News, research and on-chain benchmarks from Hipo, the liquid staking protocol on TON.https://hipo.finance/blog/enhttps://hipo.finance/blog/gram-staking-benchmark-q2-2026/https://hipo.finance/blog/gram-staking-benchmark-q2-2026/We measured realized GRAM staking returns across Hipo, Tonstakers, Stakee and KTON over 45 days. Method, wallet and results are public.Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/hton-renamed-to-hgram/https://hipo.finance/blog/hton-renamed-to-hgram/Hipo's liquid staking token is now called hGRAM, following TON's rename of its coin to GRAM. What changed, and what it means for holders.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/gram-staking-benchmark-q1-2026/https://hipo.finance/blog/gram-staking-benchmark-q1-2026/100 GRAM staked in six TON liquid staking protocols under identical conditions. Real returns, fees and withdrawal times, from a public wallet.Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/hipo-2nd-anniversary-report/https://hipo.finance/blog/hipo-2nd-anniversary-report/Hipo's second year of liquid staking on TON: the numbers, the launches, the $1M liquidity program, and lessons from building a community-driven protocol.Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/how-ton-can-grow/https://hipo.finance/blog/how-ton-can-grow/What is holding TON back, from wallet exclusivity to onboarding, seen from two years of building a liquid staking protocol on it.Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/why-we-launched-hpo-and-hipo-fund/https://hipo.finance/blog/why-we-launched-hpo-and-hipo-fund/Why Hipo created the HPO governance token and the Hipo Fund, what each one is for, and how they fit into the protocol's long-term plan.Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/why-we-launched-hipo-club/https://hipo.finance/blog/why-we-launched-hipo-club/What Hipo Gang taught us about rewards, and why we replaced it with Hipo Club, a staking rewards program built around hGRAM and HPO.Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/hipo-at-token2049-dubai-2025/https://hipo.finance/blog/hipo-at-token2049-dubai-2025/Conversations, concerns and commitments from Token2049 Dubai 2025: what builders and investors told us about TON, and what Hipo is doing about it.Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/hpo-governance-token/https://hipo.finance/blog/hpo-governance-token/What HPO does: Hipo DAO votes, Hipo Club levels, profit sharing when a staking fee is charged, the borrower-fee buy-and-burn, and tokenomics.Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/hipo-1st-anniversary-report/https://hipo.finance/blog/hipo-1st-anniversary-report/Hipo's first year of liquid staking on TON: how the protocol launched, how staking on it grew, and what we built next.Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/hipo-gang-first-two-months/https://hipo.finance/blog/hipo-gang-first-two-months/A snapshot from October 2024: Hipo Gang reached 1.9M members, 383K connected wallets and $1.48M TVL in two months. Hipo Gang has since ended.Tue, 08 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/ton-validator-penalties/https://hipo.finance/blog/ton-validator-penalties/TON penalizes underperforming validators. On Hipo, validators post collateral first, so penalties come from their stake, not yours.Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/what-is-hipo-gang/https://hipo.finance/blog/what-is-hipo-gang/A record of Hipo Gang, Hipo's 2024 tap-to-earn game on Telegram: how it worked and how it differed from other T2E games. Now replaced by Hipo Club.Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/ton-vs-bitcoin/https://hipo.finance/blog/ton-vs-bitcoin/A 2024 comparison of TON and Bitcoin: design, speed, fees and use cases. TON's native coin is now called GRAM (formerly Toncoin).Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/staking-on-ton/https://hipo.finance/blog/staking-on-ton/How staking GRAM on TON works, how direct staking differs from liquid staking, and what to check before choosing a staking protocol.Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/hipo-ambassador-program/https://hipo.finance/blog/hipo-ambassador-program/How the Hipo Ambassador Program worked and who it was for. The program is currently paused; follow @HipoFinance on Telegram for news.Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/hgram-vs-gram-liquidity-pools/https://hipo.finance/blog/hgram-vs-gram-liquidity-pools/Why pairing hGRAM instead of GRAM in a DEX pool adds staking rewards on top of trading fees, with a worked example and an honest look at impermanent loss.Thu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/blockchain-validators/https://hipo.finance/blog/blockchain-validators/What blockchain validators do, how proof-of-stake networks select them, and what happens when a validator goes offline or misbehaves.Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/ton-blockchain-features/https://hipo.finance/blog/ton-blockchain-features/An overview of the TON blockchain: how it works, its main services, and ways to earn with its native coin GRAM (formerly Toncoin).Sun, 12 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/liquid-staking-token/https://hipo.finance/blog/liquid-staking-token/What a liquid staking token is, how its value tracks the staked coins and rewards, where you can use it, and the risks, with hGRAM as the example.Mon, 06 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/what-is-staking/https://hipo.finance/blog/what-is-staking/Crypto staking explained: how proof-of-stake networks reward stakers, the risks involved, and how staking differs from liquid staking.Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Teamhttps://hipo.finance/blog/what-is-liquid-staking/https://hipo.finance/blog/what-is-liquid-staking/Liquid staking explained: how liquid staking tokens work, the real benefits and risks, and examples on Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos and TON.Wed, 24 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMTHipo Team