[DigitalToday reporter Chi-gyu Hwang (황치규)] Wallet in Telegram, Telegram's built-in wallet, has integrated with the Ethereum-based decentralised exchange (DEX) Lighter and opened in-app perpetual futures trading to more than 150 million users.

According to a recent report by The Block, users can take leveraged long and short positions through an integrated custodial wallet without leaving Telegram.

More than 50 assets are available, including bitcoin, ether, oil, gold, stocks and ETFs. The Wallet team said it supports leverage of up to 50 times.

The Open Platform, the developer of Wallet, built infrastructure that directly connects Lighter's decentralised order book to the Telegram app. Wallet is targeting users who have already held and transferred crypto within Telegram, rather than drawing derivatives users from standalone exchanges.

It has blocked access in some jurisdictions, including the United States and Britain, and is initially focusing on emerging markets with limited traditional brokerage infrastructure.

Bitget Wallet also added a Hyperliquid-based market, enabling round-the-clock on-chain trading of real-world assets such as commodities and stocks. Perpetual futures are contracts that bet on price movements without an expiry date.