According to Get Gifts, over 72,000,000 gift transfers were made in Telegram this year — equal to 1,800,000,000 Stars (≈ $27,000,000) of on-chain activity. Against that backdrop, the UFC Strike case shows how brutal the secondary market can be.
🔝 What happened
⚫️ Users sent more than 72,000,000 gifts over the year
⚫️ Total volume reached 1,800,000,000 Stars (≈ $27,000,000)
⚫️ UFC Strike gifts are now trading after Pre-Market with a floor of 8.35 TON (≈ $13.71)
⚫️ Base cost per gift is 3,760 Stars (≈ $56.40), implying a loss of about $42.69 (−75.8%) per item
🔝 Why it matters
⚫️ The gifts market generates massive volumes, but speculative collections can still end up deeply underwater
⚫️ Heavy on-chain activity doesn’t guarantee that any specific drop will be profitable
⚫️ Telegram gifts are first about utility and fun — and only then about speculation, especially for volatile collections like UFC Strike
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