Telegram founder to give away 10k premium subscriptions
Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced he will give away 10,000 semi-annual premium subscriptions . He purchased them for $ 200,000 using the Toncoin (TON). A new post on Durov’s Telegram announced 10,000 random subscribers to his channel. The giveaway will happen in a week, namely on Nov. 14. Durov announced that he aims to promote Telegram’s new feature: fair giveaways in channels. He claimed that he bought the subscriptions via Toncoin. The total amount spent was $200,000. TON surged 5% in 24 hours at the time of writing. Tonchain (TON) price | Source: CoinMarketCap Durov used a payment service for premium subscriptions , Fragment, where users can pay for purchases in the TON token. You might also like: TON hits world record for blockchain speed Although Telegram is not directly involved in developing the TON ecosystem, it remains interested in this network. An example of this was the creation of the auction blockchain platform Fragment for trading ...