Ирландская рекламная индустрия объединилась, чтобы запустить альтернативу «Черной пятнице». Десять рекламных агентств устроили кампанию, бросающую вызов культуре потребления. Серия роликов с кадрами природы и надписями вроде «Меньше покупать — больше быть» призывает отказаться от ненужных покупок, позаботиться об окружающей среде и вспомнить о здоровом образе жизни.
Ирландская рекламная индустрия объединилась, чтобы запустить альтернативу «Черной пятнице». Десять рекламных агентств устроили кампанию, бросающую вызов культуре потребления. Серия роликов с кадрами природы и надписями вроде «Меньше покупать — больше быть» призывает отказаться от ненужных покупок, позаботиться об окружающей среде и вспомнить о здоровом образе жизни.
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 last couple days have exemplified that uncertainty. On Thursday, news emerged that talks in Turkey between the Russia and Ukraine yielded no positive result. But on Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin said there had been some “positive shifts” in talks between the two sides. Oh no. There’s a certain degree of myth-making around what exactly went on, so take everything that follows lightly. Telegram was originally launched as a side project by the Durov brothers, with Nikolai handling the coding and Pavel as CEO, while both were at VK. 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. Stocks dropped on Friday afternoon, as gains made earlier in the day on hopes for diplomatic progress between Russia and Ukraine turned to losses. Technology stocks were hit particularly hard by higher bond yields.
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