— Итак, мы уже забрендировали крышу, туалеты аэропортов, пляжи, вышли на всех Ютуб-каналах мира, интегрировались в, прости господи, Беременна 16. Что нам делать дальше?
— А давайте превратим кабинку подъёмника в Шерегеше в караоке, чтобы все могли напевать АААА?
— Итак, мы уже забрендировали крышу, туалеты аэропортов, пляжи, вышли на всех Ютуб-каналах мира, интегрировались в, прости господи, Беременна 16. Что нам делать дальше?
— А давайте превратим кабинку подъёмника в Шерегеше в караоке, чтобы все могли напевать АААА?
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. Also in the latest update is the ability for users to create a unique @username from the Settings page, providing others with an easy way to contact them via Search or their t.me/username link without sharing their phone number. So, uh, whenever I hear about Telegram, it’s always in relation to something bad. What gives? 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. 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.
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