PANews reported on October 29 that at the Blockchain Life 2025 conference in Dubai, Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced the launch of "Cocoon"—a Confidential Compute Open Network built on the TON blockchain and the Telegram ecosystem.

The project will utilize GPU mining and focus on privacy and confidential AI computing scenarios, with Telegram playing a central role in its development. The official public beta is planned for November 2025. Durov also revealed that third-party developers within the Telegram Mini Apps ecosystem have generated over $1 billion in revenue in the past year.