TON and Hedera Top Activity Increase This Week
TON blockchain leads Layer-1 networks with a 66% surge in daily transaction activity, while Hedera posts a 56% rise in on-chain volume, according to Chainspect data.
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TON Claims Top Spot for Daily Transaction Growth
@Ton_blockchain has recorded a 66% jump in transaction activity this week, making it the fastest-growing Layer-1 network on a daily basis according to Chainspect data. @Hedera follows in second place with a 56% rise in on-chain volume, while @Avax rounds out the top three with a 30% increase.
The move higher for $TON comes on the back of a rapidly expanding mini-app ecosystem built into Telegram. TON monthly active addresses rose from roughly 1.4 million to 4.5 million in 2026 as Telegram-linked activity has kept expanding. The network's consumer model is built around smaller, faster, and more frequent transactions including app rewards, simple transfers, gaming actions, tipping, mini-app payments, and stablecoin-style flows. That structural design has made it well-suited to absorb the wave of new users arriving through Telegram's interface.
Technical improvements have also helped. The Catchain 2.0 upgrade reduced block generation time to just 400 milliseconds, a change that makes sub-second finality live and fees negligible.
Hedera Builds on Enterprise Momentum
$HBAR's activity increase tells a different story. Rather than consumer-facing apps, Hedera's volume growth is tied to institutional and enterprise settlement flows. Its governance model, led by a council of global corporations including Google, IBM, and LG, sets it apart from community-driven blockchains and positions it as a preferred network for regulated and enterprise-grade use cases.
Daily transactions on Hedera have remained near 371,000 despite broader market turbulence, signaling robust enterprise adoption. The network has processed billions of transactions since its mainnet launch, with use cases spanning tokenization, supply chain tracking, and decentralized identity.
Taken together, this week's figures point to broadening network usage across the Layer-1 landscape, with $TON and $HBAR leading for distinctly different reasons. TON's gains reflect the scale of Telegram's consumer reach, while Hedera's rise underlines steady institutional demand for a governed, enterprise-ready ledger.
Sources
TON Monthly Active Addresses Triple in 2026, Crypto Adventure
Hedera Latest Network Updates, CoinMarketCap
Hedera Network Growth Analysis, CryptoRank
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