SEC vs. Telegram: A Battle That Could Be Avoided

Posted by damspace on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @08:50AM
from the forklog.media dept.

https://forklog.media/sec-vs-telegram-a-battle-that-could-be-avoided/

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Re:SEC vs. Telegram: A Battle That Could Be Avoided by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @10:38AM (#22749019)

Telegram accelerated its demise by “refusing to disclose the bank records concerning how they have spent the $1.7 billion they raised from investors in the past two years and to answer questions about the disposition of investor funds” [1].

[1] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sec-claims-telegram-refuses-s...

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Re:SEC vs. Telegram: A Battle That Could Be Avoided by rwmj on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @10:08AM (#22748592)

I thought David Gerard's summary was better: https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/03/24/telegram-ico... & https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/03/30/news-telegra...

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Re:SEC vs. Telegram: A Battle That Could Be Avoided by brighton36 on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @10:32AM (#22748944)

Popular opinions are often popular because they're false. (Hence why David is unpopular)

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Re:SEC vs. Telegram: A Battle That Could Be Avoided by CPLX on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @11:03AM (#22749360)

Another way this battle could be avoided is if they didn't issue these tokens in the first place.

Is there any reasonable argument for why the world is or will be better off if Telegram gets its way and these tokens exist? Is there any reasonable argument as to why they got almost $2 billion dollars besides intentionally creating a product to further financial speculation?

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