Overview
- Wallet in Telegram plans to add more than 60 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs in October, with no specific launch date disclosed.
- The initial rollout will be custodial within Wallet in Telegram, followed by a planned expansion to the self‑custodial TON Wallet.
- Kraken will supply exchange infrastructure as Backed provides 1:1‑collateralized xStocks, which have recorded over $4.5 billion in cumulative volume.
- Planned features include fractional ownership and 24/5 trading access to major names such as Nvidia, Tesla, and MicroStrategy.
- Access is limited to eligible users across Telegram’s ecosystem, which counts over 100 million wallet sign‑ups and roughly 1 billion total users, with availability on TON targeted for Q4.