AMA with TON: key takeaways
XDAOIn a live AMA on X (Twitter), the TON team (Zenith & Viktor) and the co-founder of TONxDAO (Zurab Shavlidze), dove into the XDAO ecosystem, why it’s moving to TON, and what the future holds for DAOs inside Telegram
📌 What is XDAO?
XDAO is a “DAO factory” that lets anyone create a decentralized organization in just a few clicks. Live since 2021, it supports over 40 blockchains (Ethereum, BNB, Polygon, etc.) and makes it easy to launch and manage digital organizations on-chain
To date, over 27,000 real DAOs have been created on XDAO, collectively handling over $100,000,000 in stablecoins
Now, it’s coming to TON!
📲 Why move to TON?
Telegram is the heart of the crypto world. Most of XDAO’s users already come from Telegram — so the logical next step is to bring DAOs directly into their home turf
The only thing holding it back before was the lack of stablecoins in TON. But after the official USDT integration, everything changed:
“We no longer want to pull users into other chains — we’re bringing DAOs directly into Telegram, powered by TON”
🧩 Who is this for?
1. Startups — DAOs as an alternative to traditional companies, for transparent fundraising and governance
2. Crypto communities — to fix ownership, manage pooled investments, and govern funds
3. Charity initiatives — for transparent fundraising and fair distribution
Examples? DAOs have invested in AI startups, launched cinema chains, and even funded go-kart platforms — all through XDAO
🔧 How it works
• Creating a DAO takes just a few minutes: name, team, share structure, voting setup
• Voting can be delegated to avoid decision-making chaos
DAOs can have lots of members. If every investor had to vote, it’d be slow and messy. That’s why XDAO uses a two-tier model:
1. Investors get liquidity tokens — they have a stake in the DAO, but don’t vote directly
2. Managers (general partners) get governance tokens — they make all on-chain decisions
This way, investors delegate their voice, and managers handle governance.
It stays decentralized — but efficient
• DAOs can plug into DEXs, run crowdfunding, automate salary payouts, and much more — all via modular add-ons
• And all of this lives inside a Telegram bot
🎮 What is TONxDAO?
In fall 2024, the team launched a Telegram mini-app — TONxDAO. It’s DAO onboarding in a gamified format. No boring guides — just good vibes, shared farming of the future $DAO token, boosts, multipliers, and interactive quests that teach you how DAOs work
“We want to onboard millions of users into DAOs through a fun and intuitive interface — and Telegram is the perfect place for that”
🏛 Legal power for DAOs
In Feb 2025, XDAO launched the DAO Association: XDAO Labs, based in Singapore
Through it, over 1,000,000 users have registered more than 370,000 legally recognized DAOs — all directly inside Telegram:
• Signing is done via Web3 (EthSign service + Tonkeeper wallet)
• Users can formalize agreements inside DAO chats using a special bot — these hold legal weight and can even be used in court
• Each DAO gets legal status in a DAO-friendly jurisdiction
🌍 What’s next?
XDAO is preparing for the main product launch on TON:
• Smart contracts are nearly complete — audit is next
• DAOs will live fully inside Telegram: voting, treasury, DEX integration
• A module marketplace will unlock full customization and scalability
• The $DAO token will be the key to creating and managing DAOs
“Our goal is to make it possible for every Telegram community to become a DAO. That’s the future — and we’re building it now”
🎁 Bonus for the most attentive ones
At the end of the AMA, a secret code was revealed — FUTURE
Enter it in a special quest in the mini-app to receive 300,000 $DAO