Toincoin (TON) has attracted considerable interest lately, experiencing a 138% surge year-to-date, reaching a new all-time high of $5.69. This development coincides with Telegram’s recent launch of a revenue-sharing initiative, enabling channel owners to earn 50% of advertising revenue through Toncoin. The Reasons Behind TON’s Rapid Rise The Toncoin token (TON) has experienced a notable...Read More
Prominent crypto exchange-traded product (ETP) issuer has announced the launch of 21Shares Toncoin Staking ETP. This new ETP aims to offer investors a regulated avenue to capitalize on the expansion of The Open Network, a platform facilitating applications such as Telegram, which boasts a user base exceeding 900 million in Q1 of 2024. 21Shares’ Toncoin...Read More
Bitrace has recently unveiled a concerning trend within the Telegram coin exchange robot ecosystem, primarily involving the TRC20 USDT cryptocurrency. This trend includes a substantial number of addresses associated with gambling, money laundering, stolen coins, and fraudulent activities, which can potentially taint innocent users’ addresses and expose them to financial threats. Bitrace Research Reveals Concerns...Read More
In response to a substantial hacking incident on October 31, Unibot, a decentralized trading platform, has confirmed total compensation for users negatively impacted by the event. Despite a recent decrease in the value of Unibot tokens, the company remains confident of a strong recovery. Unibot Makes Traders Full As per reports, the attack led to...Read More
Telegram chatbot Unibot has lost around $640,000 worth of digital assets after a hacker managed to exploit a vulnerability in the newly deployed contract. The team behind the protocol said that it is currently investigating the issue and will soon release a detailed response. PeckShield reported that the attacker transferred the pilfered cryptocurrency to Uniswap,...Read More
Maestro, one of the largest Telegram bot projects in the crypto ecosystem, fell victim to a critical security breach earlier today, resulting in the unauthorized transfer of more than 280 ETH, amounting to a staggering $500,000, from user accounts. The breach stemmed from a critical vulnerability discovered in its Router2 contract, leaving the project in...Read More
Nishad Singh, a former top engineer at the defunct crypto exchange network FTX, testified on Oct. 16 that the network’s ex-CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, had planned a potential deal with Telegram for TON tokens. Singh commented when testifying in the ongoing court case against the former FTX CEO for financial malpractices and fraud. FTX Pitched an...Read More
Telegram Messenger has announced its integration of the Open Network-based self-custodial crypto wallet, TON Space. Shortly after the strategic partnership made the news, the price of Toncoin (TON) soared by double digits. TON Space Integrates with Telegram TON Space, built on The Open Network (TON), TON Foundation’s decentralized blockchain, is now integrated with Telegram. This...Read More
Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov disclosed that he holds bitcoin, the largest crypto by market capitalization, and Toncoin (TON), which is independent from Telegram. The CEO also bought a quarter of new Telegram bonds issued by the company. Telegram Issues $270 Million Bonds In a post on his official Telegram channel on Tuesday (July...Read More
The TON Foundation – the non-profit association behind The Open Network (TON) – announced the integration of messenger encryption on the network. The move aims to enhance user privacy by deploying necessary safeguards in a text sent with a transaction. The new feature uses end-to-end encryption. This essentially guarantees that only the sender and recipient...Read More
The TON Foundation – a non-profit association of developers and enthusiasts behind The Open Network (TON) – has announced the rolling out of a two-way bridge to facilitate the transfer of ERC-20 tokens from Ethereum to natively wrapped fungible tokens (Jettons) on TON. According to the press release shared with CryptoPotato, the bridge is designed...Read More
Telegram has added a new feature enabling users to send each other the world’s largest stablecoin, tether (USDT). USDT runs on several blockchains, but for now, Telegram has added support for the stablecoin only on Tron. According to an update on March 22nd, USDT-TRON – TRC20 – has been added to the popular messaging app’s...Read More
The cryptocurrency exchange – Bitzlato – enabled customers to withdraw up to 50% of their bitcoin funds stuck on the venue. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) closed the firm in January for allegedly processing more than $700 million worth of illegal funds and arrested its founder – Anatoly Legkodymov. Granting Some Access The company revealed...Read More
Called TONcoin Fund, the initiative will become the very first ecosystem fund that’s entirely dedicated to supporting founders who build on The Open Network. The raise saw participation from leading industry moguls like Huobi Incubator, Kucoin Ventures, the MEXC Pioneer Fund, TON Miners, 3Commas Capita, and Kilo Fund. The TON Foundation will be providing grants...Read More
The TON Foundation has announced the onboarding of Andrew Rogozov as a founding member. He will oversee Product Efforts at the blockchain project, initially launched by Telegram’s Durov brothers in 2018. Increasing Interaction Between TON and Telegram Likely The Ton Foundation announced a recent press release shared with CryptoPotato. The document informed that Rogozov will...Read More
