Telegram's Walt Launches Standalone App With Tokenized Stocks and Perpetual Futures
Walt, the crypto wallet formerly known as Wallet in Telegram, has launched a standalone app offering crypto trading, more than 100 tokenized US stocks and ETFs, and perpetual futures. Existing Telegram users can sign in with the same account, and the company plans crypto payment cards next.
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What Walt Launched
Walt, formerly Wallet in Telegram, has released a standalone application, its first offering outside the messaging platform. According to a November 10 announcement shared with Crypto Briefing, the app provides access to hundreds of cryptocurrencies, more than 100 tokenized US stocks and ETFs, yield products, and perpetual futures covering crypto, metals and energy.
Existing users can log into the standalone app with the same account they use in Telegram. New customers can register through Telegram, Google or Apple. The standalone app will receive new features first, including advanced trading tools and additional asset classes.
Scope of Products and Where They Are Available
The app also integrates AI trading tools that connect through ChatGPT, Claude and Mira, an AI agent built by parent company The Open Platform (TOP). Walt says connected AI agents operate through dedicated balances funded by users and cannot withdraw assets from the remainder of the account.
The standalone app will be offered in the same markets as Walt's Telegram service. Access to individual products, including perpetual futures and tokenized stocks, will continue to vary by jurisdiction. Egor Danilov, chief product officer at Walt and TOP, said the company reviews each product on a market-by-market basis, works with regulated partners and plans to obtain additional licenses as regulatory frameworks evolve.
Tokenized Equities and How They Are Backed
Walt sources its tokenized stocks and ETFs through xStocks, a tokenization platform developed by Backed and Kraken. Danilov said each token is backed one-to-one by underlying shares held with regulated custodians, which gives users economic exposure to the equity rather than direct ownership of the shares. He said tokenized stocks have become especially popular among newcomers, some of whom now begin investing in traditional assets before buying crypto. He cited SK Hynix, which Walt made available around the company's Nasdaq debut, as an example.
Strategy and Next Steps
Walt's leadership frames the launch as a shift in user behavior, with customers increasingly trading and investing rather than only holding crypto. Founder and CEO Andrew Rogozov described Walt as having grown from a simple bot for buying crypto into an investment platform used by tens of millions of people. The company says it plans to add crypto payment cards so users can spend digital assets on everyday purchases, with the goal of combining trading, investing and payments in one application.
The sources available for this piece describe the announcement and company statements but do not include independent user-count verification or third-party data on the platform's trading volumes.
Why It Matters
For Traders
Users who want exposure to tokenized equities or perpetual futures now have a new venue, but product availability varies by jurisdiction, so check local access before moving funds.
For Investors
The move signals Telegram-linked crypto distribution expanding into tokenized equities and derivatives, a trend worth tracking as traditional-asset tokenization grows.
For Builders
Walt's model of AI agents funded by dedicated balances with no withdrawal rights offers a concrete permissioning pattern for agent-driven trading interfaces.
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