If I could only choose one platform to build a crypto business, I wouldn't pick Farcaster; I would choose Telegram.

This answer may not be widely accepted, because everyone defaults to believing that true influence in crypto is on X.
But I increasingly believe that the most valuable thing in the future isn't exposure, but the density of relationships.
X can help you go viral, but Telegram can help you make money.
Over the past year, I've observed many projects; teams that truly survive cycles are often not those with the most impressive tweet data, but those with the most active Telegram communities.
Because the most genuine transactions in the crypto world don't happen on public timelines but in private domains.
Users discuss in Telegram groups:
Whether to hold their positions,
If the project is about to issue tokens,
Whether the team is working seriously,
How the market sentiment is lately,
These are the real flows of trust.
AI will make public content increasingly cheap; by 2028, the entire internet might be filled with AI-generated content automatically.
Timelines will turn into content wars between machines, and genuine human expression will become increasingly scarce.
So I believe that future social products will inevitably show a huge stratification: public platforms will handle traffic, private domains will handle trust, and Telegram is naturally suited for the latter.
Of course, it also has many issues, such as poor discovery mechanisms, chaotic content structures, and difficulty for new users to integrate.
But these problems precisely indicate that it’s not like traditional content platforms; it’s more like an underground economic system of the crypto world.
Many people see Telegram as a chat tool, but I think it’s more like a digital nation.
DAOs govern here,
Traders communicate here,
Projects operate here,
Resource collaborations happen here,
And even many truly important pieces of information will never appear on public platforms.
So if the question is, what is the most suitable platform for building a crypto business in 2026, my answer is Telegram.
Because the most scarce resource in the future crypto industry won't be attention but high-trust relationships.
But looking further to 2028, I believe AI-native social applications will start replacing some traditional platforms, especially those that rely solely on information distribution.
Because AI will push distribution efficiency to infinity; in the future, what truly matters isn't who posts more, but who feels more like a real person.