Telegram crypto bots gain momentum in the market: Binance Research
Telegram bots have been increasingly emerging as a new tool to get exposure to cryptocurrency markets and a number of related services.
The cumulative crypto trading volume associated with Telegram bots exceeded $190 million as of early August 2023, according to a new report by Binance’s research arm Binance Research.
Crypto activity facilitated through Telegram bots has been specifically on the rise in recent months. On July 23, daily volumes of chatbots-enabled crypto trades hit a record high of $10 million, Binance Research’s chief financial officer Jie Xuan Chua wrote in the report. User metrics also hit a record high in July, reaching more than 6,000 daily unique users.
In total, Telegram bots have collected more than 15,500 Ether (ETH), or about $28 million, in all-time revenue, Chua reported.
Just like common Telegram bots, cryptocurrency-enabled Telegram bots allow users to interact with certain programs to complete certain tasks by sending messages on the Telegram messenger. Such bots are often connected to peer-to-peer or decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges, enabling users to execute trades by using commands in the chatbot.
According to Chua, Telegram bots could potentially become an integral part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem as they offer various types of crypto services, including trading, airdrop farming and automated token operations known as sniping. He added:
Telegram’s recent sharp growth in activity related to Telegram’s crypto trading bots should be attributed to surging prices of related tokens. The Unibot (UNIBOT) token, which serves as the governance token on the eponymous trading bot on Telegram, rallied as much as 400% by late July, hitting an all-time high of $199 on July 28.
According to Chua,
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