The cryptocurrency market has started the week positively, with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and other cryptocurrencies trading in bullish territory. The market recovery can be attributed to BTC’s technical recovery, Ethereum’s protocol upgrade, and growing derivatives activity. 

BTC traded above $109,000 over the weekend, and buyer activity picked up early on Monday as it raced past $112,000 to an intraday high of $112,351 before registering a marginal decline. BTC is trading around $111,699 during the ongoing session, up over 2%. 

Meanwhile, ETH has also made a strong recovery after losing the $4,000 level over the weekend. The altcoin dipped to a low of $3,970 on Sunday before rebounding on Monday and reaching an intraday high of $4,141. ETH is up nearly 3%, trading around $4,110. Ripple (XRP) has also started the week in positive territory, rising 2.52% to $2.85. Meanwhile, Solana (SOL) has reclaimed the $200 level and is up almost 4%, trading around $209. Dogecoin (DOGE) is up over 2%, while Cardano (ADA) is up nearly 3%, trading around $0.797. Chainlink (LINK), Stellar (XLM), Hedera (HBAR), Litecoin (LTC), Toncoin (TON), and Polkadot (DOT) have also started the week in positive territory. 

Pavel Durov Claims France Wanted To Censor Election Content 

Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov has claimed that French intelligence officials asked him to censor political content related to elections in Moldova, adding that he refused the request. According to Durov, officials stated that if he censored the content, they would put in a word with the judge overseeing his case in France. Durov wrote in a post on Sunday, 

“The Telegram team received a second list of so-called ‘problematic’ Moldovan channels. Unlike the first, nearly all of these channels were legitimate and fully compliant wit

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Author: Amara Khatri