The Telegram founder was arrested in France last week and is reportedly being accused of insufficiently moderating the messenger
Telegram’s cryptocurrency Toncoin has fallen in price by nearly 19% following the arrest of the platform’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported, citing data from the Binance cryptocurrency exchange.
The Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain was initially announced back in 2018 by Durov and his brother Nikolay.