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Messaging App Telegram to Auction Usernames on TON Blockchain
Toncoin, the native coin of the TON blockchain, is up nearly 9% at $1.34.
Telegram Users Can Now Send Crypto to Each Other via Wallet Bot: Report
Telegram’s Wallet Bot, which allows users to buy crypto by bank card and exchange and transfer to other wallets, now supports peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions. “The Hash” panel discusses the implications for security and mainstream adoption.
Telegram Founder Teases Marketplace for Address Auctions
Since founder Pavel Durov discussed the feature Monday afternoon, the price of TON – the native token behind The Open Network – increased 15%.
Crypto Added to Telegram by TON Stewards, Opening Path to Payments
Users can use a bot to buy bitcoin and toncoin within the app, and can send the latter to other users.
TON Users Donate $1B to Advance Ecosystem, Foundation Says
Picking up where Telegram left off, the cryptocurrency project is attempting to increase its allure to potential Web 3 builders and developers.
Huobi, Kucoin, Others Lead $250M Toncoin Ecosystem Fund
Toncoin is independent from Telegram, though does have the messaging service's endorsement.
Andrew Rogozov, Former Exec at VK, the ‘Facebook of Russia,’ Joins Telegram’s Spin-Off Blockchain Project
Andrew Rogozov, former exec at Russian internet giant VK, is joining the TON Foundation, which supports the fledgling Toncoin blockchain. Toncoin is the offspring of the blockchain project designed by messaging service Telegram. “The Hash” panel discusses what this means for the TON ecosystem and Telegram, and why this is a developing story to watch.
Andrew Rogozov, Former Exec at VK, the 'Facebook of Russia,' Joins Telegram’s Spin-Off Blockchain Project
Toncoin will be integrated into the Telegram messaging app, Rogozov says.
Telegram CEO Endorses TON Blockchain Spin-Off Toncoin
Pavel Durov, CEO of encrypted messaging platform Telegram, has publicly backed Toncoin, an independently developed iteration of the TON blockchain project that ended in 2020.
Telegram CEO Endorses TON Blockchain Spin-Off Toncoin
For the first time since Telegram abandoned TON in 2020, CEO Pavel Durov has backed one of the competing spin-off projects.
