Pavel – Earlybirds Invest https://earlybirdsinvest.com Latest Crypto News Sun, 16 Mar 2025 15:49:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.8 https://i0.wp.com/earlybirdsinvest.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cropped-New-Project-2024-12-17T235703.455.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Pavel – Earlybirds Invest https://earlybirdsinvest.com 32 32 240146708 TON Surges 20% as Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Recovers Passport From French Authorities https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ton-surges-20-as-telegram-founder-pavel-durov-recovers-passport-from-french-authorities/ https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ton-surges-20-as-telegram-founder-pavel-durov-recovers-passport-from-french-authorities/#respond Sun, 16 Mar 2025 15:49:49 +0000 https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ton-surges-20-as-telegram-founder-pavel-durov-recovers-passport-from-french-authorities/

The price of TON has surged more than 20% over the last 24 hours to now trade above $3.45 and have a $8.14 billion market capitalization after French authorities returned Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s passport.

The move restores Durov’s ability to travel freely and marks the end of a situation that had drawn concerns from privacy and free speech advocates. Durov, who co-founded Telegram, a messaging platform with nearly a billion users, has long been an outspoken advocate for privacy and secure communication.

Read more: TON Down 14% as Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Arrested in France

The TON Foundation, which supports the Telegram Open Network (TON), celebrated the moment on social media. “As part of the decentralized TON community, we have stood in solidarity with Pavel, supporting his unwavering dedication to defending the right to free speech and privacy online.“

TON has also benefited from new features introduced to the Wallet app on Telegram, which include multiple assets, a yield program, an updated user interface, and more.

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]]> https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ton-surges-20-as-telegram-founder-pavel-durov-recovers-passport-from-french-authorities/feed/ 0 25485 TON Society celebrates Pavel Durov leaving France as free speech win https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ton-society-celebrates-pavel-durov-leaving-france-as-free-speech-win/ https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ton-society-celebrates-pavel-durov-leaving-france-as-free-speech-win/#respond Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:03:35 +0000 https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ton-society-celebrates-pavel-durov-leaving-france-as-free-speech-win/

The Open Network (TON) Society released a statement on March 15 celebrating the return of Pavel Durov’s passport as a win for freedom of speech, online privacy, and innovation.

According to the AFP news agency, Durov left France and headed to Dubai on the morning of March 15 after gaining permission from French officials to depart the European country.

“We have stood behind Pavel since his arrest on August 24, 2024,” the TON Society wrote. The group added:

“Pavel’s unwavering commitment to freedom of speech and transparency, despite facing the most challenging of circumstances, is a powerful reminder of the importance of standing by your principles, even when it is politically and personally detrimental to do so.”

The TON Society previously penned a letter condemning the French government for detaining Durov and urging the country to release the Telegram founder.

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The TON Society celebrates the return of Durov’s passport by French law enforcement officials. Source: TON Society

“The arrest of the Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, is a direct assault on a basic human right — the freedom of expression of everyone,” the TON Society’s Aug. 27 letter read.

At the time, the organization also called on the United Nations, the Council of Europe (CoE), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the European Union (EU) to intervene and push for Durov’s release.

Free speech advocates in the crypto industry sounded the alarm over Pavel Durov’s arrest, citing the troubling implications for privacy and decentralized technologies in the face of state pressure to censor the internet and the potential for regulatory capture.

Emmanuel Macron denies political motivation for Durov’s arrest

Shortly after French law enforcement officials detained the Telegram founder, President Emmanuel Macron denied the arrest was politically motivated and claimed that France was committed to free speech.

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French President Emmanuel Macron denies the arrest of Pavel Durov was politically motivated. Source: Emmanuel Macron

In a subsequent press conference, Macron also denied inviting Durov to France amid a torrent of backlash from the crypto community and free speech advocates.

Chris Pavlovski, the CEO of the free-speech video platform Rumble, announced that he safely departed Europe shortly following the detention of Pavel Durov.

In an Aug. 25 X post, the CEO said that the French government threatened Rumble and condemned state authorities for the crackdown on free speech.

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