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The Eroding State of Privacy in the Crypto World

27.4.2024
The balance between privacy and regulatory compliance in the crypto world is increasingly threatened as high-profile cases, such as the sanctions against Tornado Cash and the legal troubles of Samourai Wallet, come to the fore, prompting a robust response from the community and its leaders....

Telegram’s Founder Advocates for Crypto-Inspired Hardware to Boost Secure Communications

17.4.2024
Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has proposed creating crypto-inspired hardware to enhance secure communication and protect privacy, a vision spurred by his unsettling experiences with governments, including attempts by the FBI to interrogate him and coerce a Telegram engineer into embedding...

Toncoin to Be at the Center of Telegram’s New Ad Monetization Strategy

2.3.2024
Toncoin, a top 20 cryptocurrency project, will be used by Telegram, the messaging platform, as a payment tool for its new advertisement strategy. Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, stated that toncoin would facilitate payments for customers of its advertising platform, announcing that...

Amidst Controversy, Telegram Will Keep Hamas’ Channels Open

15.10.2023
Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, has explained that Hamas’ communication channel in the application will keep operating. Durov’s statements come after Telegram faced widespread backlash for allowing the Palestinian group to keep posting war-related content on its network. Durov...

Telegram crypto bots gain momentum in the market: Binance Research

7.8.2023
Daily volumes of crypto trades on Telegram bots hit a record high of $10 million in July, according to a new report by Binance Research

Messaging Platform Telegram Has Issued $270M in Bonds to Fund Growth

18.7.2023
"I personally bought about a quarter of the new Telegram bonds," said Pavel Durov, the CEO of the popular but not-yet-profitable platform

Brazil Bans Telegram Temporarily Due to Alleged Lack of Collaboration in Fight Against School Violence

29.4.2023
A federal judge in Brazil has ordered the temporary suspension of Telegram in the country and established hefty fines due to the supposed lack of collaboration of the company in a national crusade against school violence. Telegram failed to deliver information regarding the actions it is taking...

Crypto Groups on Russian Social Media Hit by Bots Discrediting Bitcoin

23.2.2023
Social media groups devoted to cryptocurrencies in Russia have been attacked by bots in what looks like a campaign against bitcoin and the like. Their comments on Russia’s largest social media platform are triggered by certain keywords like crypto and blockchain, members of the community have...

Telegram to allow no-sim accounts via anon-blockchain-numbers

8.12.2022
Telegram has increased its security features by enabling support from anonymous blockchain-based numbers that go for around $16

Durov Suggests Telegram May Launch a Toncoin-powered Marketplace

24.8.2022
Pavel Durov, the mastermind behind the Telegram chat app and messaging platform, has suggested that Telegram may one day launch a blockchain technology-powered marketplace for usernames, emojis, and other app-based assets. And Durov has also praised the efforts of the TON network – a blockchain...

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...

No Developed Nation Bans Cryptocurrencies, Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Warns Russia

24.1.2022
Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, has criticized Bank of Russia’s proposal to impose a blanket ban on a range of crypto-related activities. Such move would stifle high-tech development and chase away blockchain specialists, Durov says. Durov Speaks Out Against Bank...

Russian tech and political executives denounce crypto ban proposal

24.1.2022
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov wrote that the proposed ban on crypto would “destroy a number of sectors of the high-tech economy” in a recent post on his massaging platform

Telegram-verified payments bot to accept Toncoin cryptocurrency

23.12.2021
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is proud that the TON project is "alive and evolving" despite Telegram terminating TON last year

Report: TON investor demands $100M compensation from Durov

2.3.2021
Telegram's TON saga seems far from over, as a disgruntled investor seeks compensation

Crypto Industry’s Favorite Messaging App Telegram Surpasses 500 Million Active Users

13.1.2021
Telegram, a popular messaging app within the cryptocurrency space, surpassed 500 million monthly active users during the first week of January, according to Telegram chief executive officer Pavel Durov. In the last 72 hours, said Durov, the app has seen a massive surge in new users, with...

Free TON, From an Abandoned Project to the Frontier of PoS Networks

9.12.2020
The Durov brothers fought a long and exhaustive battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the Telegram Open Network (TON)’s acceptance in the United States, which ended with an official announcement that the further development of the project was abandoned....