• Telegram discontinues TON testnet
    Alt coins,  Regulation,  United States

    Telegram Open Network pulls the plug on testnet, in final blow to doomed project

    The grim milestone marks the end of a sorry journey for TON, almost a year after the testnet first launched

    In a July 6 update, the development group driving TON wrote: “Our remaining validators will be switched off not later than 1.08.2020. Please save all relevant data and terminate your testing process.”

  • Sen. Loeffler sells low
    Commentary,  Politics

    After insider trading fight, Sen. Loeffler sells low

    Former Bakkt CEO and current Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler blames ‘baseless attacks from political adversaries and the media’ for divesting stock holdings in a down market

    Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler announced on April 8 that she and her husband were selling all of their stock holdings following weeks accusations of using her position for insider trading.

  • It seems Crypto Dad Chris Giancarlo has actual children.
    People,  Regulation

    Chris Giancarlo joins law firm, stays active in crypto

    At Willkie Farr & Gallagher, the ‘Crypto Dad’ says he will be at the juncture of ‘financial markets, emerging technologies and law and public policy’

    J. Christopher Giancarlo, who resigned from the CFTC earlier this year, has landed at the swanky midtown Manhattan offices of leading law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher. From his perch as Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Giancarlo was a forceful advocate for American cryptocurrency and blockchain innovation.

  • Sad clown is sad (via Pixabay).
    Alt coins,  United States

    SEC gives Telegram TON of trouble

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit will delay the Gram cryptocurrency sale scheduled for October 31

    In the wake of a lawsuit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, messaging service Telegram told backers that it would likely postpone the public launch of its Gram token.