Telegram and TON Foundation jointly announced the new self-custodial wallet, called TON Space, on Wednesday at Singapore’s Token2049 crypto conference, which boasts more than 10,000 attendees.

Telegram combined its messaging app boasting 800 million monthly active users, a blockchain providing rails for crypto adoption in TON, and a native wallet bot known simply as Wallet.

In turn, the company has dabbled in its own crypto projects. In 2018, Telegram developed a cryptocurrency called Grams, according to legal records.

Telegram reaches between 800M and 900M based on estimates for 2024. The chat app is a supplement to crypto social media and a source of discussion and insights from various groups and channels ...

Telegram’s crypto wallet, developed by a third-party company called The Open Platform (TOP), has introduced new features for people who don’t just use Telegram as a messaging app.

As crypto tools get baked into everyday platforms like Telegram, a new digital economy is quietly taking off — and it’s already helping creators and people in emerging markets earn and save in ...

The Open Platform (TOP), one of the components of the TON ecosystem, announced a sizable update to Wallet in Telegram and is turning it into a full-fledged crypto hub.

Telegram has driven a big boost to crypto adoption globally in 2024, but it’s far from being the only adoption gateway, according to Brave and Opera execs.

Telegram's crypto adoption story via TON may be its lasting mark in 2024 despite recent news leaving many with a negative impression, says Daniel Cawrey, a former CoinDesk journalist who is now ...