On February 7, a fierce battle took place in the auction for the username @danbao on Telegram. The main participants in the day-long competition were Chinese citizens. As a result, the winning investor paid about 170 million rubles, or about $ 2 million, for the username.
This sale went down in history as the highest-value transaction ever recorded on the Fragment platform, which is designed for buying and selling usernames on Telegram. The information was verified by the publication “Code Durova”. Fragment is a set of tools that allow you to work with Telegram services on the TON blockchain.
It should be noted that the username in question was valued at only $ 184 thousand about three years ago. Now its price has increased to $ 2.2 million.
The new owner of the username @danbao is a Chinese investor who is the holder of numerous anonymous numbers and rare Telegram usernames. His collection also includes names on the theme of casinos. Interestingly, this person is also friends with the Chinese investor Fuhao, who previously wrote “Code Durova”.
The main reason for the purchase is explained by the meaning of the username: the word “danbao” translates as “guarantee” or “guarantee” in Chinese. Currently, this username is connected to a channel that is directed to the Chinese crypto wallet ecosystem and the infrastructure intended for launching casino projects.
Recall that the previous most expensive username purchase took place in 2022. At that time, the username @news was sold for $ 1.7 million.
