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Telegram Agrees to Pay $18.5M Penalty in SEC Settlement Over Failed TON Offering

Telegram has settled its six-month court case with the SEC, agreeing to pay $18.5 million in penalties and to notify the agency if it plans to issue another digital asset in the next three years.

By Anna Baydakova

Sponsored

Jun 25, 2020 at 3:56 p.m. UTC

Jun 25, 2020

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Business

Telegram

Telegram CEO Donates 10 BTC to Pandemic Relief Effort

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov reportedly donated about $90,000 worth of bitcoin to help alleviate the financial burden of COVID-19 pandemic in Russia.

By Anna Baydakova

Sponsored

May 28, 2020 at 7:03 p.m. UTC

May 28, 2020

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Policy

Sec

Telegram Quits Court Fight With SEC Over TON Blockchain Project

Telegram has thrown in the towel in its court battle against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and will no longer be appealing the ban on its blockchain token project.

By Anna Baydakova

Sponsored

May 25, 2020 at 10:46 a.m. UTC

May 25, 2020

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Business

Telegram

Aggrieved Investors Mull Suing Telegram Over Canceled TON Blockchain Project

Some backers of the now-shelved TON blockchain project are in talks to sue Telegram over their refund structure.

By Anna Baydakova

Sponsored

May 14, 2020 at 9:16 p.m. UTC

May 14, 2020

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Policy

Telegram

Telegram's TON Was Built on Sand. Its Failure Isn't All Bad For Crypto

Telegram's Pavel Durov rails against the SEC's "ossification." But his TON project was always on shaky ground legally-speaking, says Preston Byrne.

By Preston J. Byrne

Sponsored

May 14, 2020 at 2:53 p.m. UTC

May 14, 2020

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Markets

Telegram

Telegram Abandons TON Blockchain Project After Court Fight With SEC

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says the company is abandoning its TON blockchain project after losing an initial court fight with the SEC.

By Nikhilesh De

Sponsored

May 12, 2020 at 5:03 p.m. UTC

May 12, 2020

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Markets

Sec

Telegram Agrees to Give SEC Bank Records, Communications in Ongoing TON Lawsuit

Telegram will fork over bank records and communications with its investors in an agreement with the SEC as part of the agency's ongoing lawsuit.

By Nikhilesh De

Sponsored

May 9, 2020 at 12:07 a.m. UTC

May 9, 2020

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Tech

Telegram

Sidestepping Telegram, Devs and Validators Launch Fork of TON Blockchain

TON Labs, a startup that helped Telegram run the test network for its blockchain network, launched its own version called Free TON Thursday, with the support of professional validators.

By Anna Baydakova

Sponsored

May 7, 2020 at 1:32 p.m. UTC

May 7, 2020

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Markets

Telegram

Blockchain Bites: Hyperledger Makes Inroads, Bitcoin Gets 'Harder' and Buffett's Not 'Halving' It

Bitcoin's difficulty has increased ahead of the halving event as more retail investors pour in. Warren Buffett has yet to be enticed.

By Daniel Kuhn

Sponsored

May 5, 2020 at 5:25 p.m. UTC

May 5, 2020

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Business

Sec

Telegram Withdraws Offer to Repay Investors With Gram Tokens

Telegram says it won't be repaying investors in its 2018 TON token sale in gram tokens, one week after saying it could do so once the network launches.

By Anna Baydakova

Sponsored

May 4, 2020 at 10:59 p.m. UTC

May 4, 2020

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