Telegram Adds Crypto Payments

TON Foundation adds crypto payments to Telegram

TON Foundation has enabled a feature that would allow users to send Toncoin on Telegram.

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The new crypto payment feature would work without any transaction fees.

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The crypto payment feature is similar to Twitter's Bitcoin payment feature.

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Toncoin platform has seen over 52 million transactions so far with nearly half a million wallets.

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The encrypted messaging platform had abandoned the TON foundation after a long legal battle with the US government.

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Telegram had raised over $1.2 billion in its ICO before the US court ordered the company to return the raised funds back to investors.

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