Telegram將在周四將Maximilian Crown命名為新的首席執行官，取代其創始人Pavel Durov

這兩個舉動均穩定了該船的加密消息傳遞應用程序的十億用戶 - 在去年其創始人兼首席執行官帕維爾·杜羅夫（Pavel Durov）去年被視為言論自由鎮壓的一部分之後，這是Telegram的跡象，這表明Telegram旨在擴展其Multi-Purpose應用程序。

The company powering Telegram’s technology will name Maximilian Crown as its new CEO Thursday, NYNext has learned.

Nynext在周四獲悉，該公司為Telegram技術提供動力的技術將把Maximilian Crown命名為新的首席執行官。

The move both steadies the ship for the encrypted messaging app’s one billion users — after its founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in Paris last year as part of what was seen as a free speech crackdown — and is a sign of Telegram’s intent to scale its multi-purpose app, sources told NYNext.

消息人士告訴Nynext，這兩個舉動都是為加密消息傳遞應用程序的10億用戶而穩定的 - 在其創始人兼首席執行官帕維爾·杜羅夫（Pavel Durov）去年在巴黎被捕後，這是被視為言論自由鎮壓的一部分 - 這表明Telegram意圖擴展其多用途應用程序。

Crown’s hiring, sources explain, is a sign Telegram, and the blockchain technology which supports it’s growing platform, is full-speed ahead despite efforts from governments to access internal data from users of the app, which prides itself on offering complete anonymity.

消息人士解釋說，Crown的招聘是一張標誌電報，儘管政府努力訪問該應用程序用戶的內部數據，但支持其增長平台的區塊鏈技術仍是全速，該數據以提供完全匿名的應用程序而自豪。

Telegram has become a so-called “Super App” similar to a product like China’s WeChat, because it has grown to include an ecosystem allowing users access to additional features like games, shopping, and payments.

Telegram已成為類似於中國微信之類的產品的所謂“超級應用程序”，因為它已成長為包括生態系統，使用戶可以訪問其他功能，例如游戲，購物和付款。

Crown will head the non-profit Telegram Open Network (TON) foundation, also known as the Open Network, which has an exclusive deal to power the technology behind the app.

Crown將負責非營利電報開放網絡（TON）基金會（也稱為Open Network），該基金會具有獨家交易，可以為該應用程序背後的技術提供動力。

Crown — who was the longtime CFO and COO at crypto trading platform MoonPay, valued at $3.4 billion — will help expand TON’s presence in payments.

Crown是加密貨幣交易平台Moonpay的長期CFO和COO，價值34億美元，將有助於擴大Ton在付款中的存在。

Crown has, through his work with MoonPay, proven his skills at navigating complicated legal landscapes by receiving approval to operate in multiple European countries as well as the US, sources add.

消息人士補充說，通過與Moonpay的合作，Crown通過獲得了在多個歐洲國家和美國運營的批准，證明了他在復雜的法律景觀方面的技能。

Telegram Open Network has a rocky history. After Telegram launched in 2013, Pavel and Nikolai Durov created the Telegram Open Network to power the app through blockchain technology for fast payments and planned to launch a cryptocurrency called Gram (later Toncoin).

電報開放網絡有岩石的歷史。電報於2013年推出後，帕維爾（Pavel）和尼古拉·杜羅夫（Nikolai Durov）創建了電報開放網絡，以通過區塊鏈技術進行快速付款，併計劃推出一種名為Gram（後來的Toncoin）的加密貨幣。

They raised $1.7 billion in 2018 to fund the launch of the coin to support Telegram, but fell afoul of the SEC in the US. The government sued TON saying it had not properly register its Gram currency for sale, and made them give back $1.2 billion in funding and pay a $18.5 million civil penalty in 2020.

他們在2018年籌集了17億美元的資金，以資助發射硬幣以支持電報，但在美國的SEC卻跌倒了。政府提起訴訟，稱其尚未正確註冊其革蘭氏貨幣出售，並使他們還退還了12億美元的資金，並在2020年支付了1850萬美元的民事罰款。

Undeterred, Telegram let the open-source community take over development of TON and eventually they were able to integrate its tech into the Telegram app again and it now runs the apps shopping, payments, and games.

