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Telegram Users Can Now Transfer USDT Through Chats
USDT has been added to the @wallet bot on Telegram, expanding the messaging app's facility for buying and selling crypto.
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Crypto Exchange BIT Expands Product Suite With Toncoin Options
The decision to add the options suggests growing investor interest in derivatives tied to alternative cryptocurrencies. TON is the native cryptocurrency of the decentralized layer 1 blockchain The Open Network.
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Telegram CEO Durov Plans to Build Crypto Wallets, Decentralized Exchange
The messaging app is pushing ahead with its buildout of crypto infrastructure.
CDCROP: Telegram CEO Pavel Durov (TechCrunch Disrupt Europe/Creative Commons)

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TON Steward Looks to Draw Projects to its Ecosystem With $126M Rescue Fund
The Ton Foundation's aim is to entice projects to migrate to TON, while helping to alleviate the knock-on effects of FTX's collapse.
CDCROP: Life preserver floating (Dimitri Wittmann/Pixabay)

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Messaging App Telegram to Auction Usernames on TON Blockchain
Toncoin, the native coin of the TON blockchain, is up nearly 9% at $1.34.
CDCROP: Telegram app on smartphone (Shutterstock)

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Telegram Founder Teases Marketplace for Address Auctions
Since founder Pavel Durov discussed the feature Monday afternoon, the price of TON – the native token behind The Open Network – increased 15%.
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TON Foundation raised $90M for a new ecosystem fund (Shutterstock)
TON Foundation Sets Up $90M Ecosystem Fund
The fund's aim is to establish projects on TON and promote its user as a layer 1 blockchain through advisory services and financial backing.
TON Foundation raised $90M for a new ecosystem fund (Shutterstock)

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Final Toncoin Mined Ahead of Transition to Proof-of-Stake
From now on, new toncoins will only enter circulation by PoS validation, resulting in a decrease of new TON entering the network by about 75% to 200,000 daily.
CDCROP: Farm Mining The Ethereum Market Digital Blockchain

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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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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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