Messaging App News

Rumors are circulating in Iran that authorities already have access to messages on WhatsApp, one of the few unblocked platforms in the country.

“Bitcoin is neutral like cash, and can’t discriminate between good and bad,” said Gladstein.

“We are not selling Telegram – neither in part, nor in full,” Telegram CEO Pavel Durov promises.

Telegram’s built-in contact import feature was exploited to leak the personal data of millions of users onto the darknet.

Telegram’s digital resistance in Russia will contribute to further anti-censorship efforts in countries like China and Iran, Pavel Durov says.

Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media has officially lifted the ban on Telegram.

While Russia is facing disagreement over the legal status of Telegram and crypto, both continue operating in the country.

As Telegram delays TON launch, Mike Novogratz said that the crypto community doesn’t need either TON or Grams at all.

Russian officials have proposed lifting the Telegram ban after the app’s creator Pavel Durov agreed to collaborate with the authorities on tackling coronavirus.

BitBox, the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange of internet messaging giant Line, announced that it will delist XRP on Jan. 16.

British decentralized communication startup New Vector has raised $8.5 million to promote an alternative messaging protocol.

Billionaire venture capitalist and crypto bull Tim Draper has joined the board of directors of EOS-based chat DApp firm MakeSense Labs.

A beta platform for privacy-conscious individuals enables messages, recordings and files to be sent to contacts with full encryption and privacy.

Gram Asia is selling Gram tokens on July 10 for $4.00 each on the cryptocurrency exchange Liquid, approximately three times the price they sold for during an ICO last year.

Kik CEO Ted Livingston reportedly said that the company spent over $5 million on negotiations with the U.S. SEC.