Odaily Planet Daily News Telegram, although founder Pavel Durov was arrested this year, it also achieved its first profit in three years of monetization. Pavel Durov also revealed that the company has cleared a "significant portion" of its $2 billion debt, and after the news broke, Elon Musk praised him on social platform X, saying "well done".
However, Pavel Durov has previously said that Telegram plans to go public in early 2026, but the plan may change due to the arrest, Telegram declined to comment on this, saying that "the company is still wholly owned by Pavel Durov, Pavel Durov."