Logica Universalis Webinars Title: AI and the Visualization of Paradise: Cultural Paradigms, Aesthetic Evolution, and Cognitive Exploration, From Varanasi to Sinaia Speaker: Caroline Pires Ting, Jean-Yves Beziau and Maira de Cinque Time: Wednesday, Azar 28, 5:30 PM (Iran Local Time) Permalink
Logica Universalis Webinars Title: AI and the Visualization of Paradise: Cultural Paradigms, Aesthetic Evolution, and Cognitive Exploration, From Varanasi to Sinaia Speaker: Caroline Pires Ting, Jean-Yves Beziau and Maira de Cinque Time: Wednesday, Azar 28, 5:30 PM (Iran Local Time) Permalink
The next bit isn’t clear, but Durov reportedly claimed that his resignation, dated March 21st, was an April Fools’ prank. TechCrunch implies that it was a matter of principle, but it’s hard to be clear on the wheres, whos and whys. Similarly, on April 17th, the Moscow Times quoted Durov as saying that he quit the company after being pressured to reveal account details about Ukrainians protesting the then-president Viktor Yanukovych. The regulator said it has been undertaking several campaigns to educate the investors to be vigilant while taking investment decisions based on stock tips. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images 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." 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.
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