DuckChain (DUCK) is a Layer 2 blockchain integrating AI and cross-chain interoperability, transforming Telegram into a crypto super-app with seamless DeFi access.

 (TON) blockchain in 2024 has focused the crypto industry's attention on the Telegram messaging app and its potential 

 use cases. The Open Network, frequently referred to as TON, became the first major blockchain project to tightly integrate the worlds of crypto and Web 2.0–based social media. And Telegram, with its nearly 1 billion active monthly users and popularity for one-to-one and one-to-many interactions, can be an absolute goldmine for web3 projects.

It was only a matter of time before other blockchain technology projects recognized the messenger's massive potential, and rushed to leverage opportunities. One of the earliest among these projects is DuckChain (DUCK) — a 

 network. DuckChain aims to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, 

 (EVM) compatibility and cross-chain interoperability with a unified gas system, and to close integration with Telegram to become a significant bridge between Web 2.0 and web3 environments.

 (DUCK) is a high-performance, AI-powered Layer 2 chain designed for tight integration with the Telegram social media network.

 It’s based on Arbitrum Orbit technology, a framework for building highly scalable and cost-efficient Layer 2 chains with EVM compatibility. As a Layer 2 platform, DuckChain links to TON’s Layer 1 network while also providing the functionality to integrate assets from the Ethereum and 

DuckChain's Arbitrum Orbit–based foundation supports its platform’s high throughput and low transaction costs. Naturally, the use of the Arbitrum Orbit stack also ensures EVM compatibility. In fact, DuckChain is one of the first, if not the first, web3 solutions within the wider TON ecosystem that features direct compatibility with EVM. As of yet, TON’s underlying blockchain has no built-in compatibility with the Ethereum ecosystem, making DuckChain a pioneer in bridging these two major blockchain environments.

DuckChain is not only fully EVM-compatible — it’s also connected to Bitcoin, allowing assets from Ethereum and Bitcoin ecosystems to be utilized on the platform. Additionally, 

 — social tokens widely used on Telegram for monetization — can be tokenized on DuckChain for further use within its 

 (DApps). In the future, the platform also hopes to implement cross-chain interoperability with 

DuckChain’s network has also integrated several AI-supported functions. These include AI-driven governance, personalized AI assistants for token holders, AI analysts that assist users in navigating the 

 (DeFi) ecosystem and AI-driven cross-chain operations.

The DuckChain team has made AI integration a key focus for its platform. In January 2025, the project’s communications began frequently referring to DuckChain as the “Telegram AI Chain,” highlighting the importance of AI functionality for the platform's future direction and vision. DuckChain — or the Telegram AI Chain, if you will — is building up an impressive network of partner platforms to realize its AI vision. Among the key AI partner platforms are 

 (FLOCK). Each of these partners will support specific functions and use cases for DuckChain’s AI agents.

DuckChain’s Layer 2 network uses the underlying TON blockchain for finalized transaction settlement. Built using Arbitrum Orbit, it enjoys EVM compatibility, high scalability and low transaction costs. The chain’s architecture includes three primary layers — aggregation, execution and data.

DuckChain’s Aggregation Layer is a component of its blockchain’s architecture, serving as a bridge between DuckChain and TON’s Layer 1 network. It’s made up of three elements: 

The Execution Layer is DuckChain's main processing engine, powered by Arbitrum Orbit technology. In addition to transaction processing, this layer is also responsible for keeping DuckChain synchronized with the Telegram environment.

DuckChain's Execution Layer can handle around 5,000 

 (TPS) thanks to Arbitrum Orbit technology, which facilitates the processing of high volumes of transactions in a scalable and cost-efficient way.

The third component of DuckChain’s architecture, the Data Layer, ensures that all transaction data is securely stored and accessible for verification. DuckChain’s platform uses a distributed mode for its data storage. The Data Layer allows Layer 1 validators to access and securely verify transaction data from the DuckChain Layer 2 network.

DuckChain’s close integration with Telegram creates access to on-chain opportunities for the messenger's nearly 1 billion active users. Telegram users can generate a DuckChain account in a streamlined way, without the usual procedures involved in setting up a blockchain network address. Thanks to DuckChain's integration with the core Telegram app, tedious procedures, such as 

Its blockchain also provides a mechanism to deposit Telegram Stars 

social tokens widely used on the messenger to pay for digital goods 

 and convert them into native crypto assets for DeFi purposes, such as gas payments, 

DuckChain also features a unique unified 

. Besides enabling Telegram Stars for gas payments, its system also lets users pay transaction fees on the network using The Open Network's native TON coin and tokens from compatible EVM chains.

TON coin is among the top twenty crypto assets on the market (as of Feb 10, 2025) by market cap, and features high liquidity levels. Gas payments in TON and popular EVM tokens provide the DuckChain network with sufficient levels of liquidity for transactions at all times.

