Telegram will eventually have to figure out how best to handle ICO scams and new security issues soliciting potential investors on their highly successful cryptocurrency community channels. Shutterstock. If you want to raise some money in cryptocurrency for your garage band startup with a revolutionary this or a decentralized that, messaging app Telegram is the game in town. It’s not the only game, but it’s the game. Telegram is considered to be the best channel for startups to raise awareness for their initial coin offering. Those ICOs keep raising money—around $13.7 billion year to date, according to industry analysts.