Author: CryptoPress

Russia’s FSB charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activity and placed him on an international wanted list. The agency alleged Telegram failed to remove channels, chats and bots used by Ukrainian special services and extremist groups for sabotage and cyber fraud inside Russia. Telegram’s official X account responded by posting an image of Durov making a middle-finger gesture; no further comment was issued. Telegram, with...

U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez issued a preliminary injunction on July 27 blocking Minnesota’s prediction market ban. The ruling favors Kalshi, Polymarket US and the CFTC, finding the state law likely preempted by the Commodity Exchange Act. Minnesota’s statute, signed by Gov. Tim Walz, was set to criminalize operating or advertising prediction markets starting Aug. 1. A federal judge has temporarily blocked Minnesota from...