Куйвашев Е.В., Свердловская область Меликов С.А., Дагестан Минниханов Р.Н., Татарстан Осипов А.М., Забайкальский край Середюк И.В., Кемеровская область-Кузбасс Смирнов А.Б., Курская область Томенко В.П., Алтайский край Травников А.А., Новосибирская область
Куйвашев Е.В., Свердловская область Меликов С.А., Дагестан Минниханов Р.Н., Татарстан Осипов А.М., Забайкальский край Середюк И.В., Кемеровская область-Кузбасс Смирнов А.Б., Курская область Томенко В.П., Алтайский край Травников А.А., Новосибирская область
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. Crude oil prices edged higher after tumbling on Thursday, when U.S. West Texas intermediate slid back below $110 per barrel after topping as much as $130 a barrel in recent sessions. Still, gas prices at the pump rose to fresh highs. 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. But the Ukraine Crisis Media Center's Tsekhanovska points out that communications are often down in zones most affected by the war, making this sort of cross-referencing a luxury many cannot afford. One thing that Telegram now offers to all users is the ability to “disappear” messages or set remote deletion deadlines. That enables users to have much more control over how long people can access what you’re sending them. Given that Russian law enforcement officials are reportedly (via Insider) stopping people in the street and demanding to read their text messages, this could be vital to protect individuals from reprisals.
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