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Iran has ordered a curfew on domestic cryptocurrency exchanges after a politically motivated attack on the country’s largest trading platform, Nobitex.The funds, which included assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Ripple, Solana, Tron, and Ton, were drained from Nobitex’s hot wallets and subsequently burned, making them permanently inaccessible.
In response to the incident, the Central Bank of Iran restricted the operating hours of all local crypto exchanges, limiting them to between 10 am and 8 pm.
“This operational curfew could signal increasing pressure on exchanges operating within Iran, as the regime attempts to manage systemic risk in a market that plays an outsized role in navigating around global sanctions,” the analytics firm wrote in a recent report.
Pro-Israel hacker group Gonjeshke Darande, also known as Predatory Sparrow, has claimed responsibility and stated that the operation was intended to disrupt Iran’s sanctioned financial infrastructure. The stolen assets were sent to burner wallets without private key access, indicating a deliberate act of destruction.Chainalysis’s findings confirmed that none of the funds were sent to mixers or exchanges, and a significant portion was transferred to addresses labeled with anti-IRGC slogans.Some were sent to blockchain burn addresses, including Ethereum’s “0x…dead” wallet, while a portion of Bitcoin was directed to a provably unspendable address with an invalid checksum.

Nobitex is widely considered a central pillar of Iran’s crypto economy. According to Chainalysis, it has processed over $11 billion in total inflows, more than the combined inflows of Iran’s ten next-largest crypto exchanges.

It acts as the backbone for the majority of on-chain activity in the country and serves as a gateway to global markets for users cut off from traditional finance due to international sanctions.

Beyond its domestic role, Chainalysis linked Nobitex to wallets associated with a range of sanctioned and illicit actors. These include ransomware operators affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, pro-Hamas media channels such as Gaza Now, and sanctioned Russian crypto exchanges including Garantex and Bitpapa.
The Nobitex hack followed a series of Israeli airstrikes inside Iran, part of ongoing military and cyber tensions between the two countries. The attackers published inflammatory wallet labels and threatened to release internal source code and infrastructure data unless Nobitex users withdrew funds.
In its official response, Nobitex said user assets remain secure in cold storage and that all hot wallets have been emptied. It also confirmed that its reserve fund would fully cover the losses and that it has taken steps to bolster platform security, including migrating funds to new offline#altcoins #BinanceSquareFamily ##BTC☀️ #TON #Nobitex

1️⃣ The Boy Who Said “No” to Power

Pavel Durov wasn’t born into crypto. He was born into resistance.

In 2006, at just 22, he launched VKontakte—Russia’s Facebook. It exploded. But when the Kremlin demanded he shut down Ukrainian protest groups in 2013, Pavel didn’t flinch. He posted a photo of a dog sticking its tongue out.

That single act of defiance cost him everything. His shares were seized. His passport revoked. He was exiled from his own company and country.

But exile didn’t break him. It freed him.

2️⃣ Telegram: The Fortress of the Stateless

From the shadows, Pavel and his brother Nikolai built Telegram—a messaging app with no ads, no surveillance, and no headquarters. It was a digital fortress for the stateless, the silenced, the seekers of truth.

By 2023, Telegram had over 800 million users. Protesters in Hong Kong. Dissidents in Iran. Creators in the West. All found refuge in Pavel’s code.

He wasn’t chasing unicorn status. He was chasing sovereignty.

3️⃣ TON: The Dream That Got Burned

In 2018, Pavel unveiled his next act: Telegram Open Network (TON). It was bold. A blockchain built for speed, scale, and seamless Telegram integration. They raised $1.7 billion in private sales.

But the U.S. SEC came crashing in. They called Gram an unregistered security. After a brutal legal battle, Pavel refunded the money and shut it down.

But he didn’t destroy the code. He open-sourced it.

He left a blueprint. And the community picked it up.

4️⃣ The Resurrection: TON Without a Master

Independent devs revived the project as The Open Network (TON). No VC. No central leadership. Just believers.

By 2021, TON Mainnet launched. It was fast. Scalable. Modular. And it worked.

Telegram, while officially separate, began integrating TON features: username auctions, wallet support, even USDT on TON. The chain was back—and this time, it was unstoppable.

5️⃣ TON in 2025: The Chain You’re Already Using

Today, TON is the invisible engine inside Telegram:

1️⃣ You can buy usernames, tip creators, and trade NFTs—natively

2️⃣ Telegram ads pay creators in Toncoin

3️⃣ Mini-apps let you order food, mint meme coins, or play games—without leaving chat

4️⃣ Over 800 dApps run on TON, from DeFi to gaming to identity

This isn’t just a blockchain. It’s a civilization protocol.

6️⃣ The Arrest, the Release, the Myth

In 2024, Pavel was arrested in France. The crypto world held its breath. Toncoin dropped 25%. But the community didn’t flinch.

He was released in 2025. And TON surged again.

Because TON was never just about one man. It was about the idea that code can outlive kings. That exile can birth empires.

7️⃣ Final Transmission: The Chain That Refused to Die

Pavel Durov never sold out. Never gave in. Never stopped building.

TON didn’t win because it raised billions. It won because it survived collapse, outlived regulation, and thrived in silence.

In a world of hype and exit scams, TON is the chain that refused to die—because it was never built to please. It was built to persist.

And so was Pavel.
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