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Update (Jan. 6, 1:20 pm UTC): This article has been updated with a statement from Telegram. Cryptocurrency-friendly messenger Telegram boosted its operating revenue in 2025 as it explores a potential initial public offering (IPO). Telegram’s revenues hit $870 million in the first half of 2025, up 65% from $525 million a year earlier, the Financial…

The privacy-preserving decentralized AI platform is built on top of The Open Network, and users earn TON for renting out computing power. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED The Cocoon decentralized AI network, a privacy-preserving distributed computing platform built on The Open Network (TON) — an independent layer-1 blockchain associated with the Telegram messaging application…

Crypto treasury companies and blockchain technology are creating alternative pathways to fund early-stage scientific and medical research. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Biomedical and scientific companies are turning to blockchain technology and crypto treasury strategies to fund research, overhauling traditional capital formation and research funding structures that can delay life-saving cures by decades. Portage…

Nasdaq has reprimanded TON Strategy for its $272.7 million Toncoin purchase and PIPE deal, citing missed shareholder approval rules. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED TON Strategy, a publicly traded company that accumulates Telegram-linked Toncoin tokens and previously operated as Verb Technology Company, has been reprimanded by Nasdaq over rule violations related to its Toncoin…

The new project, dubbed Cocoon, aims to give users access to AI tools without surrendering their data to centralized providers. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Pavel Durov, co-founder of the messaging application Telegram, has disclosed a new decentralized AI network to be built atop The Open Network (TON), an independent layer-1 blockchain associated with…

European crypto asset manager CoinShares rolled out exposure to Telegram-linked TON via an ETP, despite the token plummeting almost 60% year-to-date. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED CoinShares, a major crypto asset management company headquartered in Europe, has launched a new investment product offering exposure to Telegram-linked Toncoin. CoinShares International a merger with blank-check company…

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov revealed he bought thousands of Bitcoin in 2013 at $700, and the investment has allowed him “to stay afloat.” News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Messaging app Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov says he invested in Bitcoin when the cryptocurrency was in its infancy and has since used his holdings…

Two Nasdaq-listed DATs are investing in The Open Network’s native token, allocating millions to token reserves even as the asset and their share prices decline. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Another publicly listed company is moving into the digital asset treasury market, targeting exposure to The Open Network native coin, even as the token’s…

Verb Technology is raising $558 million and rebranding as TON Strategy Co., becoming the first public company to hold Toncoin as a treasury asset. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Verb Technology Company’s stock skyrocketed more than 200% intraday on Monday after it announced a $558 million PIPE deal and a pivot toward crypto. The…

XRP may be gearing up for a short-term rebound, crypto companies are beginning to return to the United States, and other news. News COINTELEGRAPH IN YOUR SOCIAL FEED Top Stories of The Week SEC Chair Aktins calls to ‘reshore crypto’ as companies move back to the US Crypto companies are as top officials signal a…