Telegram Rolls Out Non-Custodial Gram Wallets to 1B Users
Durov frames it as a friction-killer: instant, zero-fee crypto rails baked into an app that already has a billion-user distribution channel.
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Durov frames it as a friction-killer: instant, zero-fee crypto rails baked into an app that already has a billion-user distribution channel.
Pavel Durov says every Telegram user gets a self-custody wallet with zero-fee crypto transfers this summer, collapsing the onboarding gap between messaging apps and self-sovereign crypto.
The native wallet lands on Telegram's existing billion-user rail without onboarding into a separate app, a distribution surface no other non-custodial wallet in crypto has ever come close to.
The platform's wallet-to-wallet model sidesteps the pooled-custody attack surface that drained KelpDAO, Drift, and Grinex in a single quarter.
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