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Telegram gifts brought record revenue in 3 minutes

Telegram gifts brought record revenue in 3 minutes

Telegram released special gifts to celebrate its 12th anniversary, which generated record revenue. According to Pavel Durov, the messenger earned $11 million (about 878 million rubles) in just three minutes, Pravilamag reported.

A total of 965,000 limited-edition gifts were issued for the celebration. Among them were “Durov’s sunglasses,” Resistance Dogs (REDO), as well as surfboards, sandcastles, and coconuts.

The most expensive gifts — “Resistance Dogs” — sold out within 15 seconds. Their price rose within hours from $75 (around 6,000 rubles) to $240–270 (19–21 thousand rubles).

Telegram also announced that new gifts will be released on September 1.

Earlier, Durov told Tucker Carlson in an interview that the company is developing various monetization methods to avoid selling users’ personal data to third parties. According to him, Telegram’s profit is expected to exceed $1 billion in 2024.

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