На снимке - писатель Сергей Владимирович Михалков (в центре) и генеральный директор Майкопского производственного мебельно-деревообрабатывающего объединения «Дружба» Николай Иванович Остапенко (слева) у Дома культуры ПМДО «Дружба». г. Майкоп, 1989 г.
На снимке - писатель Сергей Владимирович Михалков (в центре) и генеральный директор Майкопского производственного мебельно-деревообрабатывающего объединения «Дружба» Николай Иванович Остапенко (слева) у Дома культуры ПМДО «Дружба». г. Майкоп, 1989 г.
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. The regulator said it had received information that messages containing stock tips and other investment advice with respect to selected listed companies are being widely circulated through websites and social media platforms such as Telegram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. Although some channels have been removed, the curation process is considered opaque and insufficient by analysts. 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. In a message on his Telegram channel recently recounting the episode, Durov wrote: "I lost my company and my home, but would do it again – without hesitation."
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