- January 8, 2025
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The Telegram social network platform has grown exponentially in the past few years to achieve the first profitability in 2024 with a total revenue of over $1 billion. The gradual shift to blockchain technology through the TON network has played a crucial role in onboarding more users, close to 1 billion.
Furthermore, Telegram has been monetizing its platform through giveaways, mini-apps, Telegram business, and an affiliate platform. With a cash reserve of more than $500 million excluding crypto assets, Telegram is well-positioned to grow exponentially in the coming years.
Telegram’s Morphs With Global Shifts
Freedom of speech has been a hot topic in most top jurisdictions – led by the United Kingdom, European countries, and the United States – in the recent past. Behemoth social media platforms – led by elon musk 
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backed X, Meta’s family of apps, TikTok, and Telegram – have found themselves at crossfires with different jurisdictions in the past.
As for Telegram, it has been viewed as a more secure platform over the years due to its privacy protection against the Russian oligarchs. However, Telegram’s status took a major turn in mid-2024 after pavel durov
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the platform’s founder, was arrested in Paris. Moreover, Telegram changed its privacy policy on user data in regard to Authorities’ requests.
According to 404 Media, Telegram responded to just 14 requests in the first nine months of 2024, affecting 108 users. However, from October to December, that number skyrocketed to 900 requests, impacting over 2,250 users
Impact on Toncoin Ecosystem
Telegram’s shift with the global order will have a profound impact on the Toncoin ecosystem. The top-tier layer one (L1) blockchain, with a fully diluted valuation of around $$269 million and a stablecoins market cap of around $1.41 billion, has grown in the recent past largely due to Telgaram’s mini apps led by Hamster Combat (HMSTR), Notcoin (NOT), Dogs (DOGS), among others.
The legal scrutiny of Telegram could lower the cash inflow to the Toncoin ecosystem in the near term. Moreover, criminal groups, including Chinese syndicates in Southeast Asia, are said to generate between $27.4 billion and $36.5 billion annually through illicit activities on the platform.
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