Apple restored Telegram after the messaging platform removed content that violated its child safety policies and banned the user who posted it. Apple briefly removed Telegram from the App Store after its review found content that violated its policies on child sexual abuse material, according to Bloomberg. The messaging app was later restored after Telegram removed the content and banned the user who posted it, Apple said. The Telegram-linked token Gram fell about 6.4% to $1.32 from $1.41 following reports of the removal. It had recovered to about $1.40 at the time of writing, according to CoinGecko data. Read more
Eligible retail and institutional users can use tokenized shares of Nvidia, Apple, Tesla and three other US companies across Bybit’s trading and lending products. Dubai-based crypto exchange Bybit has enabled six tokenized stocks to serve as collateral for margin trading and lending products, expanding the financial utility of blockchain-based equities. The update allows eligible retail and institutional users to use tokenized shares of Nvidia (NVDAX), Robinhood (HOODX), Circle (CRCLX), Tesla (TSLAX), Alphabet (GOOGLX) and Apple (AAPLX) as collateral for margin trading and borrowing through Bybit’s Unified Trading Account, Crypto Loans and Institutional Loans. The feature is available subject to Bybit’s lending terms and product availability. Bybit first introduced xStocks in June through a partnership with tokenization platform Backed, listing more than 60 tokenized US stocks and exchange-traded funds on its spot market. The assets are backed 1:1 by the underlying securities, which are held by a regulated cu...
Three users allege a fake Sparrow Wallet app on Apple’s App Store drained their Bitcoin holdings, with losses totaling more than $1.8 million. Apple is facing a lawsuit from three customers who say they lost a combined $1.8 million after downloading a fake Bitcoin wallet app from the App Store. The complaint, filed Friday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, alleges Apple failed to adequately review and monitor apps despite promoting the App Store as a trusted marketplace, according to a copy of the filing obtained by MacRumors. The plaintiffs, James Ramirez, Christopher Ellis and Jalen Delgado, said they entered their seed phrases into the fraudulent app, allowing scammers to transfer their Bitcoin. They reported losses of about $875,000, $840,000 and $120,000, respectively, during 2025, according to the complaint. Read more