Did Kik Just Place a Target on the Backs of its Form-D ICO Peers?
By CCN.com: Kik might very well have good intentions by inviting a fight with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. If the litigation, which the
June 7, 2019 No Comments
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Nike, Telegram, Facebook, and Everyone Else Suddenly Love Blockchain
By CCN.com: Nike is launching a blockchain product. Telegram is launching a blockchain. Samsung is reportedly planning to launch its own token platform; building with
April 25, 2019 No Comments
Narcotics Dealers Dump Dark Web for Telegram & WhatsApp
As law enforcement increasingly cracks down on centralized dark-web markets, online narcotics dealers are migrating to encrypted messing apps like Telegram and WhatsApp, according to
March 21, 2019 No Comments
Mammoth Facebook Outage Sends 3 Million Users Piling into Telegram
Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced that 3 million new users signed up to his encrypted messaging service in just 24 hours. The sudden, massive influx
March 14, 2019 No Comments
Telegram’s Secretive Crypto Project is Now Just a Few ‘Minor Changes’ from Launch
Telegram’s crypto platform is now 20% further along than it was at the end of last year. According to an investor update cited in The
February 7, 2019 No Comments
Why a Russian Social Media Ban Would Hurt Twitter More Than Facebook
By CCN.com: Russia’s media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, plans to sue Facebook and Twitter for not complying with laws pertaining to the storage of Russian’s citizen’s data.
January 21, 2019 No Comments
Iran Warns Citizens Against Using Telegram’s Cryptocurrency, Gram
The Iranian government has continued its adversarial actions against Telegram by criminalizing the use of Gram, the native token of the encrypted messaging app’s new
January 2, 2019 No Comments
Cryptographic Experts Reveal Security Issues in Telegram Passport
Virgil Security, Inc., a cryptographic services provider, has published a report which raises concerns regarding the security of Telegram Passport. Telegram Passport is the latest
August 3, 2018 No Comments
Telegram Takes Alleged Trademark Squatter to Court over Cryptocurrency Naming Rights
Encrypted messaging company Telegram has filed a trademark suit against a Florida company that also intends to create a cryptocurrency named “gram.” The suit, which
May 16, 2018 No Comments
Impersonators Scam Seele ICO Investors out of $2 Million in Ethereum
Potential Seele ICO investors were recently scammed out of nearly $2 million by impersonators posing as admins, who used the company’s Telegram channel to get
February 5, 2018 No Comments
A Trio of VCs Pledge Millions to Telegram Pre-ICO: Reports
If it’s any indication, the ambitious $1.2 billion Telegram ICO could be oversubscribed. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark and Sequoia Capital have each committed
January 26, 2018 No Comments