🔗 Telegram has applied for the .gram and .telegram top-level domains in ICANN’s new gTLD round.

The applicant in both cases is Telegram FZ-LLC. The most interesting situation is with .gram, where Link Freedom Group Ltd. has also applied for the same extension. Both applications are currently listed as Active.

This means .gram won’t automatically go to Telegram. If both applications pass the required evaluations and remain in contention, ICANN will have to resolve the competition. If it cannot be resolved through the available procedures, it can ultimately lead to an ICANN auction.

As for .telegram, ICANN’s public data currently shows Telegram’s application with no other applicant for the same extension.

There is still a long way to go before these extensions could actually appear. In the new ICANN round, the evaluation procedures are only getting underway, while the Prioritization Draw is scheduled for the first half of 2027.

So .gram or .telegram appearing before 2027 is practically not expected, and there are no exact launch dates yet.

→ thx.
@telelakel

🤖 Telegram updated stable version for iOS and Android to v13.0.0

— Gram Wallet.
Telegram's built-in wallet. Send Gram directly in chats with users, store NFTs right in your Telegram wallet, and much more, you can find out more through the tags below.
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— Links can now be added directly to organization verification texts.
Bots that verify users with their own verification badge can now add links directly inside the text. Previously, links had to be displayed as separate text, but now they can be hidden behind a specific word or phrase.

‼️ Check out some information [View 1], [View 2].

@telelakel | #tgUpdate

🤖 Telegram is adding support for suffixes in bot usernames.

New methods for managing secondary bot usernames have appeared in TDLib, while Telegram Desktop now includes logic for determining a bot's status based on its username suffix. The client currently handles five variants: app, agent, ai, game and gay.

A secondary username does not replace the main one. Telegram Desktop checks the ending of the first username in the list and uses it to determine the bot's status label. The list of allowed suffixes is provided through Telegram's server configuration.

Management is currently implemented in TDLib through addBotSecondaryUsername and deleteBotSecondaryUsername. Adding a secondary username is available for bots the owner is allowed to manage, provided they have Telegram Premium. Each bot can have one secondary username, and the number of bots with such usernames is limited by a server-side parameter.

@telelakel

💎 The new built-in Gram Wallet on Android in action. The video shows its interface and features.

You can find more details in the posts below:

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Note about NFTs. Only Telegram Gifts, Usernames are supported.
The wallet is not yet available to all users.

@telelakel

🙄 Spammers have started sending spam transactions to Telegram's new Gram Wallet users.

You may receive a message from a service account saying that someone has sent you 0.1 Gram (the minimum transfer amount). The transfer may include a comment asking you to open a bot and perform a certain action.
Don't fall for it. Don't open suspicious links, enter any personal data, or grant access to anything.

Hopefully, Telegram will take action against this spam in the future. For now, there is no solution other than not using the new wallet 🤪

💎 Every user already has their own wallet address, but the wallet status is currently set to «Inactive».

To activate your wallet, someone needs to share your wallet address with you. You can then send the required amount of Gram to your own wallet using a third-party wallet, or someone else can send you Gram directly via a private message. A minimum balance of 0.1 Gram is required for the balance to become visible.

This is likely intended to reduce unnecessary network load and ensure that only users who actually want to use the wallet activate it.

You can also use direct links to send funds to users, for example, as donation links.
1. Without a fixed amount t.me/sendgrams?to=@[username]
2. With a fixed amount t.me/sendgrams?to=@[username]&amount=[sum]

@telelakel