Telegram Just Turned 87M Americans into Wallet Holders, Without Them Even Noticing! TL;DR: Telegram’s built-in TON Wallet just dropped in the U.S., letting users buy, trade, stake, off-ramp, and explore DeFi, all without leaving the app. With 87M U.S. Telegram users, this could be one of the most powerful stealth Web3 onramps to date. 🇺🇸 USA TG Users Just Got the Green Light After rolling out to Asia and Europe, TON Wallet is going stateside, and it’s a massive market: 👥 87M+ Telegram users in the U.S. 🌍 100M+ wallets already activated globally 💸 Backed by Pantera Capital + Ribbit Capital 🦄 $1B valuation after a $28.5M raise this month Telegram casually absorbs them into Web3 while babbling in their group chat. 📲 Your Wallet, Inside Your DMs Built on The Open Network (TON), the wallet turns Telegram into a crypto control room: ▪️Self-custody of assets ▪️Send/receive $TON, $USDT, and NFTs ▪️Built-in trading via Omniston and ▪️Token staking with third-party integrations ▪️0% fees on USDT buys with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or credit card via MoonPay ▪️Off-ramp to your bank card, for the first time ever All of this… and you don’t even need to download anything else. Just tap. Send. Done. “The wallet is pivotal in connecting users with payments, games and onchain tools, all within a familiar environment they interact with daily.” said Egor Danilov, CPO at The Open Platform. 🔐 Not Your Keys, Not Your Vibe TON Wallet is fully self-custodial; you hold the keys. And it’s soon getting even safer: ✅ Whitelist and blacklist protection 🔄 Transaction emulation before confirming 🛡️ Anti-phishing tools incoming Because Web3 adoption shouldn’t come with wallet-drain anxiety. More than a Wallet. It’s also an App Store The launch also unlocks access to TON’s Mini App ecosystem, where users can: 🕹️ Play blockchain games 💱 Access DeFi tools 🖼️ Browse and buy NFTs 🛍️ Make payments without ever leaving Telegram This is how crypto goes mainstream: not with a bang, but with a quiet UI update. 🧠 Final Thought A social platform with 900M+ users now includes a full-fledged crypto wallet, with DeFi, NFTs, and off-ramp access, and most people won’t even realize they’ve just entered Web3. That's today's Scoop Fams! 🚀Save it. Share it. Drop it in your Telegram alpha group.