Telegram says it will add a native, non-custodial Gram wallet to every app this summer, bringing self-custody tools to roughly 1 billion users.
Telegram says a native Gram wallet will reach roughly 1 billion users this summer, putting self-custody crypto transfers inside its messaging apps.
In his [July 21 Telegram announcement](https://t.me/s/durov/57471), founder Pavel Durov said Telegram plans to add a non-custodial Gram wallet to every Telegram app. Durov described the planned release as the largest rollout of its kind and said it would support instant, zero-fee crypto transactions. The company has described the timing only as this summer.
[The Block](https://www.theblock.co/post/409099/telegram-plans-largest-rollout-non-custodial-crypto-wallet-in-history) and [CoinMarketCap](https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/telegram-plans-non-custodial-gram-wallet-launch) both reported the announcement on July 21. The wallet would be native to Telegram rather than a separate app. That distinction matters because a non-custodial product leaves control of the wallet credentials with the user, rather than with a platform holding assets on the user's behalf.
Telegram's stated reach gives the rollout unusual distribution potential: roughly 1 billion users would see the wallet in the same interface they already use for messages. The announcement concerns Gram, the token tied to The Open Network, which Coira tracks as Gram (previously Toncoin).
The scale claim is still a plan, not a completed launch. The key product details remain undisclosed, including supported jurisdictions, recovery options, security controls, and the exact definition of zero-fee transfers. Those details will determine whether the feature is a simple payments rail or a broader self-custody product.
Watch for Telegram to publish a firm availability date, supported markets, and the wallet's recovery model. The clearest threshold is a public rollout schedule that identifies where the wallet will be available and how users can restore access if they lose their credentials.
Telegram has announced a potentially large distribution channel for self-custody, but the meaningful next signal is a documented launch scope: who can use the wallet, what assets it supports, and how users recover access without handing control back to a custodian.
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