What Is Gram (Formerly Toncoin)?
Gram is the native coin of TON (The Open Network), a high-throughput layer-1 blockchain that grew out of Telegram's original Telegram Open Network project. In June 2026, Pavel Durov announced that the coin would be renamed from Toncoin to Gram, reviving the name used in Telegram's first 2018 whitepaper. The blockchain keeps the name TON, while the coin that powers it is now called Gram - the rename is a branding change, with no token swap and no effect on balances, staking, or DeFi positions.
Gram is used to pay network fees, stake to help secure the chain, and participate in governance. TON runs on a Byzantine Fault Tolerant Proof-of-Stake consensus with dynamic sharding, an architecture built to scale to over 100,000 transactions per second. After the Catchain 2.0 upgrade in April 2026, block finality dropped below one second and transaction fees fell to roughly $0.0005, making Gram one of the cheapest and fastest coins to move. Tokens issued on TON follow the Jetton standard, which covers stablecoins like USDT, plus game and DeFi assets that all settle in Gram for fees.
What Is a Gram Wallet?
A Gram wallet is an app that lets you create, import, and use a TON address to store, send, and receive Gram and Jettons without leaving your funds on an exchange. Because Gram is the coin that pays for every transaction on TON, you keep a small amount on hand to cover fees - even when sending a Jetton like USDT. A self-custodial Gram wallet means the private keys stay on your device, so you - and only you - control the funds.
Gem Wallet is a self-custodial Gram wallet for iOS, Android, and APK. It gives you a TON address from a single 12-word recovery phrase, lets you send, receive, stake, swap, and buy Gram and Jettons, and never asks for an email, account, or KYC. Gem Wallet is open-source and independently audited, so anyone can verify how it protects your keys.
Gram Wallet Features in Gem Wallet
- Listed in the TON ecosystem directory: Gem Wallet is featured in the official TON wallets directory on ton.app.
- Full Self-Custody: Gem Wallet keeps your TON private keys on your device, secured by a single 12-word recovery phrase that also covers every other supported network.
- Gram, Jettons & NFTs: Gem Wallet lets you hold Gram alongside Jettons like USDT and TON NFTs, with live prices and complete transaction history.
- Stake Gram for Rewards: Gem Wallet lets you stake Gram directly in the app to earn rewards while helping secure the TON network.
- Built-In DEX Aggregator: Gem Wallet lets you swap Gram and Jettons for other assets right inside the app through an integrated decentralized exchange aggregator - no separate swap site needed.
- Buy Gram with a Card: Gem Wallet lets you buy Gram with a credit or debit card and other payment methods, credited straight to your wallet.
- Open Source & Audited: Gem Wallet is fully open-source and independently audited, giving you transparency that closed wallets cannot.
Stake Gram in Gem Wallet
Staking is one of the most useful things you can do with Gram, and Gem Wallet lets you stake directly from the app. When you stake Gram you help secure TON's Proof-of-Stake network and earn rewards in return. Rewards can be swapped for other assets, used to cover network fees, or restaked to grow your position - all without giving up custody of your coins. Because TON fees sit at fractions of a cent, more of every reward stays in your wallet.
Download the Gem Wallet Gram wallet app today and store, stake, swap, and buy Gram and Jettons like USDT with full self-custody on iOS, Android, and APK.











