Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of Telegram, was arrested on Saturday at Paris’ Le Bourget airport. The French judiciary argues that the lack of content moderation on Telegram, the platform’s failure to cooperate with law enforcement, and certain tools it offers—such as disposable phone numbers and cryptocurrencies—implicate Durov in drug trafficking, child crimes, and other frauds. Many, including the TON blockchain community, American journalist Tucker Carlson, and Elon Musk, have voiced their support for Pavel, emphasizing the importance of freedom of speech and decentralization.

Less than 48 hours after Polygon’s Discord server was hacked, the official Discord servers of the layer-1 blockchain Avalanche and layer-2 ZKsync were also breached. The hackers shared malicious links on both servers, promising fake, free tokens. The teams are working to restore both servers to normal. Due to the rise in such incidents, increased caution is advised for Discord servers.