PANews reported on October 11 that Argent, the Starknet smart contract wallet, and the Starknet Foundation jointly launched the Telegram Accelerator Program, which aims to connect Telegram's 1 billion users to the Ethereum and Starknet ecosystems. The program will support up to 20 high-quality teams to develop small Telegram applications, and each team will receive $25,000 in start-up funds and have the opportunity to receive up to $1 million in follow-up funding after successfully completing the project.

The accelerator program will last for 7 weeks, with the application period starting on October 10 and ending on November 1. The team will use the Argent Telegram wallet SDK and Starknet's Layer 2 expansion technology to develop small applications covering games, DeFi, SocialFi and other fields.