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Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov (@durov) revealed in a post that the Russian government has designated him as a "terrorist" because he refused to comply with Russian demands to implement mass surveillance and content censorship on Telegram. Under relevant Russian laws, Durov is prohibited from "publishing any information on the internet." Durov responded to this by stating: "Russian officials obviously fail to understand who can actually kick whom off the internet."
据 Cointelegraph 报道，澳大利亚互联网监管机构对 Telegram 提起法律诉讼，指控其未能移除支持恐怖主义的内容。
Odaily news "On-chain detective" ZachXBT posted in his personal channel, stating that Telegram continues to allow scam advertisements to be displayed to subscribers in his channel, impacting user experience and posing potential security risks.ZachXBT stated that if users are Telegram Premium members and wish to support upgrading his channel, they can help it reach the required level by using the channel's Boost function, thereby unlocking the ability to disable ads. Currently, the channel needs to reach Level 50 to enable the ad-disabling option.ZachXBT has long focused on scams, hacker attacks, and on-chain fund tracking within the crypto industry, and has repeatedly exposed incidents involving phishing attacks, fake projects, and fund theft.This time, he raised concerns about Telegram's advertising mechanism, arguing that the platform allowing scam advertisements to appear in crypto community channels may increase the risk of users encountering malicious links and fraudulent activities.
Odaily Odaily Telegram founder Pavel Durov posted on his personal channel that this summer will see the "largest non-custodial crypto wallet deployment in human history." Telegram plans to integrate the native non-custodial Gram wallet into all its applications. Pavel Durov stated that the wallet will provide over 1 billion Telegram users with instant, zero-fee cryptocurrency transaction experiences, further popularizing on-chain payments. He said, "We are bringing the native non-custodial Gram wallet into every Telegram application."
Telegram AI chain DuckChain tweeted that the network upgrade is about to commence, and assets still on DuckChain need to be bridged to TON prior to the upgrade to ensure normal asset access. The official team stated that once the upgrade window opens, access to assets on DuckChain will be restricted, and users are advised to complete migration and related unstaking operations as soon as possible to avoid service interruption.
: Fintech platform MoonPay has acquired crypto infrastructure startup Glide and will integrate its deposit and routing technology. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Glide was founded in 2023 by Tushar Soni and Qinyu Tong, both of whom were part of the Robinhood Wallet team. Glide supports over 100 tokens across 30 blockchain networks, helping applications receive deposits from various tokens, wallets, exchanges, and payment sources. Upon completion of the acquisition, Glide's technology will be integrated into MoonPay Deposits, a product already used by applications such as Wallet in Telegram, Moonshot, and Paysafe. MoonPay stated that this transaction is part of its efforts to expand its digital asset infrastructure capabilities. This is the sixth acquisition announced by MoonPay in 2026, following previous acquisitions of Sodot, Decent, DFlow, Entendre, and Dawn Labs. Its investors include Thrive Capital, Paradigm, Valhalla Ventures, Tiger Global Management, and Coatue.
OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger posted on X that OpenClaw has officially released version v2026.7.1. This update was completed jointly by 532 contributors, with a cumulative total of 3,063 commits. Major updates include: comprehensive restructuring of the Web UI and new user onboarding process, significant optimization of iOS / Android / macOS clients, improved integration capabilities for Telegram, Slack, Discord, and iMessage, and added support for models such as GPT-5.6 and Muse Spark 1.1. In addition, this version simultaneously upgraded the Node version to fix automatic updater issues. If the automatic update fails, the upgrade can be completed manually via the Web installer.
