Wallet in Telegram rebrands to Walt as Gram wallet debuts
Telegram has made its self-custodial Gram wallet the default in user settings as Wallet in Telegram rebrands to Walt. The split centers native payments and transfers for everyday use, while Walt handles trading, investing, and multichain crypto services across the messaging app’s billion-plus user base.
Key Takeaways
- Telegram set the self-custodial Gram wallet as the default wallet in user settings.
- Wallet in Telegram is rebranding as Walt and will be reachable via search rather than as the default.
- Gram focuses on payments, transfers, and purchases; Walt covers trading, investing, and multichain services.
- Founder Pavel Durov said Gram will roll out gradually to Telegram’s billion-plus users over coming weeks.
- Walt still connects to Gram, including multichain crypto deposits into the native wallet.
What changed in Telegram’s crypto wallets?
Telegram is reshaping its crypto stack around two services: the new self-custodial Gram wallet and the platform formerly known as Wallet in Telegram, now branded Walt. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Gram is now the default wallet in user settings.
Gram is positioned for payments, transfers, and purchases across Telegram. Walt will no longer serve as the default crypto wallet and will instead be accessible through search, while offering a wider set of crypto and financial products.
The move matters for anyone who buys, sends, or holds crypto inside Telegram. For more fintech and crypto coverage, see our Fintech & Crypto Alerts hub.
How do Gram wallet and Walt differ?
Gram wallet is Telegram’s transaction layer for transfers and payments. The self-custodial wallet will support purchases of Telegram Collectibles—including gifts, usernames, and phone numbers—plus payments for services and everyday buys.
Walt’s rebrand reflects growth beyond its origins as a wallet mainly used to buy and hold Gram (GRAM), formerly known as Toncoin (TON). Walt supports deposits, holdings, and withdrawals for more than 300 crypto assets across four blockchains, and trading in more than 200.
The platform also offers more than 100 tokenized stocks, ETFs, and metals, plus crypto yield services and perpetual futures. Walt offers perpetual trading across more than 70 assets, including cryptocurrencies, oil, natural gas, and metals.
“We started as a simple wallet for buying TON, but over the past four years we’ve grown into a full-scale crypto platform inside Telegram, launching Earn, real-world assets and perpetual trading,” said Andrew Rogozov, founder and CEO of The Open Platform (TOP) and Walt.
Will Gram and Walt still work together?
Yes. Gram wallet and Walt will remain connected. Walt will allow users to make multichain crypto deposits to Gram wallet, keeping the broader platform linked to Telegram’s native transaction layer.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov first teased Gram wallet in July, saying the company planned to bring a native non-custodial wallet to every Telegram app. “We’ll be gradually rolling it out to our billion+ users over the next couple of weeks,” he said Monday in a Telegram post.
That rollout timeline, plus the default-wallet switch, underscores Telegram’s push to put self-custodial payments at the center of in-app activity while Walt serves as a fuller crypto marketplace rather than the everyday default.