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Telegram's built-in wallet rebrands to Walt, prepares Gram wallet

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Summary

Telegram's in-app Wallet rebranded to Walt, expanding from a Toncoin and Bitcoin wallet into a platform offering trading, yield products, tokenized assets, and perpetual contracts across more than 300 assets on multiple chains. At the same time, Telegram will launch a separate Gram wallet aimed at…

Key points

  • It shows messaging apps integrating wallets, payments, and trading into billion-user interfaces, an important case for observing crypto product UX.
  • Embedding self-custody wallets and in-app payments into a messaging platform will significantly change how ordinary users access crypto assets.
  • Wallet and payment firms must watch how built-in messaging platform solutions affect user habits and the allocation of compliance responsibilities.
  • Reports mention the history of the SEC's 2019 action over Telegram's original Gram token sale.

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