Walt Launches Standalone App, Crypto Trading Platform Expands Beyond Telegram for the First Time

According to The Block, Walt has launched a standalone app, expanding its crypto investment platform beyond Telegram for the first time. Walt changed its name from Wallet in Telegram on September 28, saying its product has gone beyond its original wallet functionality. The company said existing users can log in with their Telegram accounts, while new users can sign up via Telegram, Google or Apple; The original Telegram product remains accessible through the same account. According to the statement, its website lists more than 200 cryptocurrencies, more than 100 tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs, and perpetual contracts linked to crypto, metals and energy; the platform also offers yield products on assets such as stablecoins, Gram, Solana, Ethereum (ETH) and Tron. Walt CEO Andrew Rogozov said in the statement that Walt started as a simple bot for buying cryptocurrency and has now become a full investment platform used by millions. According to its website, Walt users can send cryptocurrency to other Telegram users for free; on-chain transactions to external wallets incur standard blockchain network fees plus a service fee, such as sending any amount of USDT to an external address on the TON network, for which a 1 USDT fee is charged. Ahead of this standalone app launch, Walt launched AI-assisted perpetual contract trading through Mira, ChatGPT and Claude on October 20; Walt said at the time that order execution was disabled by default and agents could not withdraw or transfer funds.

Source: TechFlow