Walt, the crypto platform once known as Wallet in Telegram, now standalone app, seeking to reach users beyond the messaging service that helped it build tens of millions of registered accounts.

The app will let users sign up through Google or Apple without a Telegram account, in a significant change for an app that grew by letting Telegram users buy, hold, and send crypto within the messaging platform.

The challenge is giving people a reason to download another app.

“The biggest change is access,” Egor Danilov, chief product officer at Walt and its developer, The Open Platform, told CoinDesk in emailed comments.

Danilov said Telegram’s own wallet handles basic crypto transfers, while Walt targets users seeking broader trading and investment tools.

The standalone app will offer crypto trading, tokenized U.S. stocks and exchange-traded funds, and yield products. Users can also trade perpetual futures tied to crypto, metals and energy, letting them bet on price moves through contracts with no expiry date.

All those products are already available through Walt inside Telegram. Walt rebranded in September, when it announced that Telegram’s own wallet would replace it in the messaging app’s settings. Walt remains available through its Telegram bot.

Danilov said the standalone app will get new trading tools and asset classes first, with crypto payment cards planned for a later date.

Walt said it has tens of millions of registered users but declined to disclose monthly active users, trading volumes or customer assets.

Existing users can access both versions through the same account and the standalone app will launch in Walt’s current markets, though access to some investment products will vary by region.