Cryptocurrency by Russia’s Telegram Founder Raises $850 Mln in Investments In early January, the TechCrunch website reported Telegramās plans to launch its own blockchain, the āTelegram Open Networkā (TON), platform and homegrown cryptocurrency. Russian tech genius, founder of Vkontakte and Telegram, Pavel Durov has filed a āNotice of Exempt Offering of Securitiesā with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reporting $850 million raised from 81 investors for āthe development of the TON Blockchain, the development and maintenance of Telegram Messenger.ā While the SEC filing did not disclose the names…
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