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TON (The Open Network) is a public layer-1 blockchain originally developed by Telegram and now deeply integrated with the Telegram messaging app under Pavel Durov's direction. It is a live, widely used network with legitimate exchanges, DeFi protocols, and hundreds of millions of Telegram Mini App users, but it has also become a recurring venue for phishing drainers, pyramid schemes, rug pulls, malware command-and-control infrastructure, and illicit Telegram-based marketplaces, in part because analytics and forensic tooling for TON lagged behind more established chains. Separately, Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov faces an unresolved criminal investigation in France opened in 2024 and, since July 2026, an in-absentia terrorism-related charge in Russia; neither has resulted in a conviction.
avoid.net/sui→57/100[CAUTIONARY]Sui is a Layer 1 blockchain developed by Mysten Labs, launched in May 2023 and built on the Move programming language. The network suffered one of the largest DeFi exploits of 2025 when Cetus Protocol — its primary DEX — was drained of approximately $223 million in May 2025, triggering a controversial emergency validator vote to freeze and reclaim stolen funds that exposed deep centralization concerns. Separately, ZachXBT investigated a $29 million SUI token theft in late 2024 involving Tornado Cash laundering and subsequently announced in July 2025 that he would no longer take Sui ecosystem cases due to inadequate incident-response infrastructure and lack of support from the ecosystem.