Telegram is improving compliance by setting up local offices and communicating with regulatory authorities in Kazakhstan. The Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of Kazakhstan announced on October 14 that Telegram has agreed to appoint a local representative and open an office in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Minister Zhaslan Madiyev said that Telegram's physical presence in the country will be "an important step in strengthening control over message platform content." Given Telegram's wide influence in the country, this move is significant. According to Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, 12.5 million Kazakhstanis (more than half of the country's 20 million population) use Telegram every month, a 25% increase from 2023.

TON officially forwarded the community account TON Society Worldwide's tweet and said, "Did you see the hint?" or implied that the relevant project received TON's official support. The image content includes the popular Meme project DOGS and other animal elements.

On July 20th, Telegram/TON's ecological game system Pixelverse will open PIXFI staking at 23:00 Beijing time today.

After completing a $5.5 million financing in mid-June, Pixelverse, a Telegram-based game that combines clicking and fighting, announced the launch of the PIXFI token on TON, with a total supply of 5 billion tokens. According to official documents, PIXFI tokens will be used for transactions, production, and game battles in the Pixelverse ecosystem. In the announcement, Pixelverse stated that TON and Telegram are paving the way for the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies, and the token will adopt a deflationary economic model, with the mechanism gradually reducing token supply over time to help maintain its value. In addition, PIXFI will also become the main token for trading on Pixelchain, serving as the gas token for the game, as well as integrating with the Pixelverse SDK to support development and expansion within the game.

The Telegram game project Notcoin announced on X platform that the airdrop for players will end on Sunday, June 16th, which is one month after the NOT token was launched on the open network. The developer, Open Builders, previously stated: "Some of the unclaimed tokens will be used for future development, and the remaining tokens will be burned."

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that an "AI section" will be added to the upcoming Mini App Store, allowing businesses to add robots to handle customer feedback, or support robots to provide support for users who use Sticker Maker to create emoticon maps.

Considering Telegram doesn't even offer end-to-end encryption by default, founder Pavel Durov has a lot to say about his messaging app's competitor.

Tether, the company responsible for the $108 billion market cap USDT, intends to issue its dollar-pegged and gold-backed stablecoins (XAUT) natively on The Open Network (TON), a blockchain adjacent to Telegram. TON is an independent decentralized layer-1 network launched by Telegram, which has seen rapid growth lately with incentives for onboarding Telegram users. Telegram recently switched to the network's native token, toncoin (TON), from euros as a payment for its advertisement platform.

Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram Messenger, said in an interview that increasing regulation will force hardware devices to innovate around secure communication, "just as we have hardware wallets to store cryptocurrencies." He claimed that the US law enforcement agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), is trying to persuade people associated with Telegram to install backdoors for monitoring purposes. Regarding company ownership, Durov stated that he avoids VC investment to prevent external influence on Telegram's operations. He revealed that he holds "hundreds of millions of dollars" in fiat and bitcoin, which allows him to guide his projects and companies with 100% ownership. <br>

SlowMist's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) 23pds posted on X platform that there is a file format bypass vulnerability caused by a spelling error in Telegram's official platform. Users are advised to update and pay attention to security.