In the recent update of Telegram, among other innovations, it became possible to register without a SIM card – in this case, anonymous (virtual) numbers sold on the proprietary blockchain platform Fragment are used for login. And now a rather notable lot was sold at the auction — someone gave 300,000 TON tokens, which is equivalent to $770,000, for a number with seven identical digits 8.

So far, this is the absolute record of the Fragment platform for numbers.

Previously, on the Fragment platform, the Telegram team launched the sale of short usernames, a significant part of which had previously been taken from Iranian cybersquatters. At least this is what Emirati programmer of Russian origin and Telegram founder Pavlo Durov claimed. So far, the record among usernames on Fragment is held by the @news lot, which was sold at the end of November for 994,000 TON, which is equivalent to $2.5 million.

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As for the TON token, it was launched on the Open Network decentralized blockchain, which was once developed by the Telegram team — we can recall how in 2020 plans to launch his own cryptocurrency turned into problems with the US regulator for Pavel Durov, a hefty fine of $18.5 million and losses. But Pavlo Durov obviously has no intention of backing down — in early December, he announced the creation of decentralized exchanges and wallets.

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