Telegram’s Mini Apps initiative has secured substantial funding to advance its integration of Web3 technologies into the messaging platform. Bitget Wallet and Foresight Ventures have committed $20 million (roughly Rs. 168 crore) to drive the growth of Telegram’s Mini Apps, as reported by CoinTelegraph on Monday, November 11. As of July 2024, Telegram reported that 500 million of its 950 million global users engaged with Mini Apps each month. The funding is intended to support the expansion of the Telegram Mini Apps ecosystem, enabling it to develop a strategic roadmap for growth and to continue offering Web3 games with crypto and NFT features to its global user base for enhanced in-app entertainment. As per CoinTelegraph, Bitget Wallet has offered to let Web3 app makers use its own developer’s kit to make more games and services that integrate Web3 into Telegram’s interface. The developer kit is called OmniConnect and it was launched in September this year. Web3 developers will also have opportunities to collaborate with existing Mini Apps to expand their game offerings under established brands. …