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Telegram founder and The Open Network (TON) developer Pavel Durov has claimed that he was poisoned in 2018 as tensions between Telegram and Russia began to escalate.   Durov revealed the poisoning attempt during an interview on the Lex Fridman podcast on Tuesday. In it, he described a “weird” neighbor leaving something at the door of the townhouse he was renting.  Within the hour, he said he began to fear for his life as his body began to shut down and he collapsed. Durov says he eventually woke up covered in broken blood vessels and was unable to walk for two weeks.   Durov poisoned during eventful spring Durov didn’t specify exactly when the poisoning occurred, only revealing that it happened in the spring of 2018. It was around this time that his TON crypto project raised $1.7 billion across two funding rounds from 170 investors, including various Russian billionaires.  Then in April, Telegram refused to give encryption keys to Russia’s Federal Securit...

Dogecoin (DOGE) has experienced a massive rebound over the last week. The original memecoin is up 3.4% in the daily charts, 15.7% in the weekly charts, 23.6% in the 14-day charts, 12% over the previous month, and 58.3% since July 2024, as CoinGecko reveals. While the rally is commendable, DOGE’s price is still down by nearly 73% from its all-time high of $0.7316. Many investors continue to hold the memecoin at a loss. Let’s discuss what you should know before selling. Source: CoinGecko Also Read: Dogecoin Faces 7% Correction: Should You Buy The Dip Or Wait? What Dogecoin Holders Should Know Source: Forbes Historically, DOGE and Bitcoin (BTC) have shared a strong correlation. This means that BTC’s price movements often dictate DOGE’s rally. This pattern is evident from the latest upswing as well. Bitcoin (BTC) hit a new all-time high of $122,838 on July 14. BTC’s rally triggered a rally for DOGE as well. We could see DOGE follow BTC’s trajectory for th...

To securely backup your crypto wallet private keys, create an encrypted offline copy on a hardware wallet or write them on paper. In the rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrencies, it is critical to secure one’s digital assets. A crucial element of crypto security is storing a backup of private keys. Private keys are the keys to one’s crypto kingdom, and losing them can cause an irreversible loss of money.  This article will explain the importance of private keys, the risks they pose and the different ways to safely backup keys. What are private keys? In the world of crypto currency, every digital wallet is built upon a foundation of crypto graphic keys, forming an essential element of its structure. These keys, unique to every user, play a pivotal role in securing one’s assets. The private key, functioning akin to a password, acts as the gateway to accessing funds, while the public key mirrors the wallet address, enabling seamless transactions. Generated through complex algorithms, ...

The first tokenized security of the protocol was just launched on Coinbase’s scalability layer Base. Decentralized finance (DeFi) startup Backed.fi announced today that it has issued the first tokenized security on Base – bIB01, a tokenized short-term US treasury bond ETF. This launch transaction marks the first tokenized real-world asset (RWA) on Base, Coinbase’s layer 2 network built for scalable applications. Backed is utilizing Base to tokenize financial assets like ETFs and make them freely transferable across wallets while remaining fully collateralized. bIB01 tracks the iShares $ Treasury Bond 0-1yr UCITS ETF and operates under the Swiss DLT act. Base offers a low-cost, Ethereum virtual machine compatible environment optimized for developers looking to build scalable on-chain applications. Backed has been preparing for Base’s mainnet launch to ensure its tokenize d RWAs can be seamlessly integrated. You might also like: What is Base? Unpackin...