Telegram makes Gram wallet default and rebrands Wallet in Telegram as Walt

Telegram has rolled out its self-custodial Gram wallet across the messaging app. Telegram made Gram the default wallet in user settings. Wallet in Telegram has been rebranded as Walt. Walt is accessible through search instead of serving as Telegram's default crypto wallet. Gram will support payments and transfers inside Telegram. Gram will support purchases of Telegram Collectibles, including gifts, usernames and phone numbers. Gram will also support payments for services and everyday purchases. Walt will offer trading and investing services. Walt will support assets across multiple blockchains. Walt will allow users to make multichain crypto deposits to Gram. Pavel Durov first teased Gram in July. Durov said Telegram would gradually roll out Gram to its billion+ users over the next couple of weeks. Walt supports deposits, holdings and withdrawals for more than 300 crypto assets. Those assets are available across four blockchains. Walt supports trading in more than 200 crypto assets. Walt offers more than 100 tokenized stocks, exchange-traded funds and metals. Walt also offers crypto yield services. Walt offers perpetual trading across more than 70 assets. Those assets include cryptocurrencies, oil, natural gas and metals. Perpetual futures are derivative contracts without expiration dates. Andrew Rogozov, founder and CEO of The Open Platform and Walt, said the service began as a wallet for buying TON. Rogozov said the platform grew into a full-scale crypto platform inside Telegram over the past four years. He said the platform launched Earn, real-world assets and perpetual trading.