Telegram, the global messaging app with over 800 million users, is quietly adopting a Web3 pivot that may turn it into a super-app for everything, propelling crypto ahead in the meantime.
With its Mini Apps, a way for developers to implement their own Web3 apps that can be accessed by Telegram users, the messaging platform is opening the doors for becoming a new hub of Web3 activity. It is perhaps the Web2 company best positioned to do so, thanks to a combination of a long tradition of being used by Web3 enthusiasts and its independently-minded leadership.
