Misleading ads appeared inside Monad’s official Telegram announcement channel before its upcoming token distribution.
Co-founder Keone Hon shared the news on X to alert the community. He warned users not to click on any advertisements shown in the channel, which is usually reserved only for official updates from Monad.
The warning comes before Monad’s airdrop is set to go live at 1:00 PM UTC on October 14.
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Hon also raised concerns that Telegram allows paid content to show up even in such controlled spaces. He said, “Crazy that Telegram will push content directly into a channel that otherwise only contains content from one party”.
Hon reminded everyone that there is no need to rush, as the claim window will stay open for three full weeks. He said:
Do not act with urgency, and always triple-verify before doing anything.
According to Telegram’s platform policies, the ads broke rules about misleading content, unauthorized software, and fake financial services. Telegram’s guidelines also ban any ads that involve phishing or attempts to trick users into sharing personal information.
Meanwhile, Monad’s yet-to-launch token, MON, has already started trading on Hyperliquid’s futures platform. Its current trading price is about $0.07, which suggests a total token value of around $7 billion, based on its maximum supply of 100 billion tokens.
On October 1, the official X account linked to BNB
