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Today in crypto, Telegram co-founder says Iran ban backfired, Polymarket removed a market tied to the fate of a missing US service member after backlash. Meanwhile, community banking groups pushed back against the approval of Coinbase’s national bank charter, arguing that it falls short of the industry’s regulatory standards.
Pavel Durov, the co-founder of the Telegram messaging application, said the Iranian government’s Telegram ban has backfired due to technical workarounds like virtual private networks (VPNs) and similar tools.
VPNs mask online users’ IP addresses, allowing them to bypass national firewalls and access blocked content.

