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EU lawmakers have sought to introduce Chat Control, while the UK and Australia are on track for digital ID systems. Pavel Durov warns that these “dystopian” measures must be stopped.
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Latest News on Pavel Durov
Pavel Durov is a well-known Russian entrepreneur and founder of Telegram, a popular messaging app. Durov is known for his support of digital rights and encryption technologies.
Before Telegram, he co-founded the popular Russian social networking site VKontakte. Durov has earned acclaim for offering safe communication platforms despite concerns about digital privacy.
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Kazakhstan is advancing a dual model by piloting its digital tenge CBDC alongside the Evo stablecoin as part of its push to become a crypto hub.
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Following the initial rollout in Wallet on Telegram, xStocks is planned to expand across the self-custodial solution, TON Wallet, in Q4 2025.
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov revealed he bought thousands of Bitcoin in 2013 at $700, and the investment has allowed him “to stay afloat.”
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Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov said that French intelligence pressured Telegram into censoring political content, which he refused to do.
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Durov said French law enforcement officials are still “struggling” to find evidence of wrongdoing even one year on from his arrest in 2024.
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov was arrested one year ago and has since then been required to stay in France while under investigation.
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With 19 EU member states backing it, the Chat Control proposal could mandate pre-encryption message scanning on apps like WhatsApp and Signal by October.
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Telegram is opening up to Ethereum DeFi with the mainnet launch of Tac, a layer-1 network designed to connect EVM DApps to TON and Telegram ecosystems.
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The TON Foundation could have avoided its golden visa controversy in the UAE with a brief legal review, a local lawyer told Cointelegraph.
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The Telegram founder will once again be allowed to travel to Dubai for a short period before returning to France, where his case is ongoing.
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According to the Telegram founder, France’s political leaders continue to make poor choices regarding censorship.
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In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Pavel Durov’s first since being indicted on six charges in 2024, said his company did nothing wrong.
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xAI’s Grok could soon be accessible in Telegram and will offer chats, text editing, chat and document summaries, inbox agents, group chat moderation and more.
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Pavel Durov is a keynote speaker at the Human Rights Foundation's Oslo Freedom Forum, a summit for universal human rights and autonomy.
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