Today, X-Agent, a zero-code operating platform for AI Agents built on a Web3 social network, officially released its core to the global audience. The whitepaper details how it leverages zero-code deployment and secure sandbox technology to reshape the decentralized AI agent ecosystem and its commercialization pathway.The core technologies and solutions are as follows:1) Speak to Build (Zero-Code Deployment): Allows users to create and deploy professional-grade AI agents with one click to Telegram, WhatsApp, or the Web in just minutes using pure natural language.2) SRE Cryptographic Sandbox (Physical Isolation Security): A proprietary physically isolated operating environment that perfectly protects users' private keys and sensitive credentials while enabling agents to possess enterprise-grade capabilities for autonomous asset management and on-chain collaboration.Market Performance and Latest Data: X-Agent has surpassed 1,000,000+ global cumulative users. Its deployed AI agents have autonomously completed over 1,100,000 actual business tasks, consuming/burning more than 84 billion model Tokens. The project has previously raised $1.8 million in funding and boasts highly cohesive localized communities in Japan and South Korea.The native token, $XAGT, serves as the hard currency for network settlement, directly used for paying SRE computing power Gas fees, transaction commissions, and staking endorsements. The team and investors are subject to a strict 12-month Cliff lock-up period. Community allocations are entirely non-inflationary and can only be released algorithmically through actual sandbox task consumption, ensuring every token is backed by real business demand.According to the latest roadmap, X-Agent plans to open a new zero-code public portal in Q3 2026 and launch a decentralized Agent Store in Q1 2027.
According to a post by International Cyber Digest on X, Telegram's core domain t.me has been placed in serverHold status by the .me domain registry. This status means the domain will be removed from the global DNS system, rendering all links starting with t.me/ temporarily inaccessible. Domain records indicate the change occurred today. As of now, Telegram, the .me domain registry, and its backend operator Identity Digital have not yet issued a public statement regarding this matter.
According to Decrypt, MoonPay officially launched the Telegram integration feature for MoonAgents on July 9, allowing users to engage in natural conversations with the AI assistant via Telegram to perform operations such as market analysis, creating dashboards, and preparing crypto transactions. According to Kevin Arifin, Head of Product for MoonPay Agents, this integration is an extension of the MoonAgents desktop application, aimed at meeting users' trading needs in mobile scenarios. It is worth noting that Telegram serves only as an interaction interface; users' private keys and data remain stored on local devices, so even if Telegram ceases service, users can continue to use full functionality via the desktop application.
According to Cointelegraph, Telegram founder Pavel Durov was questioned by French investigators for more than six hours due to an ongoing criminal investigation. His lawyer stated that authorities do not yet possess evidence supporting the relevant charges.
Eli Lavon, an American citizen studying at an ultra-Orthodox yeshiva in Jerusalem, has been indicted in Israel on espionage-related charges. According to the indictment, Lavon faces two counts of contact with a foreign agent and 14 counts of transmitting information that could potentially aid the enemy.Prosecutors allege that Lavon was recruited via Telegram, photographed sensitive locations, and concealed items with coded messages for Iran-linked contacts. He received approximately $1,379 in cryptocurrency as payment from two contacts. Lavon's attorney, Raz Bar Tzvi, told CNN that being contacted by a foreign actor online does not make someone a spy and that the facts stated in the indictment are insufficient to support the charges. (Decrypt)
Odaily News Audiera officially released its Agent Economy Roadmap, outlining a long-term strategic vision to evolve from an AI-Native entertainment platform into an Agent-Native Participation Economy.The five key phases of the roadmap are as follows:- Phase 1: Participation Infrastructure — Completed. Launched Telegram Mini-App, Web3 dApp, mobile rhythm game, AI music studio, AI voting system, and the BEAT token economy.- Phase 2: Persistent Agent Identity — Completed/Ongoing. Introduced AI companions such as Kira & Ray, featuring memory systems and emotional interaction layers, transforming Agents into digital lifeforms with enduring relationships.- Phase 3: Agent Participation Layer — Current focus (partially launched). Agents can autonomously create content, participate in events, vote on curation, and interact with users, earning BEAT through engagement scoring and reward mechanisms.- Phase 4: Agent Economy (2026–2027). Will introduce Agent wallets, deployment frameworks, and skill marketplaces (including creator, curator, social, and gaming skills), enabling Agents to autonomously generate, own, and trade value.- Phase 5: Open Agent Network (Long-term Vision). Aims to achieve autonomous collaboration among Agents, an open Agent marketplace, third-party developer integration, and cross-platform participation, positioning Audiera as the underlying coordination layer for the Agent economy.https://audiera.fi/
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced that Ruslan Igorevich Tkachuk and Alexander Vladimirovich Ledenev have been arrested for allegedly operating the cryptocurrency money laundering service AudiA6. Since its launch in 2021, the service has received approximately 10,333 bitcoins, valued at over $389 million at the time of the transactions. Of this amount, at least $19.234 million worth of bitcoin came directly from illegal sources such as darknet markets and ransomware groups. A joint international law enforcement operation has seized and frozen the servers, domain names, and Telegram accounts associated with AudiA6.
