Happy Birthday Pavel Durov! 🎁🎁

Edit: Oops, this message was in my draft and got sent automatically. I wanted to post it yesterday, but when I saw Pavel didn’t wanted to celebrate, I decided not to post it. 🧑

The he FOMO about yesterday new gifts was real! 😱

⦁ The number of stars purchased skyrocketed! 🎁
⦁ In total, $7.5M was spent yesterday buying stars...🎁
⦁ Sadly, most people haven’t been able to buy the anticipated Durov's birthday gifts: 🎁🎁🎁😮‍💨

Edit, The massive buying of stars is possibly due to another reason:

During the collapse yesterday, the Stars rate binding broke in the Fragment system, and Telegram's internal currency began to be sold at a discount of up to 80% 😬

Users noticed the bug and managed to buy millions of "stars" for literally pennies... 🤑

Here is the updated list of GIFTs waiting to be improved :

🎁239 days
🎁221 days
🎁🎁216 days
🎁208 days
🎁173 days
🎁162 days
🎁🎁🎁154 days
🎁🎁🎁131 days
🎁🎁🎁 98 days
🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁57 days
🎁🎁 41 days
🎁🎁40 days
👟👚🎁 2 days

In total 29 Modele are waiting for improvement. 🤓

But the main question is, for how long Telegram will keep releasing new Gift? 🤨

With the latest Telegram update and the implementation of Onchain Gifts in the profile, you can now rent NFT Gift! 😎

In one day, 105 🎁 Plush Pepe were rented on marketapp.ws
Floor 7 TON (≈ $16.14) for rentals of 30 days or more
13 TON (≈ $30) for one-day rentals

This means you could potentially recoup your initial Plush Pepe purchase. 🔥

This is a great news as Anonymous Numbers NFTs have seen strong growth since rentals became available. ⬆️
The same scenario could therefore occur for NFT gifts. 🤝👀

The Goodies MiniApp has been launched 🍬👀

You can join > here

For now, nothing special—just simple tasks to complete to earn points 😌

It seems they are building a new MarketPlace for Web3 IPs

Wut a famous web3 artist made an artwork for OpenSea

As you can see there is a Plush Pepe 🎁

Is this a hint for a possible listing ? 👀

You can now rent your On-Chain Gifts on Tonnel MarketPlace. 🎁

How to do ?

1. Mint your gift On-chain via Fragment.com or Tonnel
2. In Tonnel, go to My Gifts > On-Chain Gifts.
3. Select the gift you want to rent out and click "Put up for rent".
4. Choose the price and duration (e.g. 2 TON per day).
5. Confirm the transaction in your wallet ✅

Telegram, AI & TON 🪙

"You see, over the last few months, we at Telegram have been quietly working on a new technology—one that sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain.

This technology will enable more than a billion people to use AI features powered by a decentralized computing network in a private, transparent, and efficient way."

This quote is from Pavel Durov speaking at the Digital Bridge 2025 forum in Kazakhstan.

Thanks to Alexey Toropov and Durov’s Shadow, we now have more information about what this new Telegram AI technology could be.

Here’s a simple summary:

Telegram aims to build a decentralized AI network on the TON blockchain would likely use federated learning (FL), distributed inference, and blockchain coordination. In simple terms, billions of devices worldwide (phones, PCs, and servers) could form a global network where AI would train or generate responses without relying on a central server. Telegram wouldn’t need big tech clouds, which might help ensure greater privacy and transparency.

Devices connect through TON’s peer-to-peer network, where volunteers can securely share computing power. Each device will handle small parts of the AI process locally. The blockchain will store essential updates, while TON Storage (a system like BitTorrent) will save larger data. Smart contracts will assign tasks, verify results, and manage token rewards for participants.

TON Proxy may be used, It will allows participants to connect to the network anonymously and interact with it, hiding their real IP address.

Meanwhile, TON DNS could make AI-based services to have human-readable names (for example, my-ai-agent.ton), and the platform could provide a convenient interface similar to regular apps or websites, accessible directly on any device. (TON Sites)

Such a system could be cheaper, private, transparent, and scalable. The Telegram AI laboratory, provided by Alem AI in Kazakhstan, might test, train, and calibrate the base models before the global rollout.

Sounds cool, right? 😎

Edit: These are possibilities and this article is not a statement that things will turn out exactly that way.

@Builders launched a new Contest 🙏

Got a brilliant idea to improve Telegram? Here’s your chance to win $3,000! 💰

⏰ Deadline: October 30
💎 Entry fee: 1 TON

Share an idea for a Telegram product or tool that solves a real problem for users, creators, developers, or communities.

Explain the problem, your solution, and how it could work inside Telegram.

Requirements:

– Describe a problem you have noticed in Telegram.
– Suggest a product or tool that could solve it.
– Explain who it is for, how it would work, and why it fits Telegram.
– Optionally, include mockups or user flows.

Keep it clear and easy to follow. Start with the problem, not the tool.

Submit your idea here! 💡✨

MTONGA ⛏