The Gram Times

Telegram Desktop developer John Preston is testing a new WEB Proxy for Telegram. A working server and PoC are already live for Desktop, Android, and iOS, including a dedicated WEB Proxy type and t.me/webproxy?... links. The feature isn’t in public clients yet — this is an early prototype ahead of release.

🔥 Intelligence Cups already on Telegram servers The exclusive gifts Durov announced for the IOAI 2026 winners in Kazakhstan (Astana) have been uploaded. No notifications incoming from the usual new-gift alert channels though — the gift is hidden in the store right now, so checkers simply won’t see it. Stay tuned.

40 minutes left until the auction for boss.ton ends But the highest bid is already solid — 750 $GRAM

Russia CB sets first crypto whitelist The Central Bank of Russia has confirmed the initial list of cryptocurrencies available for public trading on licensed Russian exchanges: Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT. Non-qualified investors can buy them with a 300,000 RUB (~$3,700) annual limit per broker/intermediary. TON (Gram) is not included. Retail investors won’t be able to buy or sell it through regulated Russian platforms.

Rare & beautiful domain up for grabs: boss.ton https://dns.ton.org/#boss Auction is live right now. Looks like it expired and went into a 7-day auction — only 3 days 18 hours left. Just dropping this here so the current highest bidder doesn’t have it too…

Yeah, actually good that Durov dropped the Algorithm Cups announcement before the Intelligence Cups even got distributed. The first ones still aren’t in anyone’s hands yet — he said they’ll be sent next week. So the entire secondary market so far was pure hype and pre-sale speculation. People were already quoting 2.5x–10x–20x on the minimum buyback prices just because “only 240 pieces”. If he announced the second series after the winners already received the cups and real trading started, a lot of people who bought expensive on pure scarcity FOMO would’ve been stuck holding the bag. Now they got the reality check early: Durov is clearly willing to release similar limited cups for different olympiads. The “once-in-a-lifetime ultra rare” narrative just got diluted before anyone could really get rekt on it. Timing-wise — pretty fair move.

Some people are posting that $GRAM has $0 volume in the last 24 hours on Binance.US… But they’re missing one important detail: Binance.US as a whole has roughly 3,000–5,000x lower trading volume than the global Binance. So low (or near-zero) volume for a newly listed token there is completely normal.

PEW just extended the fundraising timer… for the second time. And of course postponed the launch again. Truly groundbreaking levels of reliability.

PEW just extended the fundraising timer… for the second time. And of course postponed the launch again. Truly groundbreaking levels of reliability.

Cups/trophies will be awarded next week

Rare & beautiful domain up for grabs: boss.ton https://dns.ton.org/#boss Auction is live right now. Looks like it expired and went into a 7-day auction — only 3 days 18 hours left. Just dropping this here so the current highest bidder doesn’t have it too easy 😁

Ask an anonymous question to ANYONE who has ever opened @mira (yes, that includes Durov) Just go to @mira and write: Ask an anonymous question to @username Your question here Example: Ask an anonymous question to @monk Do you really read these? That’s it.

PEW NFT Lending Protocol is preparing to launch on TON. After DAOLama shut down, there hasn’t really been a solid NFT lending project left on the network. This one is currently running a fundraiser on Grouche. Goal: $50K Raised so far: ~$1K Deadline: August 7 It’s a commercial fundraiser — donors may receive a reward from the creator (described as co-ownership rights). Foundation-backed and fully on-chain. Link: https://www.grouche.com/en/fundraiser/49