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A federal court is asking the founder of Telegram – Pavel Durov – to testify in the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) case against the encrypted messaging service’s latest initial coin offering (ICO) of its new cryptocurrency known as the “gram.”Telegram Is Trapped in a Big Legal BattleTelegram has garnered almost $2 billion through the sale of its new gram token, which has been going on since 2018. Overall, the company has done well. The trouble is the SEC is saying they failed to...

Telegram is once again in the news, only this time, it doesn’t have to do with some fancy new partnership. The encrypted chap application is being used by hackers looking to potentially steal cryptocurrency.Telegram Has Had Its Ups and DownsThe thefts are occurring through a new form of malware known as the Masad Stealer, which searches through internet cookies, browser passwords and clipboard data. Hackers in charge can replace with data of their own, i.e. bitcoin or cryptocurrency addresses...