Telegram Under Pressure: Web3 Ecosystem at Risk Amid Growing Government Scrutiny

Telegram is facing growing pressure from governments worldwide, with several countries targeting the messaging platform through criminal cases. Unlike in 2018, when blockades were smaller in scope, the current efforts involve a massive Web3 ecosystem based on the TON blockchain.

This development could significantly impact Telegram's revenue as isolating it from legal banking transfers will be difficult for the company to overcome.

Ordinary users are not directly at risk, but listing the company in the Rosfinmonitoring registry would classify any payments to it as terrorist financing, automatically putting it under scrutiny.

In other news, Lido is migrating assets worth $16.5 billion to a new architecture, introducing financial guarantees that require node operators to deposit collateral in ETH tokens to cover potential losses.

This move paves the way for significant institutional capital inflow into Ethereum as the protocol becomes a systemically important provider with mathematically secured staking.