As CNBC reported Tuesday (July 22), the company’s TON Wallet is built into Telegram’s interface and is beginning its American launch this week.
The service, developed by The Open Platform (TOP) and built on the TON blockchain lets users send stablecoins and other digital tokens to their contacts the same way they would send a message.
The company says this marks the first time a self-custodial crypto wallet has been embedded inside a mainstream messaging platform in the U.S.
While more than 100 million international users have activated the wallet, a U.S. launch had been held back due to regulatory uncertainty. TOP CEO Andrew…