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The app has helped Belarusians stay in touch during a communications blackout.

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

As the official Telegram Open Network is being prepared to shut down on Aug. 1, global TON technology projects continue progressing.

Telegram ceases its support of the test network for TON, but that will seemingly not deter the community from keeping the open-source project going.

Users will need to install their own testnet validators to continue using the network.

Russian prosecutors are reportedly investigating a British firm that allegedly sold fraudulent Gram tokens.

Documents shared with Cointelegraph confirm that Telegram refunded some American TON investors 72% of their investments about a month ago.

Despite the original TON project being officially terminated, the U.S. SEC asks Telegram to return $1.2 billion.

As the official TON team transfers the TON development to “free source community,” the Chinese TON Community launches their own TON network.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov donates 10 BTC to a Russian charity project backed by a local political activist.

Going forward, the abbreviation “TON” will stand for “The Open Network,” following the departure of the project’s original creator, Telegram.

Telegram has dropped its appeal against a U.S. federal court’s injunction that forbade Gram distribution, putting a halt to the TON project.

Free TON launches first community contests, planning to distribute thousands of TON Crystals among winners and participants.

Only few TON investors reportedly want to support Telegram and wait for a 110% refund until April 2021 after TON’s official termination, a new report says.

Qiwi co-founder Sergey Solonin has confirmed that he is taking the option to reissue his $17 million investment in Telegram’s TON as a loan, repayable at 110% next April, over an immediate 72% refund.