Telegram launches NFT giveaways with trading features

Telegram launched in 2025 with a surprising upgrade: creating collectible gifts that users could send between themselves and trade in a form, using non-fungible tokens on third-party marketplace systems.

This latest foray of the messaging platform into the digital collectibles ecosystem was an attempt to further improve user utility and capitalize on the lucrative blockchain space for market participants in NFTs.

In a blog post dated January 1Telegram said users can now upgrade gifts received or sent on the platform to “collectibles.” These collectibles come in unique designs, with features like background colors and icons that can be changed, and many rarities. The first collection contains more than 1,400 different collectible varieties, each with themes like “Homemade Cake” and “Jelly Bunny,” among thousands more to come.

“When you upgrade a gift, it unlocks a new skin from among dozens of custom skins designed by Telegram artists. Collectibles also receive a random set of secondary themes, including background color, icon, and number.

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For this to happen, Telegram users will need to own a virtual commodity called Telegram Stars to purchase digital goods and pay blockchain fees within the platform. These stars will introduce blockchain functionality into the Telegram ecosystem without sacrificing user convenience.

Telegram Collectibles Functional NFTs with market potential

Telegram emphasized that collectibles are not for beauty alone, but are functional digital assets that one can transfer to others or auction off through NFT marketplaces — other than these details, the platform has not specified any such marketplaces; All of this means one major step towards the link between major messaging platforms and blockchain technology.

The new update to Telegram increases user interaction and functionality: Reactions added to the service’s messages indicate gifts, show new members joining a group, or show people joining a video chat. Advanced filters have been provided for message searches to make it easier to sort results by private chats, groups and channels.

Telegram decision The circulation of NFTs signals an emerging general trend: technology companies will position blockchain technologies as a gatekeeper to newer experiences offered by this unique quality of digital ownership.

The press release highlighted the idea behind these collectible gifts apart from the enhanced functionality and offers available to the user, putting Telegram on a journey of fusion of messaging with advanced hi-tech inventions.

Further growth in NFT markets could mean deeper integration of collectibles with third-party trading via Telegram, opening up new digital collectibles and blockchain– Existing interaction.