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Collectible Gifts

12 posts · Mar 2025 – Nov 2025

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Telegram has introduced a new system for 'Collectible Gifts' which allows users to upgrade received gifts into unique, transferable, and auctionable digital assets. These collectibles feature custom variations and secondary traits, adding rarity and artistic value. The system is integrated with Telegram Stars for blockchain fees and allows for direct trading between users. This update expands the system by allowing gifts to be sent already upgraded, enabling instant trading between users, and in new gift releases will be based on auctions — allowing users to place bids with Stars for new gifts over several rounds. Your place in the auction determines the unique number of your gift — so the top bidder in Round 1 will receive the #1 gift, 2nd place will get #2, and so on. At the end of each round, the top bidders will each receive a gift — while lower bids automatically carry over to the next round. Once all the gifts have been awarded, any remaining bids will be automatically refunded. You can participate more than once to get several gifts — and increase your chances by increasing your bid at any time. The bid interface shows how many Stars you need to bid to win a gift in that round.

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  1. Live Stories, Repeated Messages, Auctions for Gifts and MoreIntroduced an auction system for new limited-edition Telegram Gifts to ensure fair distribution. New gift releases will be based on multi-round auctions where users bid with Stars. The auction determines the unique number of the gift (e.g., top bidder gets #1). Lower bids carry over to the next round, and remaining bids are refunded if not won. Users can bid multiple times and increase bids to improve chances. The bid interface shows the Stars needed to win a gift in the current round.
  2. Comments in Group Calls, Notes for Contacts, Suggested Birthdays and MoreThis post significantly enhances the Collectible Gifts feature by streamlining the gift interface, introducing a schedule for decreasing upgrade costs, allowing users to remove gift signatures (like sender information and custom messages) using Telegram Stars to increase resale value, and enabling the showcasing of blockchain-integrated gifts directly on user profiles via Fragment. Furthermore, it introduces new functionalities where certain collectible gifts unlock unique reply styles and can be used to customize the appearance of links and replies sent by users, deepening the integration of these digital assets into the platform's communication features.
  3. Extra-Secure Group Calls, Automated Accounts, and MoreThis post introduces new settings for managing collectible gifts, allowing users to control which gifts are displayed on their profile, choose which gift types they accept (especially for Premium users), and add a 'Gift' button to the input field for easier sending and receiving. It also details how to manage gifts on a one-by-one basis, including showing/hiding from profiles, pinning, wearing as status, and transferring to other users or blockchain wallets.
  4. Star Messages, Pinned Gifts, Verification Platform 2.0, and MoreThis post introduces two new ways to interact with the Collectible Gifts ecosystem: gifting Premium subscriptions using Telegram Stars, and pinning up to 6 gifts on a user's profile to showcase them. It also elaborates on the withdrawal of Stars via Fragment, which is relevant to the monetization aspect of collectibles, and mentions group owners managing Star balances, further integrating the Star economy with user-facing features.