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Wallet in Telegram, a third-party wallet integrated directly into the Telegram app, is rolling out perpetual futures support with Lighter, a perpetuals decentralized exchange.Launching Thursday, perpetual futures are available to Telegram users through an integrated custodial solution, Crypto Wallet, the platform said in an announcement seen by Cointelegraph.&nbsp;The integration allows users to open long and short positions with up to 50× leverage across more than 50 assets, including crypto assets such as Bitcoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">BTC</a>) and Toncoin (<a href="https://cointelegraph.com/toncoin-price-index" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">TON</a>), as well as tokenized commodities and stocks.“Perpetual trading has traditionally been intimidating for retail users,” said Andrew Rogozov, CEO of The Open Platform, which develops Telegram-based protocols and apps on The Open Network (TON).<h2 id="lighter-brings-leverage-inside-chat">Lighter brings leverage inside chat</h2>The launch pushes <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/features/crypto-perpetual-futures-gain-momentum-united-states" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">leveraged derivatives</a> into one of crypto’s largest consumer distribution channels, extending a trend in which perpetual futures are moving from specialist exchanges into everyday app environments, even as the products remain complex and high risk.<figure><img src="https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2026-04/019d4e4f-f2f0-7475-ac88-a39c882f5c5e.png" alt="Wallet in Telegram launches perpetual futures trading with Lighter"><figcaption>Source: <a href="https://x.com/wallet_tg/status/2039674441186308357" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Wallet in Telegram</a></figcaption></figure>Lighter founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski said the integration enables near-instant perpetual trading within the app:<blockquote> “By integrating perpetual trading into Wallet, users can move from chat to market in seconds, making taking a position as simple as sending a message.”
</blockquote>Perpetual futures, or perps, are derivatives contracts that allow traders to speculate on price movements without owning the underlying asset.<h2 id="retail-derivatives-push-accelerates-further">Retail derivatives push accelerates further</h2>Lighter’s perpetual futures rollout on Telegram comes amid massive growth in the sector, with perps <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/perpetuals-dex-volume-2025-onchain-derivatives-growth" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">almost tripling volume in 2025</a>. <a href="https://cryptoquant.com/applied-research/69a634476dd98002fb225aae/intro" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">According</a> to CryptoQuant, perps accounted for up to 90% of derivatives volumes on major crypto exchanges in 2025.Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-expands-24-7-stock-derivatives-venue" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Coinbase launches 24/7 stock perps for non-US traders</a>Wallet in Telegram’s integration with Lighter is not the first time perps have reached Telegram.In October 2025, a similar feature was <a href="https://www.blum.io/post/blum-perps-launch" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">launched</a> by Blum, a hybrid crypto exchange designed as a Telegram Mini App. As part of the offering, Blum initially enabled traders to go long or short on 20 assets with up to 100x leverage.Wallet in Telegram <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/wallet-telegram-tokenized-stocks-etfs-xstocks-kraken" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">rolled out access to tokenized stocks</a> via xStocks partnership with the US crypto exchange Kraken in October 2025.Magazine: <a href="https://cointelegraph-magazine.com/newbies-guide-surviving-crypto-winter/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Your guide to surviving this mini-crypto winter</a>

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