How Telegram's CEO Wants To Bring Web3, NFTs To 700M Users

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Pavel Durov, the CEO of messaging platform Telegram, is exploring adding “a little bit of Web 3.0” to the app in the coming weeks. 

What Happened: In a post to his 651,000 subscribers on Monday, Durov proposed auctioning reserved Telegram usernames, groups, and channel links as assets on the blockchain. 

In addition to the millions of Telegram addresses that could be auctioned, Durov suggested that all four-letter usernames like “bank” and “game” could also be made available for sale. 

“This would create a new platform where username holders could transfer them to interested parties …

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