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Telegram snitched on 2,000 users to US authorities in 2024, report Messaging app Telegram has drastically ramped up its fulfillment of data requests, handing over details of more than 2,000 users to US authorities in 2024. This is according to recently released data from the messaging platform. As reported by 404 Media, Telegram fulfilled 14 requests “for IP addresses and/or phone numbers” from the US between January 1 and September 30, last year. These requests affected a total of 108 users, according to Telegram’s Transparency Reports bot. However, the rest of 2024 saw the platform comply with 900 US-based requests that affected a total of 2,253 users. The massive increase in fulfillment comes in the wake of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov’s arrest in August after the company was reluctant to cooperate with a child abuse investigation. Shortly after Durov was arrested, the company updated its privacy policy to clarify that it would provide IP addresse...

The Toncoin (TON) network has been subject to increased drama over the past few weeks. Over the past month alone, TON dipped by 2%. This is a fairly dainty drop, considering Telegram’s Pavel Durov was arrested. It looks like this arrest did not bother the cryptocurrency community, which continued showing interest in the TON network through its price change and network activity. Also Read: 3.5 Million Weddings in India Could Push Gold Prices Higher in Nov-Dec Toncoin’s Recent Performance And Future Predictions Like the rest of the market, the altcoin surged nearly 3% over the last seven days. Following a slight setback at press time, TON was trading at $5.59. Source Increased Network Activity According to data from IntoTheBlock, the Toncoin network was recording increased activity. The total number of addresses in the network witnessed a major spike over the last couple of weeks, which was noticed during Durov’s arrest. Source Also Read: Q4 Price Analysis – Bitcoin, Et...

The Open Network (TON), formerly known as Telegram Open Network, has suffered a significant slowdown following a surge in activity that some have attributed to the launch of ‘inscriptions’ on TON. The TON Foundation released a ‘Technical Incident Report,’ which attempts to describe what occurred, attributing the slowdown to “over 3 million new transactions.”  TonStat, a website that provides TON data, currently shows approximately 2 million transactions on December 5 and an additional 800k on December 6. This was a significant increase from the approximately 266k transactions on December 4. The TON20 inscription similar to BRC20 caused the TON blockchain to generate more than 2 million transactions in half an hour, and the network usage increased by 61x. The TON network was severely congested and verification was delayed. Major wallets have temporarily suspended the… — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) December 7, 2023 Read more: Luke Dashjr ...