a report released by Messari shows a clear divergence in the TON ecosystem during the first quarter of 2026. Its cross-chain NFT market share grew by 130.4% quarter-on-quarter, reaching 35.5%; relying on Fragment settlement, revenue from Telegram-related products reached $88.5 million. However, multiple ecosystem metrics declined. TON's total value locked (TVL) in USD fell by 34.9% quarter-on-quarter, daily active addresses decreased by 8.8%, and the average daily USDT transfer volume dropped to $77 million, down 32.5% quarter-on-quarter. Additionally, after the end of the first quarter, TON has implemented 4 out of the 7 initiatives outlined in the MTONGA upgrade plan.
Odaily Telegram CEO Pavel Durov stated that the native token of The Open Network (TON) will be renamed to Gram, reverting to its original name as outlined in the project's early whitepaper. TON will remain the name of the blockchain network, while Gram will serve as the name of its native currency.Durov noted that this renaming is the fourth step in the seven-step "Make TON Great Again" plan, and the entire transition is expected to take approximately three weeks. The remaining three initiatives have yet to be disclosed.Previously announced steps include the TON network upgrade, increased transaction settlement speed, significantly reduced fees, and Telegram's plan to replace the TON Foundation as the ecosystem's primary manager and largest validator.
Vitalik Buterin updated several developments related to CROPS AI and noted a clear overlap between the “CROPS Ethereum Access Layer” and “CROPS AI.” He suggested that paying for remote large language model (LLM) calls via zero-knowledge proofs could also address Ethereum’s private RPC read issues. Meanwhile, DeepSeek v4 has been released; its 2-bit quantized version runs within 90 GB, though it currently performs faster on Apple hardware; the messaging app Messa now supports Telegram Alpha features; the model runtime tool Luceb demonstrates higher efficiency when running compute-intensive models; and the local AI voice recording tool VoxTerm remains under active development. Vitalik Buterin also mentioned that application-specific fine-tuned large language models will help improve secure code writing, and Ethereum-related use cases should likewise have dedicated fine-tuned models.
: Prediction market Polymarket is facing increased pressure from regulatory and sanctions compliance. It is reported that the platform is pushing traders to undergo identity verification (KYC) to mitigate potential legal and compliance risks.Although Polymarket's betting platform rules do not permit such activities in certain regions, some users have still been participating in market trading through automated trading bots and other methods, forming gray usage pathways in areas such as Russia. Some developers have even utilized tools like Telegram to organize trading traffic and expand their user base. As the platform scales and regulatory scrutiny intensifies, Polymarket is being forced to seek a balance between the decentralized prediction market model and compliance requirements to address potential sanctions and legal risks. (The Information)
Odaily reports, Singapore police have filed six charges of fraud against Zhu Juntao, the former CEO of the defunct crypto lending platform Hodlnaut. The charges allege that during the TerraUSD collapse in 2022, he instructed employees to issue false statements, misleading users to believe that Hodlnaut had no direct exposure to TerraUSD and had not suffered any losses from the incident. According to the prosecutor, the false information was published on Hodlnaut's Telegram channel, customer emails, and Zhu's own X (formerly Twitter) account. Under Singapore law, if convicted, Zhu faces a maximum of up to 20 years in prison, a fine, or both for each charge. (CoinDesk)
According to Cryptopolitan, the North Korea–linked hacker group Lazarus Group has been found deploying the fileless remote access Trojan RemotePE, primarily targeting banks, cryptocurrency exchanges, and fintech companies. This malware runs entirely in memory and employs process hollowing, anti-analysis detection techniques, and encrypted C2 communications—making it difficult for traditional antivirus and forensic tools to detect. The report states that attacks typically begin with Telegram-based social engineering: attackers impersonate employees of trading firms and lure victims into installing malicious software using forged Calendly and Picktime links, ultimately executing the payload without touching the file system.