The Telegram username “@crypto” received an offer of $25 million, and the price increased more than 70 times in two years
TechFlame
2025-07-30 14:33
TechFlame2025-07-30 14:33
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According to TechFlame, according to CoinDesk, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said in a Wednesday post that a Telegram and Toncoin
Early users of (TON) recently received an offer worth $25 million to buy their “@crypto” username on Telegram.
The username was originally purchased in 2023 for $350,000, and the username holder recently stated, “If these can't be taken away, then I want to take all the rare usernames.” ——This is the original quote Durov quoted in the post.
All usernames on Telegram are tokenized on the TON blockchain, which means every username is unique and cannot be copied. According to Statista data, the most expensive username in 2024 was @news, and the transaction price was as high as $5.8 million, while @auto also sold for a high price of $5.2 million.
“Miracles happen when people can directly own their digital assets — just like this tokenized Telegram username, the value soars 70 times,” Durov wrote in the post. “Telegram users are the real owners of sovereignty: no intermediaries, no forced seizure, everything is guaranteed by TON smart contracts.”