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Web3 investment firm Animoca Brands is set to become the largest validator of Telegram’s TON (The Open Network) blockchain and plans to deliver blockchain-based games to the messaging app’s 800 million strong user base.An announcement shared with Cointelegraph outlined how the partnership ...

Inferno Drainer, one of the most popular crypto wallet-draining kits for hire says it is shutting down for good after helping phishing scammers steal nearly $70 million worth of crypto this year. In a Nov. 26 Telegram post, the team behind Inferno Drainer said it was “time for us to move o ...

Cryptocurrency trading bot Wallet is debuting its global rollout on the Telegram messenger in several countries in Latin America and Africa.The Open Platform (TOP), the Dubai-headquartered investment platform affiliated with TOP Labs and Wallet, announced the global rollout of the Wallet c ...

Toncoin (TON) price reached its highest levels in almost a year as crypto traders assessed a slew of optimistic updates in its market, including the recent launch of "Giveaways" on Telegram. In result, TON is now the tenth-biggest cryptocurrency with a market capitalization of over $9 bill ...

Telegram Wallet, a major Telegram bot allowing users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), has chosen custody over self-custody to chase easier onboarding goals, according to a senior executive.In July 2023, crypto-friendly Telegram messenger officially announced the integra ...

A new contract deployed on Oct. 29 by Unibot, a popular Telegram bot used to snipe trades on the decentralized exchange Uniswap, was reportedly exploited to hack roughly $560,000 in various memcoins from users.On Oct. 31, blockchain security firm Scopescan alerted Unibot users about an ong ...

What’s a better way than combining the world’s most popular sports with Web2’s most socialized aspects to introduce new users to Web3 through gaming? Association football, or soccer, boasts the largest fan base among sports enthusiasts, with over 3.5 billion estimated people rooting for their fav ...

Maestrobots, a group of cryptocurrency bots on the Telegram messenger, is refunding users in the aftermath of a 280 Ether (ETH) attack.The Maestro team refunded the users affected by the Maestro Router 2 contract, the platform announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Oct. 25. According to the ...

Russia’s largest telecommunications firm MTS claims that it will launch an advertising service targeting Russian Telegram users, while the social messaging application denies that it has any agreements in place.The company made the announcement on Oct. 17, outlining the launch of advertisi ...

Blockchain analysis experts have uncovered an individual allegedly linked to a cryptocurrency money laundering operation selling stolen tokens from recent high-profile exchange hacks at discounted rates. These investigations led to an individual who is reportedly selling stolen cryptocurrency tokens ...

In a move that can reshape the digital payments landscape, financial technology giant PayPal has unveiled its United States dollar-pegged stablecoin PayPal USD (PYUSD). In line with expectations, the launch has ignited a complex debate within the crypto community.Ethereum&rsquo ...

Telegram trading bots, which have been turning the messaging platform into a quasi-crypto marketplace, pose significant security risks for users and require further scrutiny, according to blockchain security firms.While such trading bots have existed for years, they've recently gained atte ...

Telegram bots have been increasingly emerging as a new tool to get exposure to cryptocurrency markets and a number of related services.The cumulative crypto trading volume associated with Telegram bots exceeded $190 million as of early August 2023, according to a new report by Binance’s re ...

Unibot (UNIBOT) token was among the top crypto gainers in July as its price rallied by 400% in a month to reach an all-time high of $199.90 on July 28. The project defied the market’s negative trend as both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) dropped by nearly 4%.However, by August 3, 2 ...

The Open Network (TON) has released an on-chain encrypted messaging feature, according to a July 3 announcement from the network’s developer, TON Foundation. The new feature allows for private messages to be sent between TON users.  ...

The first 100 early tickets were sold out within hours of the start of sales. This gives reason to say that Incrypted Conference 2023 claims to be the main crypto-event of the year in Ukraine. Top speakers from major international and Ukrainian projects, as well as industry fans will gather to di ...

Thanks to a recent update on Telegram, messenger users can now easily buy, sell, and send bitcoins to one another through the Wallet bot web interface. According to the official announcement, the updated web interface allows users to purchase, withdraw, exchange, and make P2P transactions with BT ...

ESET's team of researchers have uncovered a complex scheme designed to steal cryptocurrencies via Trojans embedded in messaging apps like Telegram and WhatsApp. These malicious Trojans are able to replace cryptocurrency wallet addresses in chat messages with the attacker's own address, effectivel ...