Этим летом прошел марафон в поддержку политзаключенных. В нем участвовали независимые медиа, политики и блогеры. Рассказываем, сколько удалось собрать денег и куда они пошли.
Мы благодарим наших читателей, участвовавших в сборе! ❤
Пожалуйста, подпишитесь на регулярные донаты марафону, чтобы и дальше помогать политзаключенным: https://june12.io/#support
Этим летом прошел марафон в поддержку политзаключенных. В нем участвовали независимые медиа, политики и блогеры. Рассказываем, сколько удалось собрать денег и куда они пошли.
Мы благодарим наших читателей, участвовавших в сборе! ❤
Пожалуйста, подпишитесь на регулярные донаты марафону, чтобы и дальше помогать политзаключенным: https://june12.io/#support
At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised. Under the Sebi Act, the regulator has the power to carry out search and seizure of books, registers, documents including electronics and digital devices from any person associated with the securities market. On Telegram’s website, it says that Pavel Durov “supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)’s input is technological.” Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands. Just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Durov wrote that Telegram was "increasingly becoming a source of unverified information," and he worried about the app being used to "incite ethnic hatred." Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform.
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