According to a recent LinkedIn post from Wallet in Telegram, the company is piloting a new “Crypto Stocks” feature that offers tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs to Telegram users in Uzbekistan. The post indicates that more than 27 million users in the country can access tokenized versions of high-profile equities such as Apple, Tesla, Netflix, and Amazon, as well as ETFs tracking the S&P 500, directly within the app.
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The LinkedIn post notes that the service enables users to buy, sell, store, and transfer these tokenized assets with minimum investments starting at $1. It further suggests that the one-month pilot, scheduled to begin in March 2026, is being conducted under the supervision of Uzbekistan’s National Agency for Prospective Projects and is supported by Asterium, described as the country’s largest crypto exchange.
For investors, the initiative points to Wallet in Telegram’s strategy to deepen engagement by integrating investment functionality into a widely used messaging platform in an emerging market. If user adoption and regulatory oversight remain favorable, this could represent a step toward building transaction-based revenue streams and enhancing the company’s positioning at the intersection of digital assets and retail investing.
The collaboration with Asterium and oversight by a national regulator may also signal an effort to align with evolving crypto and securities frameworks, potentially reducing regulatory risk relative to unregulated offerings. Successful execution in Uzbekistan could provide a proof of concept for expanding tokenized securities services to additional jurisdictions, though scalability will depend on local regulations, infrastructure, and user demand in other markets.