Thanks for sharing your thoughts on TON! I think that the key to a cryptocurrency that will be successful long term is creating it on a platform that could survive if the market crashes. It's basically playing a safer bet. This does not apply to all cases and a lot of times technology will overcome this idea, but I still think it's a good methodology to apply when it can be applied.
Telegram are a very successful company already and have such a huge crypto user base that it should do well on those two facts alone. Seeing the big names involved also makes me think that it has real potential.
The tech behind it may not be very impressive. But with $1.2 billion, I'm sure a FIAT gateway will be something they look at.
I think that it sounds like a good project, but it will likely do well due to the great company behind it. I'll look in to the CEO's past some more, as well as the whole team behind the project (due diligence is my number one rule for every project I may want to invest in) and I will do an ICO overview, so that I can help people find what I think is important information about TON. Thanks again for sharing!