Telegram username '@ crypto' receives $25 million offer, with prices skyrocketing 70 times in two years

BlockBeats news, on July 30th, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov stated in a post on Wednesday that a Telegram and Toncoin Early users of (TON) recently received a $25 million offer to purchase their "@ crypto" username on Telegram. The username was originally purchased for $350000 in 2023, and the username holder recently stated, "If these cannot be taken away by others, then I want to take down all rare usernames." - This is the quote cited by Durov in the post. All usernames on Telegram have been tokenized on the TON blockchain, which means that each username is unique and cannot be copied. According to Statista data, the most expensive username in 2024 is @ news, with a transaction price of up to $5.8 million, while @ auto also sold for a high price of $5.2 million. Durov wrote in the post: 'Miracles happen when people can directly own their digital assets - just like this tokenized Telegram username, whose value skyrocketed 70 times.'. Telegram users are true sovereign owners: there are no intermediaries, no forced confiscation, everything is guaranteed by TON smart contracts