A rare name on Telegram was offered for $25 million.

A Telegram user received an offer of $25 million for the username @crypto, which was purchased back in 2023 for $350,000. However, the owner, known as JF, declined the deal. Instead, he emphasized that he would continue to collect usernames. In 2024, blogger Pavlo Fedorov earned over $80,000 in TON by selling his name @pavel on the auction platform Fragment. He obtained the username for free 10 years ago. The nickname was bought by JF, the same person who refused to sell @crypto for $25 million. Then JF gifted @pavel to Telegram founder Pavel Durov.

The most expensive sold usernames include @news for $5.8 million and @auto for $5.2 million, also sold in 2024.

Overall, in the last 18 months, Telegram usernames and anonymous numbers have been sold for a total of $350 million.