Telegram may have abandoned its crypto project, but the token lives on. None other than the CEO of the cloud-based instant messaging service Telegram and the creator of the blockchain project, Pavel Durov, is happy that it’s alive and well. TON blockchain had a rough start, but that might be changing soon. The TON Community...Read More
A large investor in Telegram’s failed Open Network (TON) has reportedly requested $100 million in compensation from the company. Otherwise, the investor – Da Vinci Capital – has warned with taking legal actions against the messaging platform. TON Investor Demands $100M Telegram’s TON initiative was among the most widely-discussed blockchain-related projects in the past few...Read More
A recent report indicated that approximately 20 Israeli cryptocurrency executives were extorted after a hack and identity theft in a coordinated cyberattack at the start of September. The country’s intelligence agency Mossad and the internal security service Shin Bet were involved with the investigation. 20 Israeli Crypto Execs Hacked According to the report, the coordinated...Read More
Following the official halting of Telegram’s TON blockchain project, Co-founder of Qiwi Group Sergey Solonin has decided to loan his $17 million investment back to the company, according to a recent report by Forbes RU. $17 Million Investment Stays In Telegram The past several weeks have been particularly challenging for Telegram’s blockchain project called TON....Read More
Many people were excited when Telegram announced its TON blockchain venture. Two and a half years later, the venture has been officially cancelled, allegedly due to pressure from US regulators. It was seemingly a matter of time until Telegram’s blockchain would be scrapped. No TON Blockchain After All Initial delays in delivering on the blockchain...Read More
Telegram has announced it will be ceasing all active involvement with the TON blockchain. The CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, announced the news in a Telegra.ph post on May 12, 2020, which declared Telegram’s work with TON officially finished. Durov announced: “I am writing this post to officially announce that Telegram’s active involvement with TON...Read More
Telegram is one of the many technology companies venturing into the world of blockchain technology. It now appears that this launch will be postponed for another year. Venturing into the blockchain industry is never an easy feat. Telegram Struggles With its Blockchain Building the technology is one thing, but ensuring it works is something else...Read More
The critical situation between Telegram and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took another step forward. The market regulator now claims that the popular messaging company saw its upcoming Gram token as securities and thus should fall under established regulations. Is Gram Token A Security? Telegram’s controversy regarding its TON blockchain and its native...Read More
Telegram appears to have caught a break with the recent case filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company recently refused to share its financial records with the market regulator, and now the New York court has ruled against SEC’s demand. SEC Request Denied This year started on the wrong foot for...Read More
Well, that didn’t take long. The ‘Pro Bitcoin’ Nakamoto initiative has already whipped up a Crypto Tweetstorm and had its Telegram channel shut down in just three days. The Nakamoto Initiative Disheartened by the lack of discussion about the “philosophical principles that motivated Satoshi Nakamoto, or the society that he wanted to build” a group...Read More
The case between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the encrypted messaging platform Telegram takes another turn. The latter has reportedly refused to hand over financial details regarding its ICO from two years ago, which was recently requested by the market regulator. Telegram Does Not Want To Share After raising over a billion...Read More
Telegram’s blockchain project, TON, has entered the last preparation stage before going live. The code for running a blockchain node was released on the test network portal late Friday. Yesterday, Telegram delivered its Telegram Open Network (TON) testnet explorer and node software on its website. Last month, three anonymous investors in Telegram’s $1.7 billion private...Read More
The steady growth of the cryptocurrency market has caught the attention of a lot of major tech giants, including the likes of Facebook, JP Morgan and now, Telegram. Out of these, Facebook’s Libra remains the most talked-about project, not only owing to its huge user base, but also due to the several hearings which have...Read More
Photo: Liquid / Instagram Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Liquid, that conducted a sale of Telegram’s crypto tokens back in July, has revealed the wallet address where the sum will stay until releasing of the tokens. The wallet, as announced, carries $4,123,116.76 worth of the USDC stablecoin. As we previously reported, the strange story started out in...Read More
There are a lot of eyes on Telegram’s upcoming currency. Gram is designed to rival existing monetary solutions for internet users worldwide. What is of even more interest is the Telegram Open Network, or TON. This blockchain project needs to deliver on its initial promises. The cross-compatibility with Ethereum is certainly one of its major...Read More
