The Challenge: Scaling Financial Operations Beyond Spreadsheets
TONstarter, one of the key players in the TON ecosystem, faced the growing pains of scaling a crypto-native business without a purpose-built financial infrastructure. As transaction volumes surged, the finance team found themselves managing critical data across Google Sheets, Excel files, and inconsistent workflows.
“Producing accurate management reports became nearly impossible,” said Anastacia Shabalina, Finance Lead. “The biggest risk was losing visibility. Something could be missing in someone’s spreadsheet, and no one would know.”
The team needed to move fast: unify financial data, build a foundation based on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and prepare for upcoming group audits as the company moved into its next phase of growth.
The Solution: Adopting TRES for Full-Stack Crypto Finance
TRES was selected for its full support of the TON ecosystem and the comprehensive feature set Anastacia and her team needed to get started. While the initial setup at TONstarter was minimal, it provided a solid foundation for the finance team to begin building a scalable crypto accounting process.
The finance team immediately began the heavy lift: reconciling every single historic transaction since TONstarter’s inception in 2023, across Ethereum and TON, plus a growing list of stablecoins and project tokens.
What stood out was TRES’ seamless integration with Xero, the team’s ERP of choice. “That was the first big win,” Anastacia explained. “We had deep experience with Xero in traditional finance, and TRES made it easy to bring crypto into that environment.”
Just as important was the user experience. Even without a full onboarding, the finance team quickly got up to speed.
“The system is intuitive, the rules engine is smart, and the tech support is fast and knowledgeable. When something didn’t work, we got help immediately, from people who actually understood crypto finance.”
— Anastacia Shabalina, Finance Lead at TONstarter
The Impact: Accelerated Close Cycles and Audit Readiness
In just a few months, TONstarter’s finance team closed out all historical transactions and implemented a structured, auditable reconciliation process. They also moved from a 15-day month-end close cycle to just five days.
With TRES, they’re now able to:
– Reconcile transactions across multiple blockchains and tokens.
– Automate weekly and daily transaction matching.
– Maintain real-time accuracy with Xero integration.
– Build confidence in financial data across the leadership team.
– Prepare clean, audit-ready records for upcoming reviews.
TRES’ responsive support and practical accounting logic stood out compared to other tools the team evaluated. “We looked at alternatives,” said Anastacia, “but TRES won on ease of use, reliability, and support.”
Looking Ahead: Smarter Reporting, More Automation
Next up for TONstarter is deeper reporting. The team is eager to explore TRES’ management reporting tools and learn how to extract even more insights for leadership and stakeholders.They’re also preparing product feedback, such as automated rules that include transaction amount thresholds, to help streamline reconciliation even further.
“We see TRES as a long-term partner. Our business is growing fast, and TRES gives us the infrastructure to grow with confidence.”
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