{"id":26448,"date":"2025-08-25T20:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26448"},"modified":"2025-08-26T10:27:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:27:19","slug":"influencer-trades-porsche-gt3-for-18-digital-telegram-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/influencer-trades-porsche-gt3-for-18-digital-telegram-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Influencer Trades Porsche GT3 for 18 Digital Telegram Gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TON influencer Lucha and Portals marketplace co-founder Roxman have exchanged a Porsche 911 GT3 for 18 rare digital gifts within Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>In a comment to ForkLog, the deal participants stated that Roxman invested approximately $20,000 in purchasing Telegram gifts, which he traded for a car valued at over $350,000.<\/p>\n<p>The idea for the exchange developed through posts and polls within the crypto community. Users debated the question: &#8220;Is it worth trading digital gifts for a Porsche?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On August 23, Lucha posted a photo of the car with branded wrapping, featuring logos of the game Major, the Telegram messenger, and the platform&#8217;s digital gifts.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"luchathoughts\/128\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Apparently the joke went too far. Buying tickets to Dubai,&#8221; <a class=\"tracking_link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/roxtalk\/248\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> Roxman in response to the post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rising Value of Telegram Gifts<\/h2>\n<p>The first NFT gifts on the TON blockchain appeared in Telegram at the end of 2022. The TON Gifts service was launched by a team of independent developers.<\/p>\n<p>On October 5, 2024, Telegram<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/telegram-to-introduce-nft-conversion-for-gifts-on-ton-blockchain\"> introduced<\/a> a feature for sending gifts using Stars, the messenger&#8217;s internal currency.<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, the value of some collections has significantly increased:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Plush Pepe \u2014 from $30 to $12,000;<\/li>\n<li>Durov\u2019s Cap \u2014 from $15 to $2,500;<\/li>\n<li>Swiss Watch \u2014 from $1.5 to $190.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In April, Telegram head Pavel Durov<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/telegrams-pavel-durov-receives-nft-frog-valued-at-4-million-rubles\"> acquired<\/a> Plush Pepe #1 valued at 14,850 TON ($47,000 at the time of purchase on the secondary market).<\/p>\n<p>In July, rapper Snoop Dogg released the music video <a class=\"tracking_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sknGyx2vRg4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gifts<\/a>, dedicated to the gifts, and also introduced several NFT collections on TON. They sold out in less than an hour, generating $12 million in revenue.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?22\" data-telegram-post=\"forklog\/44701\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Dune, the market capitalization of Telegram gifts <a class=\"tracking_link\" href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/rdmcd\/telegram-gifts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stands<\/a> at about $160 million. The record daily trading volume reached $9 million.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Portals&#8217; Success<\/h2>\n<p>The gifts are traded on several marketplaces, the largest being Portals. The platform <a class=\"tracking_link\" href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/rdmcd\/telegram-gifts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">holds<\/a> 50\u201360% of all trading volumes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfOZb-NmndVw1TqNgSvUZw2Sjr1cqklRs_RH1b0pTK6yUp8077GVuz6AYDsS4ZC-l30KvEq2-EzlFSxvw-wTTUimNbVoeEsIh1L8l7ABE1ghWQGPsXkX4MTnUlVW51lROkSJ_oT?key=jbCW7fQ6pp8oqb6w9L5R_Q\" alt=\"Influencer Trades Porsche GT3 for 18 Digital Telegram Gifts\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Source: <a class=\"tracking_link\" href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/rdmcd\/telegram-gifts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dune<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The marketplace offers cashback, a points system, and regularly conducts collaborations with brands.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;What started as $10 experiments has turned into assets valued at the level of luxury cars. The Telegram ecosystem is rapidly evolving, and the growth rate is only increasing,&#8221; noted project representatives.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Roxman<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/creator-of-major-launches-zero-commission-gift-marketplace-on-telegram\"> launched<\/a> Portals in May 2025. The influencer is also the creator of the social game Major, which has attracted 70 million users. The project&#8217;s token, MAJOR, is traded on Bybit, OKX, Bitget, MEXC, and other exchanges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TON influencer Lucha and Portals marketplace co-founder Roxman have exchanged a Porsche 911 GT3 for 18 rare digital gifts within Telegram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"2","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"TON influencer trades Porsche for 18 digital Telegram gifts.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1213,723,1422],"class_list":["post-26448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-nft","tag-telegram","tag-toncoin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"440","promo_type":"2","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"TON influencer trades Porsche for 18 digital Telegram gifts.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26450,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26448\/revisions\/26450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}