Telegram username “@crypto” received a $25 million offer, with a price increase of over 70 times in two years

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov stated in a post on Wednesday that an early user of Telegram and Toncoin (TON) recently received an offer of $25 million to purchase their "@crypto" username on Telegram.

The username was originally purchased for $350,000 in 2023, and the holder recently stated, "If these can't be taken away by others, I want to acquire all rare usernames." ------ This is the original quote cited by Durov in the post.

All usernames on Telegram are tokenized on the TON blockchain, meaning each username is unique and cannot be replicated. According to Statista data, the most expensive username in 2024 is @news, which sold for as much as $5.8 million, while @auto also fetched a high price of $5.2 million.

Durov wrote in the post, "Miracles happen when people can directly own their digital assets ------ just like this tokenized Telegram username, which has skyrocketed in value by 70 times." "Telegram users are the true sovereign owners: no intermediaries, no forced confiscation, everything is secured by TON smart contracts."