Telegram groups targeting young people are allegedly becoming a recruitment ground for sabotage and violence, with cryptocurrency used to pay recruits willing to carry out attacks across Europe.

A crypto scam operation allegedly run like a full-scale business in Kyiv has been dismantled by Ukrainian authorities after targeting victims across more than 20 countries with fake investment platforms and a wallet-draining scheme.

Pavel Durov accused Apple of overreacting after it briefly removed Telegram from the App Store over illegal content. Apple restored the app after Telegram removed the content and banned the user.

Telegram vanished from Apple's App Store globally on Monday night, sparking speculation about censorship and politics. The real reason was far more serious — and Telegram's swift response got it restored within hours.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has just retaliated against the Russian government, accusing Kremlin of trying silence him after he had refused to hand over Telegram to government surveillance and censorship. He claimed that because of his refusal to cooperate, he was branded as a terrorist as an attempt to smear his reputation.

Australia has taken Telegram to court, accusing the platform of failing to remove terrorism-related content even after users repeatedly reported it. Telegram denies the allegations, while the case adds to growing legal pressure on the company and its founder, Pavel Durov, in several countries.

Russia has issued an international arrest warrant for Telegram founder Pavel Durov, accusing him of enabling terrorism by allowing the messaging platform to be used for sabotage operations allegedly orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence and extremist groups.

Russia has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism and placed him on an international wanted list, claiming the platform failed to remove content linked to attacks and criminal activity.

Telegram is preparing its biggest push into digital assets yet, with CEO Pavel Durov announcing plans to roll out a native self-custody cryptocurrency wallet to the messaging platform's nearly one billion users this summer.

Telegram will launch a native non-custodial Gram wallet across its app, giving more than one billion users instant, zero-fee crypto transfers while keeping full control of their own funds.