Pavel Durov’s herald, Telegram, has allowed the transfer of Tether (USDT) crypto dollars between users. It has been reported red blood cell.
It is stated that it is now possible to transfer to each other in the form of stablecoins (cryptocurrency linked to ordinary currencies or exchange goods – socialbites.ca) directly in the chats of the application. The feature became available due to the addition of USDT to the @Wallet bot.
As a result, the innovation expands the app’s ability to buy and sell digital assets. Tether is currently the leading stablecoin and one of the most popular cryptocurrencies.
According to journalists, you need to add a bot to the menu before you can send coins. After this setting, when chatting with another user, when you click on the “paper clip” in the lower left corner, the Wallet icon will appear at the bottom of the screen.
Next, the user has to enter the amount and confirm the authenticity of the transfer. RBC noted that the transfer of funds was instant.
The TON project was launched in 2018 by the brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov, but in the spring of 2020 they had to abandon the further implementation of the project due to pressure from the US authorities.
Since May 2020, the blockchain has been restarted without the participation of the Durov brothers. According to unofficial information, the current leaders of the cryptocurrency team are Anatoly Makosov and Kirill Emelianenko, who previously won Durov programming competitions.
Telegram is not directly involved in the development of the TON ecosystem, but still works with the authors of the project. For example, on the basis of TON, an auction blockchain platform Fragment for trading collectible usernames was created.
an expert before He told socialbites.caTelegram has many features that make the messenger more comfortable to use, but few people know about them.