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Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, Andrew Rogozov, CEO of The Open Platform, and Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether (USDT), delivered a joint session at the Token 2049 conference.
Here are the important points from the speech.
During his speech Pavel Durov spoke about some realized plans and future prospects. He reminded about the revenue sharing initiative, under which 50% of advertising revenue will be received by channel authors in TON.
Durov drew attention to the need to realize the possibility of creating stores and seamlessly receiving payments from users within Telegram.
According to Durov, about 360 million people use Mini Apps in Telegram every month. To double this figure, it is planned to start recommending mini-apps and bots. The messenger may have a tool for creating mini-apps, and bots can be developed without knowing the code.
The head of Telegram also reminded about the possibility of owning usernames. He told about his recent unsuccessful attempt to buy the desired username through Fragment, but stressed that tokenization of important user elements does not end here.
Paolo Ardoino focused much of his presentation on the development of Tether and the challenges of the traditional banking environment. According to him, Tether has successfully celebrated its tenth anniversary, with the company among the largest holders of U.S. Treasury bonds.
The founder of Tether announced the integration of USDT into TON. He backed up his decision to integrate a stablecoin by believing in the TON ecosystem as a true follower of Telegram's principles. At the same time, Ardoino considers Durov's messenger a great platform for popularizing cryptocurrency.
@wallet has officially announced the ability to send dollars (USDT) instantly and commission-free to contacts in Telegram. USDT withdrawals to external TON wallets will be completely free until the end of June.
At the same time, @wallet users will be able to become members of the Bonus program for USDT holders, receiving 50% annual interest on the balance.