TON cryptocurrency experienced an unexpected 6% price increase despite the regulatory challenges faced by Telegram, the popular social media platform that supports the currency. Surprisingly, this surge happened at a time when Telegram was succumbing to regulatory pressure and considering sharing its users’ IP addresses with authorities.
Eleanor Ashworth is editor-in-chief at BTCNews. A Cambridge-trained journalist with 18 years across the Financial Times, Reuters and the Telegraph, she joined the crypto beat in 2017 after covering the Bank of England and HM Treasury. She holds the SABEW Best in Business award (2022) and was shortlisted for the British Journalism Awards (2023). At BTCNews she sets the editorial line for Bitcoin and macro markets coverage, with a focus on institutional adoption, regulation and central-bank policy. Based in London.