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Human Rights Foundation CSO urges Time readers not to 'demonize' Bitcoin
26.1.2021
“Bitcoin is neutral like cash, and can’t discriminate between good and bad,” said Gladstein
Secure Messaging App Signal Reportedly Toying With Crypto Payments
26.1.2021
Staff at the firm are said to be worried the addition would bring bad actors and unwanted regulatory attention
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...
Pavel Durov Denies He’s Selling Telegram Following TON Failure
5.8.2020
“We are not selling Telegram – neither in part, nor in full,” Telegram CEO Pavel Durov promises
Millions of Telegram Users's Data Exposed on Darknet
24.6.2020
Telegram’s built-in contact import feature was exploited to leak the personal data of millions of users onto the darknet
Telegram CEO Says Global Resistance to Tech Bans Is ‘Just Getting Started’
22.6.2020
Telegram’s digital resistance in Russia will contribute to further anti-censorship efforts in countries like China and Iran, Pavel Durov says
Russia Officially Lifts Its Two-Year Telegram Ban
18.6.2020
Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media has officially lifted the ban on Telegram
Russian Authorities Disagree Over Lifting Telegram Ban
27.5.2020
While Russia is facing disagreement over the legal status of Telegram and crypto, both continue operating in the country
Telegram Drops TON Cryptocurrency Project After US Prohibits Global Distribution
13.5.2020
Popular messaging app Telegram has shut down its TON cryptocurrency project. Telegram founder Pavel Durov explains that a US court has stopped his TON project and prevented the gram cryptocurrency from being distributed to investors, not just in the US but globally. Telegram Discontinues...
Mike Novogratz on Telegram: ‘We Don’t Need Another Crypto’
30.4.2020
Mike Novogratz argues that Telegram app should integrate Bitcoin and stablecoins instead of creating the TON and Grams
Russia May Lift Telegram Ban Due to Coronavirus Outbreak
23.4.2020
Russian officials have proposed terminating the Telegram ban in the country, highlighting that the app is used by state authorities to tackle COVID-19 pandemic
Crypto, Encryption, and the Quest for a Secure Messaging App
7.3.2020
How confidential is our conversation? This question has come to the fore in recent months, driven by a flurry of news stories detailing the weakening of encrypted messenger apps at the behest of law enforcement. A concerted effort on the part of the state to backdoor messaging apps and spy on...
Detailed Analysis of DMME Blockchain-based Messaging App
6.2.2020
Blockchain technology has found its application in a wide variety of diversified industrial domains. Starting from finance, healthcare, education, management, supply chain, travel, etc. the decentralized ledger technology has become the most popular pedagogy of recent times. Owing to the excellence...
Messenger Giant Line’s Crypto Exchange to Delist XRP This Month
7.1.2020
BitBox, the Singapore-based crypto exchange of messaging giant Line, will delist XRP on Jan. 16
ISIS Turns To Blockchain-Based Messaging App Following Telegram Ban
17.12.2019
ISIS experiments with blockchain-based messaging app BCM after being banned from Telegram
Naver Owned Messaging App Line Announces Merger With Yahoo Japan
18.11.2019
Line, the Japanese messaging app owned by South Korean internet company Naver Corp, announced that it had reached an agreement over a basic merger with Yahoo Japan. If the merger does indeed go through, then it will establish the biggest internet platform in Japan. As per the agreement, SoftBank...
Kik Messaging App Now Has New Owner, Will Continue Work on Kin Token
18.10.2019
Kik messaging app has a new owner that is optimistic about the future of the platform’s Kin token
Kik Sells Messaging App, Reaffirms Kin Crypto Integration
18.10.2019
Kik has sold its messaging business to a holding company called MediaLab but plans to continue enabling Kin on the platform
10 of the Best Telegram Crypto Channels
16.10.2019
Telegram’s token might have received short shrift from the SEC, but its messaging app has been embraced everywhere by everyone. 300 million users attest to the success of Pavel Durov’s end-to-end encrypted platform, which has become a mainstay of the crypto community. On the rare...
Telegram Awaits Court Hearing on SEC Case Against Its Token Sale
16.10.2019
Telegram, the most popular messenger in the crypto community, is facing challenges surrounding the launch of its TON blockchain. Following an intervention by the U.S. securities regulator, a court hearing on the sale of the native gram tokens is scheduled to take place a week before the network...