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No, Hamster Kombat is not illegal in Uzbekistan
25.6.2024
Uzbekistan authorities have not banned the Hamster Kombat game but warned against possible risks of withdrawing its tokens in the future
Telegram launches in-app currency ‘Stars’ for digital purchases
7.6.2024
Telegram Stars can be swapped for Toncoin, an $18 billion cryptocurrency, on Telegram’s Fragment platform
Telegram's Pavel Durov is wrong about Signal — and has been for years
26.5.2024
Considering Telegram doesn't even offer end-to-end encryption by default, founder Pavel Durov has a lot to say about his messaging app's competitor
TON cryptocurrency NOTcoin Bottoms Around $0.0054 As Miners Book Profits, Whales Circle
20.5.2024
TON cryptocurrency NOTcoin, the brainchild of co-creator Sasha Plotvinov, launched on major centralized exchanges on 16 May last week to much fanfare – where is the coin price headed next?
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Billionaire Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Holds $7 Million in Notcoin, Pledges to Hold Until 100x
18.5.2024
Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, has received a generous donation from over half a million players of the viral Telegram-based clicker game called Notcoin.
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Pantera Capital Backs Telegram’s TON With Its Largest Investment Ever
10.5.2024
Pantera Capital has made a significant investment in Telegram’s The Open Network (TON) blockchain, highlighting the platform’s large user base and potential for fostering cryptocurrency adoption and innovation in decentralized finance. This partnership is set to reinforce the principles...
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 Founder Says Crypto-Like Communication Devices Could Thwart Government Spying
17.4.2024
Pavel Durov, founder of the encrypted instant messaging app Telegram, believes that growing government surveillance will drive innovation in secure communication, modeled on cryptocurrency hardware wallets. During an interview with Tucker Carlson, Durov expressed concern about government pressure...
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...
Biggest Movers: TON Hits 7-Month High, After Rising 50% in the Last Week
19.9.2023
Toncoin rallied to a fresh seven-month high on Tuesday, as Telegram founder Pavel Durov revealed more details about its recent partnership with the blockchain. Generally, the crypto market cap has been higher in the past days, mostly in anticipation of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve interest rate...
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 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...
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...