The head of Telegram Pavel Durov received one of the most expensive NFT gifts in the messenger ecosystem — Plush Pepe #1 from the Plush Pepes collection.

According to the Telegram channel 'Durov's Code', the sender is the founder of the OTC marketplace for gifts in the messenger Mr. FreeMan. The purchase of the token on the secondary market cost him 14,850 TON (4 million rubles or $47,000).

The first NFT gifts on the TON blockchain appeared in Telegram at the end of 2022. The TON Gifts service was launched by a team of independent developers.

On October 5, 2024, the messenger added a feature to send gifts for internal currency.

Let us remind you that on April 1, 2025, Durov earned 95.8 million rubles on NFT bricks.#CryptoAdoption