🔔 Telegram Founder & CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France.

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🔔 Polygon has regained control of its community Discord server following a hack that allegedly cost one user about $145,000 in assets. 

➡️ The attack, seemingly from a serial hacker, comes shortly before Polygon’s planned mainnet upgrade on Sep. 4, which will transition its native token MATIC to a new token with the ticker POL. 

👉 https://www.theblock.co/amp/post/312920/polygon-restores-control-of-discord-server-following-145000-hack-as-pol-token-launch-approaches

🔔 Vitalik said that the kinds of applications that he want to see are applications that are useful in a sustainable way and don't sacrifice on the principles (permissionlessness, decentralization, etc). DEXes are great and he use them every week. Decentralized stablecoins (eg. RAI) and polymarket are great.

👉 https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1827583576751181961?t=AnyHoDfkbnJlmRBckEnSgg&s=19

🔔 TON: We want to assure everyone that the TON community remains strong and fully operational. As a community committed to freedom of speech and decentralization, we stand firmly by Pavel during this challenging time. Pavel has been a dedicated advocate for these values, and we believe his efforts to promote an open and decentralized internet will continue to inspire millions.

👉 https://x.com/ton_blockchain/status/1827490660858933483?t=zgb9FPavZMi1iatpZO0NYw&s=19

🔔 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong released an on-chain address score query website. The query results show the on-chain score, including Ethereum and Base transaction numbers, active days and other data. The platform will be upgraded to support ENS and Basenames domain names in the future.

👉 https://www.onchainscore.xyz/

🔔 Cryptocurrency exchange Gate has announced a partnership with FC Internazionale Milano, one of the most prestigious football clubs in the world and the reigning champions of Serie A. Starting from the 2024 / 25 season, Gate will become the Official Sleeve Partner for Inter.

👉 https://www.gate.io/announcements/article/38807

🔔 The US Securities and Exchange Commission has contested Hex founder Richard Heart’s attempt to dismiss its $1 billion securities fraud lawsuit, asserting its jurisdiction over the case.

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Building in the open is something that we try and do as much as possible at MultiversX.

It was key to establish an engineering community around the network early on, and it’s now indispensable due to the steady stream of updates.

Last week in #multiversxtech 🛠

https://x.com/AdrianDobrita/status/1827702622481949174

🔔 Telegram Releases Official Statement on Pavel Durov's Detention

➡️ Telegram issued its first statement supporting CEO Pavel Durov following his reported detention in France. Durov's status is unclear, with an official update expected on August 26.

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https://x.com/telegram/status/1827787345367834772

🔔 Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin singles out some of the main threats in the world of technology as of today.

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🔔 Tron founder Justin Sun proposes a DAO to help free Telegram CEO Pavel Durov after his arrest and says he will donate $1,000,000.

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🔔 Michael Saylor recently shared a comparison on social media, showcasing how his company has performed against other major firms since August 2020.

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🔔 ‘Hamster Kombat’, Other TON Games Protest Arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov


➡️ Prominent games built on Telegram have joined many in the crypto and tech communities in solidarity against the Saturday arrest of Pavel Durov.

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🔔 Telegram under Investigation in India for extortion, gambling, and cheating scams following CEO’s arrest in France

➡️ French President Emmanuel Macron says the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is not 'political,' but part of a judicial inquiry.

👉 https://www.firstpost.com/tech/india-investigates-telegram-over-extortion-gambling-cheating-scams-amid-ceos-arrest-in-france-13808250.html

🔔 TON said that since the DOGS community has launched the on-chain claiming process, the current processing speed of requests has reached 150,000 times per minute.

➡️ The TON network will be subjected to stress testing with up to 10 million users trading simultaneously. Binance announced that the TON network upgrade process took longer than expected, resulting in the suspension of TON token deposit and withdrawal services.

👉 https://x.com/binance/status/1828001593641312340?t=pTM6bTcs0adDk3npI2_17A&s=19

🔔 Ray Youssef, CEO of Bitcoin P2P marketplace NoOnes, said that Binance has seized all funds from all Palestinians as per the request of the Israel Defense Forces. Binance responded that only a small number of user accounts related to illegal funds will be banned from trading.

👉 https://x.com/ray_noOnes/status/1828006618539212919?t=RDrTzdkOtSwFmy_s2Kdadw&s=19

🔔 The SEC charged two brothers with attempting to defraud more than 80 investors in a $60 million Ponzi scheme.

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🔔 Donald Trump releases fourth drop of his NFT trading cards

👉 https://x.com/CollectTrump/status/1828445992066109950?s=19

🔔 Binance seized cryptocurrency from Palestinians as per request from Israel, according to sources from a prominent industry executive.

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🔔 WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty has addressed questions regarding the cryptocurrency exchange's ownership and operations.

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🔔 TON blockchain back online after 7-hour downtime due to DOGS token distribution

➡️ The primary cause of the disruption was network congestion due to the distribution of DOGS tokens.

👉 https://x.com/ton_blockchain/status/1828666523998691503?t=7KAEuofRNj1rHc-Q7htXIQ&s=19