In-depth Telegram and TON analysis with more evidence, context and conclusions.
60 articles · updated yesterday · ~4 min average read
Telegram wallet cards can be stickered with any of your gifts, but their color can only be taken from Plush Pepe and three other collections.
The Keeper wallet's code contains exactly eleven networks, from TON to Robinhood Chain, and its multi-chain functionality is powered by the open-source Trust Wallet library.
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Kazakhstan was on Bitget's stop list before, and the exchange added Russia and Belarus on October 16. Its addresses on the TON network hold about $6.4 million, with more than half in USD₮.
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A collectible gift can be sent directly from a profile to the built-in Telegram wallet, and from there, placed into another person's profile without revealing the sender.
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Topping up the Telegram wallet in SOL costs three times as much as in USDT, and a transfer below the minimum is never credited. Only one route puts Gram into the wallet without a fee.
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You can open a MetaMask wallet by logging into Telegram with a password, without writing down twelve words — but you won't be able to change the Telegram account later, and all imported wallets will be permanently linked to it.
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The link to the wallet in Telegram now opens GRAM Explorer, which has a page showing how many Telegram wallets are created per day: October 15 marked the second wave of rollout.
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If you charge Stars for messages, the Telegram for Mac beta allows you to show a friend a QR code that lives for one minute: whoever scans it in time can message you for free, but a forwarded image of it will no longer open anything.
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Telegram for Mac already has a screen drawn that asks what you're interested in and promises more such posts in the "For you" tab. There's nothing to fill it with yet: the feed is provided by the server, and it doesn't give it to the beta.
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Figma mockups and beautiful motion videos are no longer enough: Telegram is waiting for a feature that can be launched. You don't have to write the code yourself, AI can do it for you, and the source code for all three clients is open.
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Voice messages sent as text — the "Aa" button appeared in the Android beta and disappeared. What remained is recording where noise is cut out by the same neural network as in video chats.
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Three out of four transfers were exactly 0.1 Gram, but more than a third of the total amount came from transfers of 42 Gram, matching the number of years. And 4.2 million PX from Not Pixel is more than what is held in all pools of this token combined.
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The same 12-word phrase yields at least three different addresses. If after importing a Telegram wallet into another application the balance is zero, the coins are still there: the application opened an adjacent address on the same key.
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185 methods, 625 schemes, and a separate file with 945 errors. Libraries for Telegram bots can now be generated from the official description, not from a parsed HTML page.
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Every Telegram wallet address contains a tiny trampoline, and the wallet code itself is stored in the network configuration and changed by validator voting. Because of this, many mini-apps cannot verify its signature upon login.
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Instead of "bot," the name will be followed by "agent," "AI," or "game" — if the bot's name ends with the required letters and the owner has Premium. The code is already in TDLib, Desktop, and Android; the server is pending.
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Telegram for Mac beta includes the entire three.js, 1.27 MB, and a chicken arcade game that crosses the road directly inside a message, controlled by arrow keys.
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A Telegram wallet can be created for another person with a single transfer of 0.1 Gram — the transfer screen automatically sets up an address for the recipient. Here's how it works and how many wallets have been created in two days.
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In its application, Telegram outlined two registration paths: one for Premium subscribers and a Fragment-style auction for channels and bots. This is an example, not a commitment, and Telegram still needs to defend the .gram top-level domain itself against Link Freedom Group, which holds 157 other applications.
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One in six Telegram advertisers received GRAM directly from Fragment, and these account for almost half of the advertising spend.
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One TON phrase gives several addresses, one per contract version, which is why a restored wallet sometimes opens empty.
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Gram Wallet cannot send to a regular @username, and a transfer to an exchange without a memo reaches the exchange but not your account.
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A new Gram Wallet issues 12 secret words instead of the 24 that TON users are used to, and its web version took over the old wallet.ton.org address.
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Of 28 Telegram updates in the last three weeks, 13 concern the built-in wallet. There has been no major update since August 25.
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The front-end and back-end of the Mini App are now uploaded to Telegram with a single command, and the user's signature is verified by the platform itself. The domain for this was purchased in September and is in the .ai zone.
