Telegram CEO Pavel Durov: Holding hundreds of millions in Bitcoin for 10 years, no luxury homes, no land, just for freedom Durov said that ten years ago, he had hundreds of millions of dollars in his bank account or in Bitcoin, but he didn’t use them for anything. No land, no real estate, no private jets, no yachts, nothing. He prefers to focus on what he’s working on, like Telegram, because for him, the most important priority in life is—freedom.