Telegram bonds worth $500M are frozen in Russia under Western sanctions; filings: its H1 2025 revenue rose 65% YoY to $870M, driven by $300M from Toncoin deals
Telegram's H1 2024 unaudited financial docs: revenue up 190% YoY to $525M, a $335M post-tax profit, and $1.3B in digital assets, vs. nearly $400M at 2023's end
Can It Ride a Crypto Bull to a $30B IPO by 2026? Florence Muchai / Cryptopolitan : Toncoin boosts Telegram's crypto holdings to $1.3B in H1 2024 Hassan Shittu / Cryptonews : Telegram's Crypto Holdings...
Telegram's 2023 financials: $342.5M revenue, 40% of which came from crypto-related line items, and $108M operating loss; it had holdings of ~$400M in Toncoin
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Sources: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in France as part of a probe into Telegram allegedly allowing a range of crimes due to a lack of moderation
Related by education: Saint Petersburg State University BBC : Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport Jones Hayden / Politico : Telegram CEO reportedly arrested at French airport Jennifer ...
Telegram rolls out the ability for creators to share paid content to channels using its Stars digital currency and for channels to convert Stars to Toncoin
Telegram launched a digital currency called Stars for in-app use last month. Now, the company is expanding its use cases to paid content.
Telegram launches Stars, a new in-app currency for the purchase of digital goods and services in Telegram mini apps; developers can convert Stars into TON
Developers of mini apps on Telegram will now be able to sell digital goods and services for Stars, which can be converted into Toncoin.
Telegram merchants can now accept payments via the TON blockchain-based Wallet in tether, bitcoin, and toncoin, expanding on support for transfers between users
Here's How it Works Helen Partz / Cointelegraph : Telegram Wallet bot enables in-app payments in Bitcoin, USDT and TON James Hunt / The Block : Wallet Pay enables Bitcoin, Tether and Toncoin payments ...