The Layer 2 chain is a unique platform, offering 

 via DuckChain bridges for three large ecosystems 

 Ethereum, Bitcoin and TON. This cross-chain functionality is of particular note for two reasons. First, it creates opportunities for using DApps among holders of BTC, the world's most-capitalized cryptocurrency. And secondly, it provides a common platform for assets from two large ecosystems — TON and Ethereum — that aren’t natively compatible.

DuckChain's AI module supports several features powered by 

, a technology that’s currently experiencing explosive growth, including in the world of web3. One of these features is AI Governance DAO, powered by the Quack AI protocol. It supports members of the platform's governance DAO by assigning them personalized AI agents that assist the DAO members in analyzing proposals, suggesting new ideas and carrying out other governance processes.

In Q1 2025, the DuckChain project aims to introduce personalized AI agents for all holders of the platform's native token, DUCK. In addition to governance power, these agents will provide their owners with services such as blockchain education, guidance on user procedures and financial analytics.

DuckChain also integrates AI agents for cross-chain interoperability processes and the analysis of DeFi opportunities.

The platform’s native cryptocurrency, DUCK, had its token generation event (TGE) in mid-January 2025. DUCK runs on multiple chains — T

— and its utility functions include the following:

DUCK is currently priced at $0.0032 (as of Feb 11, 2025), and has a total and maximum supply of 10 billion. Its current circulation is 5.9 billion. Supply allocation shares are per the chart below.

In January 2025, DuckChain announced its first 

 campaign, with eligibility criteria determined on Jan 7, 2025. The airdrop was designed to reward two groups of early adopters: 

The airdrop allocation criteria included various factors, such as using on-chain Telegram Stars, the number of friends invited to the platform, using testnet 

 (NFTs), staking earnings, accumulating loyalty points and participating in the asset bridging event.

 as a Perpetual contract with USDT. Under the contract, you can trade DUCK with up to 50x leverage.

The DuckChain project is unique in several ways. First, it’s one of the first Layer 2 platforms for The Open Network — often referred to as TON. It also connects the ecosystems of three major blockchain environments — TON, Ethereum and Bitcoin — thus allowing holders of TON, BTC and Ethereum-compatible tokens to utilize them within DuckChain’s DApps. Very few (if any) web3 projects operating in the industry provide this kind of diversified connectivity.

At the same time, the most crucial feature of DuckChain is undoubtedly its integration with Telegram. The use of Telegram Stars within the platform is a unique feature that should act as a major driver for crypto adoption by the messenger's extensive user community. DuckChain isn't the first blockchain project to leverage Telegram, but it does represent the first major web3 initiative to provide easy monetization of Telegram Stars 

 the primary digital currency of the Telegram social network — within the world of 

If you've stocked up on some Telegram Stars, and are thinking of crypto-related opportunities, DuckChain might be an intriguing platform for you to peruse.

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Bitcoin halving is an important event that occurs every 210,00 blocks, or approximately every four years. It’s a programmed mechanism that cuts the reward for Bitcoin mining in half, theoretically to control the issuance of new bitcoins and manage inflation.

Bitcoin’s network operates on a fixed supply schedule, with a total cap of 21 million bitcoins. The previous halving took place in May 2020, reducing the reward for each mined block of BTC transactions from 12.5 bitcoins to 6.25 bitcoins per block. The upcoming halving will further reduce it to 3.125 BTC. 

Halving events have had significant implications for Bitcoin’s ecosystem, reducing the rate at which new Bitcoins are created and effectively slowing the supply of new coins entering the market. Coupled with increasing demand for Bitcoin, this reduction in supply has historically led to upward pressure on BTC’s price. 

Bitcoin Halving Enhances Scarcity, Bitcoin’s Key Proposition

Bitcoin halving leads to a slow supply to the market due to block rewards. Unlike gold and other commodities, Bitcoin becomes more scarce after each halving in terms of less new “production” of Bitcoin. A stock-to-flow (S2F) model shows that after halvings, Bitcoin becomes scarcer than gold.

The S2F ratio is calculated by dividing the circulating supply of a commodity by its annual production, yielding a gauge of scarcity. Bitcoin's S2F ratio is around 56 before the upcoming halving, while that of gold is 60. After the halving in April 2024, Bitcoin’s S2F ratio is projected to double to 112.

For detailed mechanisms of Bitcoin halving, please check out our 

Now that we’ve examined the basics, let’s examine the potential before and after impact of the upcoming April 2024 Bitcoin halving.

Before the halving takes place, there’s no impact on the supply side. On the demand side, however, investors tend to forerun the halving. With this fourth halving, we’ve noticed an early surge in Bitcoin’s price. Some analysts believe that the early pre-halving increase in Bitcoin’s price indicates that the post-halving price rally will be less remarkable than we’ve come to expect historically.

