
A record-setting number of users claimed Dogs (DOGS) on the layer-1 blockchain The Open Network (TON) during the new memecoin’s recent airdrop, according to the project’s developers. In a new post on messaging app Telegram, TON developers say that Dogs has become the “largest meme TGE (Token Generation Event) in cryptocurrency history.” The TON blockchain […]
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The firm claims to have 30M total users and the top revenue spot among Telegram apps.
Telegram mini-app Catizen, a tap-to-earn and play-to-airdrop gaming platform, announced on Sep. 7 it had reached a total of 34 million users in its first six months.
In a post on the X social media platform, Catizen also claimed that it was the highest earning app on Telegram with 800,000 paid users at an average of $33 average revenue per paying user.
Catizen announced user statistics for its first six months. Source: Catizen
Telegram’s “People Nearby” feature has been suspected of being a way for state authorities to locate and track dissidents.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov revealed in a Sept. 6 announcement that Telegram is cutting certain features from the platform, including media uploads to the platform’s “Telegraph” blog and disabling the “People Nearby” feature.
Durov told his followers that media uploads to the blogging platform were “misused” by malicious actors, explaining that the vast majority of the Telegram community was not abusing these features. However, Durov made it clear that the “0.001% involved in illicit activities” pose a disproportionate risk to the vast majority of law-abiding users on Telegram.
The Telegram co-founder also announced that the individual geolocation tracking would be ditched for a “businesses nearby” option. Durov likewise claimed that this personal geolocation feature was only used by a tiny minority of Telegram users.
Telegram’s “people nearby” feature has been suspected of being a way for state authorities to locate and track dissidents.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov revealed that Telegram is cutting certain features from the platform—including media uploads to the platform’s “Telegraph” blog and disabling the “people nearby” feature—in a Sept. 6 announcement.
Durov told his followers that media uploads to the blogging platform were “misused” by malicious actors, explaining that the vast majority of the Telegram community was not abusing these features. However, Durov made it clear that the “0.001% involved in illicit activities” pose a disproportionate risk to the vast majority of law-abiding users on Telegram.
The Telegram co-founder also announced that the individual geolocation tracking would be ditched for a “businesses nearby” option. Durov likewise claimed that this personal geolocation feature was only used by a tiny minority of Telegram users.
Cryptocurrency analyst and trader Ali Martinez is leaning cautiously bullish on an Ethereum-based altcoin. Martinez tells his 70,300 followers on the social media platform X that the native token of the Ethereum (ETH) scaling solution Polygon (POL) is forming a descending triangle pattern, on the weekly chart. A descending triangle pattern is typically considered a […]
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The Telegram founder is currently prohibited from leaving France and must check in with law enforcement on a weekly basis.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has finally broken his silence in the first message sent to the public since his high-profile arrest in France in August.
The tech entrepreneur expressed surprise that French authorities arrested him, citing the legal representative Telegram has in France who handles all regulatory requests and inquiries.
Durov, a French citizen, also stated that the French authorities had multiple avenues to reach him without resorting to law enforcement and claimed he was a regular guest at the French Consulate in Dubai.
Payments processing giant Mastercard is teaming up with a European counterpart to support non-custodial crypto wallets. In a new announcement, European payments firm Mercuryo says it’s teaming up with Mastercard to launch Spend, a crypto debit card that makes it convenient for customers to spend or cash out their digital assets. “In the context of […]
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A huge chunk of the revenue generated by the messaging app Telegram reportedly came from crypto assets. A new report from The Financial Times shows that in 2023, over 40% of the revenue generated by the company was derived from its integrated wallet and sales of collectibles. Telegram sells collectibles and provides integrated wallet services […]
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