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Video of UAVs attack on Pavel Durov's former data center near St. Petersburg, which he sold 12 years ago to @vkontakte
🐶 Pavel Durov in his channel: "The data center blown up near St. Petersburg today was built by me 15 years ago. I sold it to VK 12 years ago.
It’s clear it was built to last, the walls are thick. But it didn't save it 🥲."
t.me/durov_russia/76
Intern of @telegram has released his merch
✈️ The Telegram intern has launched the website internmerch.com featuring their own merchandise.
FAQ (from the internstream channel)
1. Why are these specific prices set?
> Prices are determined based on the costs provided by the manufacturer, who handles production and order fulfillment, as well as payment processing fees, transaction charges, tax obligations, and other expenses.
In the future, prices may be slightly reduced (by 10–20%) as the scale of operations becomes better understood.
2. Are you making a profit?
> No. Significant personal funds were spent on the implementation of this project.
3. Why is shipping not available to my country?
> See point 1.
4. The design does not meet my expectations.
> Professional artists were hired to develop several design options. If you have higher-quality suggestions, you can send them to the channel's private messages.
New design options may be introduced in the future, but currently, only those listed are available.
5. I encountered problems with my order.
> Send a private message to the channel with proof of purchase for verification. (No guarantee of results is provided)
internmerch.com
✈️ Telegram has for the first time begun referring to what were previously called "anonymous numbers" as "collectible numbers" directly within the interface.
Previously, the renaming in February 2026 only affected Fragment.
translations.telegram.org/en… t.me/gramnews/1873
✈️ Telegram has for the first time begun referring to what were previously called "anonymous numbers" as "collectible numbers" directly within the interface.
Previously, the renaming in February 2026 only affected Fragment.
translations.telegram.org/en… t.me/gramnews/1873
✈️ The Telegram intern has launched the website internmerch.com featuring their own merchandise.
FAQ (from the internstream channel)
1. Why are these specific prices set?
> Prices are determined based on the costs provided by the manufacturer, who handles production and order fulfillment, as well as payment processing fees, transaction charges, tax obligations, and other expenses.
In the future, prices may be slightly reduced (by 10–20%) as the scale of operations becomes better understood.
2. Are you making a profit?
> No. Significant personal funds were spent on the implementation of this project.
3. Why is shipping not available to my country?
> See point 1.
4. The design does not meet my expectations.
> Professional artists were hired to develop several design options. If you have higher-quality suggestions, you can send them to the channel's private messages.
New design options may be introduced in the future, but currently, only those listed are available.
5. I encountered problems with my order.
> Send a private message to the channel with proof of purchase for verification. (No guarantee of results is provided)
internmerch.com
🐶 Pavel Durov in his channel: "The data center blown up near St. Petersburg today was built by me 15 years ago. I sold it to VK 12 years ago.
It’s clear it was built to last, the walls are thick. But it didn't save it 🥲."
t.me/durov_russia/76
💎 The Bitget exchange has stopped serving users from Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. In total, user deposits in TON on the exchange's addresses currently amount to approximately $6.5 million. This primarily consists of: USDT — $3.59 million, CATI — $881 thousand, and NOT — $292 thousand.
bitget.com/support/articles/…
Telegram made a new sophisticated design feature with displaying user's crypto wallet balance just in messenger and integrated NFT gifts design in it
A map of the restricted countries in @walt_io
👛 How much it costs to top up "Money" in Telegram:
• By card — via MoonPay, from $20, KYC required; the exchange rate is ~4% higher than the market rate.
• By crypto — BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, USDC, arrives immediately in GRAM; a 0.9-1.2% fee is built into the rate, for SOL it is ~3.8%; minimums are $24 for BTC, $12 for ETH and SOL, $10 for USDT; usually takes 5–10 minutes, with AML checks — up to 12 hours.
• P2P — the buyer pays no commission, the price is set by the seller; KYC with a document and facial verification is required, not available in all countries.
• From Wallet — GRAM is transferred to "Money" without a commission.
In total, there are 77,000 GRAM and 2,072 USDT across 25,979 non-empty Telegram wallets.
help.walt.io/article/1047-to… help.walt.io/article/1047-to… help.walt.io/article/1047-to… help.walt.io/article/1080-we… help.walt.io/article/1047-to…
👛 How much it costs to top up "Money" in Telegram:
• By card — via MoonPay, from $20, KYC required; the exchange rate is ~4% higher than the market rate.
• By crypto — BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, USDC, arrives immediately in GRAM; a 0.9-1.2% fee is built into the rate, for SOL it is ~3.8%; minimums are $24 for BTC, $12 for ETH and SOL, $10 for USDT; usually takes 5–10 minutes, with AML checks — up to 12 hours.
• P2P — the buyer pays no commission, the price is set by the seller; KYC with a document and facial verification is required, not available in all countries.
• From Wallet — GRAM is transferred to "Money" without a commission.
In total, there are 77,000 GRAM and 2,072 USDT across 25,979 non-empty Telegram wallets.
help.walt.io/article/1047-to… help.walt.io/article/1047-to… help.walt.io/article/1047-to… help.walt.io/article/1080-we… help.walt.io/article/1047-to…
👛 Keeper has added 4 new networks: Solana, Robinhood Chain, Polygon, and Avalanche. In total, the wallet now supports 11 networks.
t.me/keeper_cis/447
💎 Starting July 1, 2027, Russia will ban P2P cryptocurrency transactions between individuals. It will also be prohibited to use non-custodial wallets and transfer cryptocurrency to friends.
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