Nonetheless, this cycle has become more complex than ever, with the recent approval of Bitcoin Spot ETFs in the U.S. playing a role. 

Historically, it’s wise to buy Bitcoin within six months before the halving and hold it for at least 12 months afterward

Bitcoin began to recover in early October last year (2023), approximately six months before the coming April 2024 halving. However, it was also in October that large traditional finance giants began applying to run Bitcoin Spot ETFs. Overall, there is no consensus regarding whether the pre-halving effect has been more evident than in the previous three cycles.

, investors have allocated more positions to Bitcoin since last September, with an average of 40% and 24% of total assets in this largest cryptocurrency by institutions and retail investors, respectively, as of January 31, 2024. 

As Bitcoin becomes not only the first cryptocurrency but also the first currency with Spot ETFs approved by the SEC, it is seemingly becoming the safest investment choice even for the most sophisticated investors in the crypto field. The price correlation between Bitcoin and the rest of cryptocurrency has been consistently high, and investment in Bitcoin has also been regarded as the cryptocurrency with the lowest beta.

Bitcoin reserves in all centralized exchanges have been depleting faster. With only 2 million bitcoins left, if we assume a daily inflow of $500 million to Bitcoin Spot ETFs, the equivalent of around 7,142 bitcoins will leave exchange reserves daily, suggesting that it will only take 

 to consume all of the remaining reserves. With this in mind, it’s unsurprising that Bitcoin’s price may continue to climb before the halving, or even afterward, as the supply squeeze propels the price to another new record.

As mentioned above, institutions have been allocating more positions to Bitcoin in the past six months. Apart from crypto-native institutions, traditional Web 2.0 institutions have gained exposure with the help of Bitcoin Spot ETFs or Bitcoin proxy stocks such as MicroStrategy or miner stocks. In our view, traditional Web 2.0 institutions would prefer accumulating Bitcoin position before halving, sticking to the “sell the news” strategy. 

Nonetheless, we believe that not all institutions have been able to gain exposure since the approval of Bitcoin Spot ETFs in January 2024, as their investment mandates restrict them from investing in new products that have been in the market for only a few months. 

As highlighted above, Bitcoin is seeing early signs of a short squeeze. Post-halving, the supply squeeze will ostensibly be worse. Investors tend to 

 their Bitcoin positions if they’re being held in 

. The supply for Bitcoin Spot ETFs is usually from 

 (CEXs), in which profitable investors realize their profitable positions or successful miners sell their recent rewards. Since mining rewards will be cut in half after the halving, the sell-side supply flowing into the CEXs will be reduced.

After the halving, Bitcoin’s hash rate is expected to surge, increasing miners' production costs. CoinShares 

 that the direct costs of producing one Bitcoin will rise between $28K and $38K following the halving, while JPMorgan Chase & Co. recently predicted a $42K cost per production of one Bitcoin after April 2024. Only those miners with more advanced rigs and lower indirect costs will be able to survive once Bitcoin’s price drops below $40K.

It’s expected that following the halving, unprofitable miners might start selling their Bitcoin reserves in order to support their operations. However, once their reserves run out, the overall sell-side supply to CEXs will shrink.

The chart on the left shows miners’ reserves leading up to the 2024 halving, while the chart on the right shows those of the 2020 halving. It’s clear that miners started to unload their reserves earlier in this cycle, suggesting they might believe the Bitcoin price rally had begun to wear thin before the 2024 halving.

If Bitcoin continues to test a new ATH post-halving, some investors will try to profit from the opportunities presented. As mentioned above, Bitcoin tends to rally twelve months after each halving, and there’s a high probability that we might see a new ATH this time. Meanwhile, the Web 2.0 publicity will center around the Bitcoin halving, leading to 

-driven behavior on the part of new investors.

If you’re familiar with trading, an imminent mild adjustment of Bitcoin’s price might solidify its future rally as it forms a floor in the case of any 

 events. Thus, it can be okay to see adjustments during halving.

Bitcoin Cash jumped around 10% on April 4, 2024, right after the network’s halving. However, the rally wasn’t sustained, and BCH’s price has since retraced to its pre-halving level.

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A key question after the halving will be: How far will Bitcoin’s price climb, and at what price will the cycle peak? No one has a crystal ball. However, our observations of this cycle do lead to a few pieces of advice.

First of all, it’s wise to take profits half a year after the halving, toward the end of 2024. The past cycle indicated a twelve-month window after the halving. And yet, we observed more forerunning before the halving, which limits the room for gains post-halving.

As the halving date approaches, volatility could spike. Investors might consider diverse investment strategies to protect their positions. If you’re in view of large price movements, either long or short, consider the 

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