Digital asset custodian of software firm Anchor Labs has stated that it became the first entity qualified to support institutional custody for Telegram’s Gram (GRM) token. Gram to launch on Oct. 31 Anchorage Trust Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of California-based Anchor Labs, will be the first entity that will enable institutional investors and organizations to hold Gram tokens at launch on Oct. 31, the company’s co-founder and president Diogo Monica announced on Oct. 7. Not registered with the SEC In the blog post, the firm stated that the services will be offered either through Anchorage Trust Company or Anchorage …

Crypto companies often find out the hard way that hackers know their security systems better than they do. As hacks in the crypto world can and often do result in hundreds of millions of dollars worth of tokens being stolen, the fate of a company’s future can often ride on its security measures. In an effort to batten down the hatches, companies offer bug bounties. These bounties are essentially competitions in which hackers are encouraged to try to compromise software. The hackers then submit a vulnerability report to the respective companies so that they are able to patch the bugs …

Encrypted messaging service Telegram will launch its long-awaited Telegram Open Network (TON) in late October. In an Oct. 2 message in the official TON Board on Telegram, the firm states that original investors were informed that the blockchain network would launch later this month. Investors are provided with TON key generation software and will be required to provide Telegram with a public key to receive their Gram (GRM) tokens — the platform’s native token — by Oct. 16th. The entire source code for TON is now available on Github. The message states that the launch follows a successful testing stage. …

Amerian Internet infrastructure firm Juniper Networks has found a new spyware that uses Telegram app to replace crypto addresses with its own. Masad Clipper and Stealer Juniper Threat Labs, a threat intelligence portal at Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), discovered a new Trojan-delivered malware implementing major global messaging app Telegram to exfiltrate stolen information, according to threat research released on Sept. 26. Reportedly circulating under the name “Masad Clipper and Stealer” on black market forums, the spyware is capable of stealing a broad list of browsing data, including usernames, passwords, credit card information. Moreover, the malware also includes a function that …

Encrypted instant messaging service Telegram has revealed a wallet for its network's native token, Gram (GRM), available in the app’s alpha version for iOS. As Telegram Info reported on Sept. 26, the Gram wallet is now active on the alpha version of Telegram on iOS, although currently the wallet operates in the Telegram Open Network (TON) testnet. So far, users can only create and delete a wallet, receive and send Grams, and share their wallet address. Basic functions only Fyodor Skuratov of software startup TON Labs, which is managed by Telegram’s token offering investors, said that the wallet’s design is …

Global messaging app Telegram announced a coding competition for building smart contracts for the Telegram Open Network (TON) Blockchain. 5 types of smart contracts The contest includes three parts with a prize fund for all included tasks ranging from $200,000 to $400,000, according to an announcement posted on the Telegram Contests channel on Sept. 24. The contest will end on Oct. 15. The primary part of the competition is the task to build one or more smart contracts, using the tools provided in the TON Blockchain distribution, as described in the attached TON Contest document. The two other optional tasks …

Fraudulent advertisements have reportedly begun circulating Facebook offering to join the Telegram Open Network (TON) investment platform. As Russian news outlet Kommersant reported on Sept. 20, ads promoting the so called “Successful Investor” account appeared on Facebook. Once clicked, the ad leads to a website disguised as Russian economics and technology media outlet RBC, where a publication — which looks like an investigation article — has built-in links to a site with a video featuring a “unique scheme” of earnings and a form for registration supposedly for the TON platform. After users divulge their email address and telephone number, the …

Caymans Island-registered cryptocurrency exchange Blackmoon plans to list encrypted messaging app Telegram’s forthcoming Gram token via a partnership with Swiss crypto custodian Gram Vault. According to a Finance Magnates report on Sept. 10, Blackmoon — which was founded as a traditional financial products provider before launching crypto trading services — plans to boost liquidity by enabling users to purchase Gram tokens using bank cards. Gram Vault claims its clients among biggest investors in Telegram ICO By any stretch, Blackmoon is not a household name in the cryptocurrency space. Yet the clients of its partner for the listing — the fully …

The encrypted instant messaging service Telegram has released the Telegram Open Network (TON) testnet explorer and node software. Telegram token due in two months On Sept. 6, Telegram released its Telegram Open Network (TON) testnet explorer and node software on its website, two months ahead of its planned launch of the Gram digital currency. As Cointelegraph reported on Aug. 28, three anonymous investors in Telegram’s $1.7 billion private initial coin offering had said that Telegram confirmed it would issue the first Gram tokens by October. The investors added at the time that the long-term goal for executives is to make …

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid has revealed the digital wallet address holding the proceeds from the Gram token sale it conducted in July. In an Aug. 30 announcement, Liquid disclosed the public blockchain wallet address that now keeps all participating customer funds from Gram token sale. Liquid further stated that the funds will remain in cold storage until the release and delivery of the assets by Gram Asia. Gram is the yet-to-be-released native token for the Telegram Open Network (TON). According to statistics and analytics platform Etherscan, the wallet has $4,118,853.70 worth of USD Coins (USDC). Additional tokens allocated for the …

Telegram Open Network’s (TON) blockchain will allow developers to port their Ethereum (ETH) smart contracts. As industry news outlet CoinDesk reported on Aug. 30, software startup TON Labs managed by Telegram’s token offering investors is building a Solidity compiler for its blockchain. This programming language is primarily used to develop smart contracts in the Ethereum network. Assembly might be required Per the report, the tool would allow developers to port their Ethereum smart contracts over to TON, but it is not specified whether some changes in their code would be required. TON Labs CEO and managing partner Alexander Filatov told …

Telegram Open Network’s (TON) blockchain public testing will launch on Sept. 1, according to one of the investors. On Aug. 28, Russian news outlet Vedomosti quoted an anonymous TON investor claiming to have learned this information from the development team, and the head of one of the companies that participated in the testing so far. According to the outlet’s sources, TON’s node software and all relevant documentation would be released to the public on Sept. 1. This first version of the blockchain is already expected to feature sharding and various functional consensus mechanisms, the source added. A blockchain that was …