[На темно-красном фоне сверху изображения игривым шрифтом надпись "чаепитие" в бежевом цвете, буквы разного размера и под углом. Они изображены, так будто им тесно, в обрамляющих их красных извилистых полосах. справа абстрактный глаз бежевого цвета с красным белком и бежевым зрачком. В центре игривым шрифтом надпись "Открытое пространство Чёрный Квадрат", каждое слово с новой строки. Вокруг красные и бежевые абстрактные элементы – круги, полосы и завитки]
[На темно-красном фоне сверху изображения игривым шрифтом надпись "чаепитие" в бежевом цвете, буквы разного размера и под углом. Они изображены, так будто им тесно, в обрамляющих их красных извилистых полосах. справа абстрактный глаз бежевого цвета с красным белком и бежевым зрачком. В центре игривым шрифтом надпись "Открытое пространство Чёрный Квадрат", каждое слово с новой строки. Вокруг красные и бежевые абстрактные элементы – круги, полосы и завитки]
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. Official government accounts have also spread fake fact checks. An official Twitter account for the Russia diplomatic mission in Geneva shared a fake debunking video claiming without evidence that "Western and Ukrainian media are creating thousands of fake news on Russia every day." The video, which has amassed almost 30,000 views, offered a "how-to" spot misinformation. The picture was mixed overseas. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 1.6%, under pressure from U.S. regulatory scrutiny on New York-listed Chinese companies. Stocks were more buoyant in Europe, where Frankfurt’s DAX surged 1.4%. Additionally, investors are often instructed to deposit monies into personal bank accounts of individuals who claim to represent a legitimate entity, and/or into an unrelated corporate account. To lend credence and to lure unsuspecting victims, perpetrators usually claim that their entity and/or the investment schemes are approved by financial authorities. Investors took profits on Friday while they could ahead of the weekend, explained Tom Essaye, founder of Sevens Report Research. Saturday and Sunday could easily bring unfortunate news on the war front—and traders would rather be able to sell any recent winnings at Friday’s earlier prices than wait for a potentially lower price at Monday’s open.
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