Telegram founder Pavel Durov used the two-year mark of the France Telegram case to accuse authorities of targeting the platform because it refused censorship requests. The criminal investigation in France began in August 2024 and is still ongoing. Durov said the case has weakened as more evidence related to Telegram’s moderation record has accumulated. He also said officials in multiple countries had privately asked Telegram for political favors, including censorship and surveillance requests that he considers illegal. According to Durov, refusing such demands can trigger campaigns by local media outlets and advocacy groups. He added that he had previously described requests tied to elections in Romania and Moldova. Telegram’s safety page says the platform has blocked 23.6 million groups and channels this year, including 370,777 linked to child abuse material and 164,099 tied to terrorist content. Durov also argued that, in his view, other platforms have avoided similar scrutiny. The Telegram-linked token GRAM traded at about $1.47 on Monday, down roughly 3% over the past 24 hours.

A study from Stanford University and the Arc Institute, published in Science, reported that an AI model called Evo generated 700,000 candidate viral genomes, 285 of which were selected for synthetic DNA construction. The experiments produced 16 new viruses that were able to infect bacteria and self-replicate. Some of the AI-designed phages also outperformed the natural virus ΦX174 in bacterial lysis speed. The report centers on ΦX174, a bacteriophage that infects Escherichia coli and was historically significant as the first organism to have its complete genome sequenced by the Sanger team in 1977. According to the article, the new work marks the first time AI has designed a complete, living genome from scratch for the same species long used as a benchmark in molecular biology. The study also tested phage cocktails against E. coli strains that had become fully resistant to natural ΦX174. In that setup, a natural phage cocktail failed, while an AI-generated phage cocktail quickly broke through three resistant strains. The article links that result to antibiotic resistance, citing a Lancet GRAM project estimate that antibiotic resistance will directly cause 39.1 million deaths between 2025 and 2050.

XION has rebranded to Verona, while EarnOS raised $18.5 million and launched ero. MEXC and Bybit are supporting the transition, but the token dropped more than 15% after the change went live.

Binance Word of the Day on March 14, 2026, reveals all answers under the AI Agents theme. Includes 3-8 letter words like BTC, AGENT, AUTONOMY, plus game rules and BNB rewards.

Binance’s Word of the Day answers for March 12, 2026 were published under the weekly theme AI Agents, including word options from 3 to 8 letters, gameplay rules, extra chances, and prize pool details.

TON governance participants approved renaming Toncoin to Gram, with the ticker changing from TON to GRAM. The blockchain, balances, contracts, and addresses stay the same, and no migration or swap is required.

Pavel Durov announced that The Open Network’s native token will shift from TON to GRAM. After the news, the token rose 7% in 24 hours to $2.07 while trading volume jumped 134%.

Binance WOTD answers for March 11 revealed, themed AI Agents. Players can guess words from 3 to 8 letters to win BNB rewards from a 500,000 BNB prize pool.