Regarding the privacy, telegram is privacy oriented as long as they principles do not change, i will consider it cautiously pro privacy.
What principles? Social media platforms time on time again make headlines when it comes to privacy scandals. Governments must be so grateful to have these centralized pools of information they can tap into whenever they want. It's mind boggling how people can't see the danger of using these platforms.

The only good thing about this article is that it provides free advertising for Bitcoin as brand with how I expect more news outlets to pick this up.