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Finance

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.

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Finance

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.

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Finance

Huobi, Kucoin, Others Lead $250M Toncoin Ecosystem Fund

Toncoin is independent from Telegram, though does have the messaging service's endorsement.

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Videos

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.

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Finance

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.

Andrew Rogozov, a VP at VK, joins TON Foundation / Andrew Rogozov's archive

Videos

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.

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Finance

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.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov

Markets

TON Legacy: How Telegram's Crypto Coin Lives On

Telegram abandoned its blockchain project in 2020, but devoted fans keep maintaining the open source code and now run two competing networks

Two competing groups are trying to resurrect Telegram's TON blockchain project.

Markets

Investors in Failed TON Project Sue Telegram

A group of investors wants compensation for the way Telegram refunded them, and is suing the company in London.

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Markets

Telegram Is Nearly Done Paying Back TON Investors, Eyes IPO Next

Telegram is closing the page of its $1.7 billion token sale and paying back its last debts to the token buyers. The company just raised more funding via bonds and planning an IPO.

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov