VERB), the company formerly known for slick video and sales gizmos, now sporting a new alias-TON Strategy Co. Because nothing says diversification like pivoting entirely to a cryptocurrency backed by a messaging app. The company raised a staggering $558 million-yes, with a ‘M’-and now acts as the first public company to bet big on Toncoin [TON]. Think MicroStrategy, but swap Bitcoin for Telegram’s blockchain baby.

It’s a high-stakes game of “Bet the Future,” wagering on Telegram’s blockchain, and a not-so-subtle hint that Wall Street finally has an eye on Toncoin. Is this the moment TON sneaks into the big leagues? Or just a shiny distraction? Only time will tell. ⏳🤔

The First Public Toncoin Bet

Before its rebranding, Verb was all about shiny visuals and sales funnels, a typical Nasdaq darling, really. Now, it’s shifted to “TON Strategy Co.”-a name so bland it sounds like a secret government operation. The pivot is not subtle: They’re now all-in on Toncoin, Telegram’s native currency, which has over a million monthly active users-and growing faster than a weed. 🤑🌱

To fund this grand switch, VERB somehow managed to gather a cool $558 million from over 110 institutional and crypto-native backers. No big deal. The market responded like a teenager seeing a pizza-by jumping 115%.

Why’s this matter? Unlike Elon’s love affair with Tesla and Bitcoin, which mostly consisted of adding a few thousand Bitcoin here and there, VERB has flipped the entire script-completely reinventing itself as a Toncoin holder. Now, at a modest $3.35 per TON, VERB could load up around 166 million (that’s a lot of digital tokens) and become one of the biggest players in the game overnight.

PIPE-powered Pivot

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the financial wizardry behind this move. Unlike MicroStrategy, which threw itself into debt to amass Bitcoin, VERB decided to do it with equity. They raised the $558 million through a PIPE-think of it as a private investment in public equity-selling roughly 58.7 million shares at $9.51 each. Yep, just about the same as its stock price on August 1st. It’s like hitting a financial reset button and saying, “We’re all in!”

Meanwhile, despite the big headlines, Toncoin (the token, not the dog) was having its own humorous little dance-opening the week with a red candle, stubbornly refusing to break through the $4 barrier, and showing a 5.79% dip after a long streak of green weeks. Seems even the crypto markets like to keep us on our toes. 🥴📉

AMBCrypto points out that it’s a classic momentum divergence-moments when the market’s fancy narrative tries to outpace the actual price action. Right now, VERB’s stock is riding solely on the story that it’s the first public proxy for Toncoin exposure. The hype fueled that 115% spike, but in the words of every good gambler, “What goes up must, erm… come down?”

If Toncoin can’t muster a proper rally soon, VERB’s “big coin” stack might look less impressive when reality sets in. The market’s good at doing quick math, and frankly, the math isn’t looking so dreamy right now. 🚧🤷‍♂️

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2025-08-05 17:32