Telegram将在周四将Maximilian Crown命名为新的首席执行官，取代其创始人Pavel Durov

这两个举动均稳定了该船的加密消息传递应用程序的十亿用户 - 在去年其创始人兼首席执行官帕维尔·杜罗夫（Pavel Durov）去年被视为言论自由镇压的一部分之后，这是Telegram的迹象，这表明Telegram旨在扩展其Multi-Purpose应用程序。

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

Nynext在周四获悉，该公司为Telegram技术提供动力的技术将把Maximilian Crown命名为新的首席执行官。

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.

消息人士告诉Nynext，这两个举动都是为加密消息传递应用程序的10亿用户而稳定的 - 在其创始人兼首席执行官帕维尔·杜罗夫（Pavel Durov）去年在巴黎被捕后，这是被视为言论自由镇压的一部分 - 这表明Telegram意图扩展其多用途应用程序。

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.

消息人士解释说，Crown的招聘是一张标志电报，尽管政府努力访问该应用程序用户的内部数据，但支持其增长平台的区块链技术仍是全速，该数据以提供完全匿名的应用程序而自豪。

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已成为类似于中国微信之类的产品的所谓“超级应用程序”，因为它已成长为包括生态系统，使用户可以访问其他功能，例如游戏，购物和付款。

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将负责非营利电报开放网络（TON）基金会（也称为Open Network），该基金会具有独家交易，可以为该应用程序背后的技术提供动力。

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是加密货币交易平台Moonpay的长期CFO和COO，价值34亿美元，将有助于扩大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.

消息人士补充说，通过与Moonpay的合作，Crown通过获得了在多个欧洲国家和美国运营的批准，证明了他在复杂的法律景观方面的技能。

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).

电报开放网络有岩石的历史。电报于2013年推出后，帕维尔（Pavel）和尼古拉·杜罗夫（Nikolai Durov）创建了电报开放网络，以通过区块链技术进行快速付款，并计划推出一种名为Gram（后来的Toncoin）的加密货币。

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.

他们在2018年筹集了17亿美元的资金，以资助发射硬币以支持电报，但在美国的SEC却跌倒了。政府提起诉讼，称其尚未正确注册其革兰氏货币出售，并使他们还退还了12亿美元的资金，并在2020年支付了1850万美元的民事罚款。

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，让开源社区接管了Ton的开发，最终他们能够再次将其技术集成到Telegram应用程序中，现在它运行了应用程序购物，付款和游戏。

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

吨本身拥有4100万个活跃帐户和1.21亿吨币持有人，包括红杉资本和基准等主要机构。

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在一定程度上跟踪电报的价值 - 当Durov被捕时，它下降了15％以上（尽管最近它飙升了近25％）。法国当局的行动引发了担忧电报，可能会减少其区块链计划以满足监管机构。

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.

欧洲当局，尤其是法国，对电报等应用程序进行了严厉的打击，他们声称这使高度非法的活动能够因宽松的节制而进行人口贩运和毒品交易。

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.

除了信号之外，Telegram已成为一个领先的消息传递应用程序，用于数十亿用户寻找安全且加密的文本服务，在某个时间后，消息消失了。它的加密可确保隐私，因此几乎没有关于用户发送消息传递以及他们所谈论的内容的细节。

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.

这些功能赢得了言论自由活动家的支持，但也足以让法国政府逮捕出生于俄罗斯的电报创始人杜罗夫（Durov）。去年八月，他因涉嫌允许电报用于犯罪活动而被判入狱96小时，这是第一个由于其平台上的内容而被指控的第一个应用程序创始人。

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.

他们声称电报的内容适度不足，并且与执法部门的合作不够充分。虽然杜罗夫最终被释放并被允许离开法国，但他仍然面临该国的指控，因为他涉嫌参与支持所谓的犯罪活动。案件正在进行中。

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·马斯克（Elon Musk）在内的杜罗夫（Durov）和言论自由倡导者强烈谴责逮捕，警告政府对应用程序的访问（即使是国家安全）是侵犯个人权利的一种，并打开了大门以进一步监视私人。

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

杜罗夫（Durov）在本周早些时候在X上发表的帖子中警告说，法国的议员们不断推动政府后门访问电报消息。

“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.

杜罗夫写道：“没有任何国家不受自由的缓慢侵蚀。每天，这些自由都会受到攻击 - 我们每天都必须捍卫它们。”