Telegram毫不舒服，讓開源社區接管了Ton的開發，最終他們能夠再次將其技術集成到Telegram應用程序中，現在它運行了應用程序購物，付款和遊戲。

TON itself has 41 million active accounts and 121 million Toncoin holders, including major institutions like Sequoia Capital and Benchmark.

噸本身擁有4100萬個活躍帳戶和1.21億噸幣持有人，包括紅杉資本和基準等主要機構。

Toncoin tracks the value of Telegram to an extent — when Durov was arrested it dropped more than 15% (though it has surged nearly 25% more recently). French authorities’ actions sparked worries Telegram might reduce its blockchain initiatives to satisfy regulators.

Toncoin在一定程度上跟踪電報的價值 - 當Durov被捕時，它下降了15％以上（儘管最近它飆升了近25％）。法國當局的行動引發了擔憂電報，可能會減少其區塊鏈計劃以滿足監管機構。

European authorities, particularly France, have cracked down hard on apps like Telegram, which they allege enable highly illegal activities such a human trafficking and drug dealing due to lax moderation.

歐洲當局，尤其是法國，對電報等應用程序進行了嚴厲的打擊，他們聲稱這使高度非法的活動能夠因寬鬆的節製而進行人口販運和毒品交易。

Alongside Signal, Telegram has become a leading messaging app for billions of users looking for a safe and encrypted text service where messages disappear after a certain time. Its encryption ensures privacy so almost no details about who a user is messaging and what they’re talking about can be accessed by snooping authorities.

除了信號之外，Telegram已成為一個領先的消息傳遞應用程序，用於數十億用戶尋找安全且加密的文本服務，在某個時間後，消息消失了。它的加密可確保隱私，因此幾乎沒有關於用戶發送消息傳遞以及他們所談論的內容的細節。

Those features have won the support of free speech activists, but were also enough for the French government to arrest Russian-born Telegram founder Durov. He was jailed for 96 hours last August for allegedly allowing Telegram to be used for criminal activities, the first app founder to be charged because of content on their platform.

這些功能贏得了言論自由活動家的支持，但也足以讓法國政府逮捕出生於俄羅斯的電報創始人杜羅夫（Durov）。去年八月，他因涉嫌允許電報用於犯罪活動而被判入獄96小時，這是第一個由於其平台上的內容而被指控的第一個應用程序創始人。

They claimed Telegram had inadequate content moderation and did not cooperate fully enough with law enforcement. While Durov was eventually freed and allowed to leave France, where he is a citizen, he still faces charges in the country for alleged involvement in supporting alleged criminal activity. The case is ongoing.

他們聲稱電報的內容適度不足，並且與執法部門的合作不夠充分。雖然杜羅夫最終被釋放並被允許離開法國，但他仍然面臨該國的指控，因為他涉嫌參與支持所謂的犯罪活動。案件正在進行中。

Durov and free speech advocates, including Elon Musk, have strongly condemned the arrest, warning government access to apps — even for national security — is an infringement on individual rights and opens the gates to further surveillance of private individuals.

包括埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）在內的杜羅夫（Durov）和言論自由倡導者強烈譴責逮捕，警告政府對應用程序的訪問（即使是國家安全）是侵犯個人權利的一種，並打開了大門以進一步監視私人。

In a post on X earlier this week Durov warned that lawmakers in France keep pushing to let a government backdoor access Telegram messages.

杜羅夫（Durov）在本週早些時候在X上發表的帖子中警告說，法國的議員們不斷推動政府後門訪問電報消息。

“No country is immune to the slow erosion of freedoms. Every day, those freedoms come under attack — and every day we must defend them,” Durov wrote.

杜羅夫寫道：“沒有任何國家不受自由的緩慢侵蝕。每天，這些自由都會受到攻擊 - 我們每天都必須捍衛它們。”