The TON Foundation has named Nikola Plecas, a former Visa executive, as its new vice president of payments. Plecas will oversee the development and implementation of TON's payment infrastructure strategy, focusing on expanding capabilities, managing financial partnerships, and ensuring compliance for over 1 billion Telegram users. With experience from Visa, Plecas aims to create a globally interoperable payments architecture to meet the growing demands of developers, enterprises, and users. TON Foundation CEO Max Crown highlighted the importance of payments in TON's roadmap and praised Plecas' leadership. The partnership between TON and Ethena to offer stablecoins to Telegram users further demonstrates TON's commitment to growth and innovation in the blockchain space. TON's collaboration with Tether and plans to connect to multiple chains showcase its ambitious scaling goals. Read more AI-generated news on: https://app.chaingpt.org/news