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In the first half of 2026, Telegram was fined over 100 million rubles in Russia. Around 8 million rubles are being collected: court bailiffs have closed 26 out of 29 enforcement proceedings.
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The amount switches between GRAM and dollars, a comment is readable only by the sender and the recipient by default, and the October 3 build added Metal shaders for the amount's digits.
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Nearly a third of all the money TON projects announced over four years is a single round, The Open Platform's $28.5 million. And the network's first IDO, back in 2022, raised $100,000 in four hours.
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Pavel Durov’s channel drew 80M views in the quarter, ten times more than any other author writing about TON. And the map holds 107 tap-to-earn apps against 24 games.
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The backup of the key to Telegram's built-in wallet is split into three parts and stored on three continents, and it can only be put back together on the owner's devices. In the new macOS beta build, NFTs and the name MoonPay sit right next to it.
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TOP Wallet is now called Walt and is moving into trading and investments, while simple transfers, gifts, and Telegram Stars are going to the built-in Gram Wallet. The @walt bot is already working — it's the same bot as @wallet.
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1,000 Telegram Stars in the Telegram app cost €16.59, on Fragment — $15. You can buy them for yourself or someone else, but purchased Stars cannot be withdrawn.
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For a gift of 100 Telegram Stars, the exchange will return 85; for a gift of 15, it will return 13. The period is 7 days, and collectible gifts cannot be exchanged for Telegram Stars at all.
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Out of 151 Telegram showcase gifts, 140 are sold out: they can only be bought from owners, on the in-app gift marketplace, or on Fragment.
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When selling a gift for Telegram Stars within Telegram, you receive 80% of the price; for GRAM, you receive 90%. You cannot list a gift for less than 125 Telegram Stars or 7 GRAM.
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The wallet code may arrive with an update but be enabled later and not for everyone: wallet_available = false has appeared in the test config. Also in the test config, the minimum transfer is 0.1 Gram and there are five transfers per day without gas fees.
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The additional name is optional, checked by a separate method, and sent to the server along with the form. There is no field label or explanation in the code as to why it's there — forty-six lines on one of the four distribution stands.
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A regular gift can be exchanged for Telegram Stars only for the first 7 days. When selling for Telegram Stars, Telegram keeps 20% of the price; for GRAM, it keeps 10%. Gifts used in crafting are burned even if the crafting attempt fails.
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All 136,566 +888 numbers were sold out in December 2022, most often for 9 GRAM. Currently, the cheapest one costs 2,570 GRAM, and the platform's largest payer is Telegram itself.
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The built-in wallet address in a chat is now labelled with the account name, and the recipient's address is visible when sending Gram. The client itself knows the link — no on-chain lookup needed.
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Blue and white stones, both with a gleam along the edge: animations of the Gram logo, drawn for the built-in wallet, were found in build 35017 for iOS.
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Orca, trombone, treasure chest, and hairy creature — eight Unicode 17 icons are already in the Telegram Desktop code. They are not yet available in the released version.
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You can already ask ChatGPT how many gifts you have in Tonnel, but you can't buy them with a prompt yet. The server only allows reading, and each call costs 0.001 TON.
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TON language definitions have been in the Telegram repository since 2024, while the file read by applications was last compiled in November 2023. On September 21, it was recompiled—and at the same time, a FunC rule that could never work was found.
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Twenty seconds of live interface from the macOS beta — a card with balance, Gram Earnings, and a menu with Keys & Backup. Transactions are currently disabled.
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Killing grants the next weapon, death rolls you back — the one who goes through the entire arsenal wins. Plus Pixel Pass with a Prime branch, pickups on maps, and the first lobby concepts.
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Build 12.10.283233 displays a wallet, though without transaction sending enabled — the design can already be viewed in action. The first product limitation is also in place: a minimum send amount of 0.1 GRAM.
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Four products and six other projects are highlighted on the main page. The disappearance of the remaining links does not confirm TOP's exit from these companies.
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A message from a verified Telegram account lists the platform's official accounts — including the storage to which a gift has just been sent — and reminds users that no one will ask for their password or login codes.
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The banner appears in any bots with 1,000+ monthly users; a specific bot cannot be chosen. The format includes text, a logo, and custom emojis; prices start from the Target Users level.
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