Durov and Nurmagomedov wiped out all records of their NFT endeavor after trading $4.3 million worth of “daddy” dolls, resulting in a 60% loss for their followers.
Khabib Nurmagomedov has entirely eliminated all mention of Telegram and collaborative promotions from his social media profiles.
More precisely, he removed a piece about a contest where he pledged to gift eight recipients with digital papakhas through the messaging app. Conor McGregor had the strongest response to this disgrace.
“Is it really possible that the 'good guy' Khabib would exploit his deceased father's name, along with Dagestani culture, to mislead his supporters and swiftly auction off a series of digital NFTs online, and then erase all traces after they were sold, abandoning the followers with no funds? It's just not possible for a virtuous person to perpetrate such an act.”
Pavel Durov and Khabib Nurmagomedov amassed upwards of $4.35 million exchanging digital papakhas. Durov eagerly persuaded his audience to trade the images for tangible currency.
The partnership between Pavel Durov and Khabib Nurmagomedov was billed as a “cultural offering to the ummah” and a “mark of respect for Khabib's father.” However, in under a day, it morphed into one of the most prominent deceptions of 2025.
As of November 26, 2025, the “Khabib's Papakha” NFT is being traded on the Getgems premarket and http://STON.fi at an average value of 42-45 TON (roughly $63-67 at the present exchange rate). Conversely, the typical acquisition cost for each “offering” through Telegram Stars amounted to 10,100 Stars, ≈ $151-155 (contingent on the Stars-to-dollar conversion rate at the time of acquisition). Collectively, holders have forfeited an average of $88-92 (-58-60%) in a single day.
Apparently, Nurmagomedov came to the realization that he severely exposed his followers to a conventional deception cloaked in the veil of “tradition, respect, and confidentiality.”
Pavel Durov, who has for years promoted himself as the foremost “champion against censorship” and intelligence agencies, has once more leveraged his reputation as the quintessential facade for questionable undertakings: initially the Gemini skin, subsequently countless tokens and NFTs on TON, and presently papakhas valued at as much as $30,000 for uncommon editions.
