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Telegram Paid Subscriptions Set to Arrive This Month
Telegram Paid Subscriptions Set to Arrive This Month
June 10, 2022  |  Subscription Commerce

Telegram is set to debut a paid subscription plan for users later this month, the messaging app’s co-founder said Friday (June 10). Writing on the...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Telegram OKs Crypto Payments, Bored Ape Sells Metaverse Land
Today in the Connected Economy: Telegram OKs Crypto Payments, Bored Ape Sells Metaverse Land
April 29, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, messaging service Telegram announces plans to let its users send and receive payments using cryptocurrency. Also, Yuga Labs — makers...

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Following Growing Social Media Trend, Telegram Adopts In-App Crypto Payments
Following Growing Social Media Trend, Telegram Adopts In-App Crypto Payments
April 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Telegram messaging service announced this week that its 550 million users can now send and receive payments using the Toncoin cryptocurrency in real time. Using...

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SEC’s New Top Cop: No Free Pass For Unregistered Crypto Lenders
SEC’s New Top Cop: No Free Pass For Unregistered Crypto Lenders
February 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Securities and Exchange Commission isn’t about to give crypto lending firms a mulligan for what it says are securities law violations. That announcement, by...

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Fraudsters Use Telegram To Execute Restaurant Scam
Fraudsters Use Telegram To Execute Restaurant Scam
February 11, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

Digital trust and safety company Sift has discovered a new method of fraud in which scammers use the Telegram messaging technology to steal from eateries...

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Cloud-Based IM App Telegram Adds Payments Option
Cloud-Based IM App Telegram Adds Payments Option
October 12, 2020  |  Digital Payments

International payments provider ECOMMPAY is integrating with Telegram for in-app purchases, ECOMMPAY said in a statement on Monday (Oct. 12). Founded by Nikolai Durov, Pavel...

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Report: How Furniture Retailers Use Automation To Take Fraud Off The Table
Report: How Furniture Retailers Use Automation To Take Fraud Off The Table
October 09, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

Brick-and-mortar commerce has rebounded in recent months, but consumers are still heading online for many of their purchases, maintaining trends set in the early months...

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Telegram Adds To Apple’s EU Antitrust Allegations
Telegram Adds To Apple’s EU Antitrust Allegations
July 30, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

Apple Inc. is facing another antitrust complaint.  Telegram, the cloud-based messaging app with more than 400 million users, said that in 2016, Apple restricted the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Chinese Police Seize $15M, Luxury Cars In Crypto Scam Probe; CENTRE Blacklists Address, Freezes $100K Of Stablecoin At Request Of Law Enforcement
Bitcoin Daily: Chinese Police Seize $15M, Luxury Cars In Crypto Scam Probe; CENTRE Blacklists Address,...
July 09, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Authorities in China have confiscated bitcoin, ether and tether worth more than $15 million and luxury cars from those who allegedly ran a purported cryptocurrency scheme, CoinDesk reported....

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