• Court to Telegram No gram sales
    Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's legal troubles are growing deeper (Photo: TechCrunch CC-BY-2.0)
    Alt coins,  Regulation

    After court ‘win’ Telegram claims will abandon TON blockchain, gram token  

    A small win in court is overshadowed by messaging service turned blockchain developer Telegram’s announcement that it won’t maintain its own TON blockchain. But is it all hot air?

    January 8, 2020 /

    Telegram’s victory in court over the Securities and Exchange Commission Monday wasn’t much of a victory. In fact, it could prove to be the undoing of its planned Telegram Open Network blockchain platform and gram cryptocurrency. The simultaneous announcement that it won't integrate gram payments into its Telegram Messenger platform signals a recognition that its fight to keep the $1.7 billion in gram tokens it sold in 2018 from being declared a security is faltering.

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  • Sad clown is sad (via Pixabay).
    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

    October 16, 2019 /

    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.

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