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US prosecutors seek to ban SBF from Signal after alleged witness contact
28.1.2023
It’s alleged that the former FTX CEO attempted to arrange a “constructive relationship” with the current General Counsel of FTX US, Ryne Miller
Russia to Ban Banks From Using Messengers Like Telegram to Contact Customers
25.12.2022
Financial institutions in Russia will not be able to communicate with clients through instant messengers based outside the country, local media revealed. A new law passed by the State Duma also prohibits banks from using chats to send personal data and payment documents. Bill Restricts Russian...
Encrypted Messaging Protocol Mask Network Acquires Mastodon Server Pawoo.net
21.12.2022
Mask Network, a protocol that allows users to send encrypted messages and cryptocurrency transfers across social media, has acquired Pawoo.net, one of the largest Mastodon instances, according to a blog post
Today in Crypto: Decred Launches Social Media & Messaging Platform, Opera Announces a Suite of Security Features, T-Systems MMS Participates in Chainlink Staking
15.12.2022
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Telegram Introduces No-SIM Sign-ups With Blockchain-Powered Numbers
7.12.2022
Popular messenger Telegram now allows users to open accounts without the need to provide their mobile phone numbers. With the app’s latest update, they can log in using blockchain-based numbers instead, and they can be purchased with cryptocurrency on the Fragment platform. Telegram Promises ‘New...
Apple Messages & Color Contrast
23.11.2022
Well, color me this! I was griping to myself last night about just how gosh dang hard it is to read text messages in Apple Messages. You know, not the blue bubbles that you get when messaging other iPhone users. …
Apple Messages & Color Contrast originally published on CSS-Tricks, which...
Communications Startup Dialect Issues Tech Specs for ‘Smarter Messaging’ in Crypto
5.11.2022
Dialect wants its open source solution to become a standard for the industry
WhatsApp crash: Are decentralized blockchain messengers a real alternative?
4.11.2022
Centralized communication apps share one crucial feature: They crash often. Cointelegraph investigates to see if decentralization can offer a solution
Messaging App Telegram to Auction Usernames on TON Blockchain
21.10.2022
Messaging app Telegram is to offer usernames via a platform on The Open Network (TON) blockchain, two months after the idea was floated by Telegram founder Pavel Durov
SWIFT partners with Chainlink for cross-chain crypto transfer project
29.9.2022
The project will connect SWIFT's network to nearly every blockchain to allow traditional finance players access to digital and traditional assets on the one network
Founder of Web3 Messaging App: Decentralized Platforms Enable Users ‘to Build Their Communities in a Safe Place’
23.9.2022
In a world where censorship is growing and the right to privacy is being undermined, Web3 — the next iteration of the world wide web — looks to some like the solution users of online platforms are waiting for. As some pioneering Web3 products and solutions have demonstrated, when...
Polkadot Parachain Moonbeam Integrates Cross-Chain Messaging Protocol LayerZero
29.8.2022
Developing Web3 interoperability via cross-chain messaging has become a growing trend
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Hints at Web3 Integration
24.8.2022
Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, has hinted at a series of Web3 enhancements coming to the popular messaging platform. Durov talked about the benefits that tradable usernames and channel links might have in the future, creating a marketplace where users could use them in the same way Ethereum Name...
Solana-based Projects Team Up to Make Cross-Chain Messaging Standard
23.8.2022
Notifi Network, Bonfida and Only1 are among the 19 projects behind the "Open Chat Alliance" that's pushing for streamlined messaging standards in crypto
Kazakhstan Investigates Crypto Mining Hotel Allegedly Operating as Ponzi Scheme
10.8.2022
Authorities in Kazakhstan have launched an investigation into a mining hotel business suspected of being a crypto pyramid as part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal activities linked to cryptocurrencies. The platform, called Bincloud, lured investors through popular messaging apps. Bincloud...
Russian Blockchain Alternative to SWIFT to Prevent Disconnection of Nations, Banks
13.7.2022
A Russian university is ready to test its blockchain-based analogue to the global payment messaging network SWIFT, from which Russian banks were cut off as part of Western sanctions. The developers say their system would not allow the disconnecting of countries and banks. Russian Developers Create...
Dialect and Solana Mobile Building New Messaging Tooling
6.7.2022
Dialect recently tweeted about entering a partnership with the Solana Mobile team. The collaboration will see the platforms developing core messaging infra with a developer tooling for SMS. In addition, the ventures will launch an open-source, consumer-grade messaging app. SMS stated that with...
Wechat to Prohibit Accounts From Providing Some NFT and Crypto Services
22.6.2022
Tencent’s Wechat intends to impose penalties on public accounts facilitating secondary trading of NFTs, a press report has revealed. Accounts offering transaction channels and guidance for cryptocurrencies have also been targeted by the new rule. Popular Chinese App to Impose Restrictions...
Telegram Launches Premium Tier Benefits Seeking to Monetize Platform
22.6.2022
Popular messaging platform Telegram has announced it is launching a new premium tier of its services as it seeks to monetize a part of its userbase. Reaching more than 700 million active users monthly, the new tier answers to the need of these users for more bandwidth and storage capacity...
Nansen Seeks to Reshape Crypto Messaging With Blockchain-Compatible App
15.6.2022
Nansen’s messaging app will be available for subscribers and certain NFT holders