Telegram ICO: most Russian investors take 72% payout, Telegram takes $500m of loans
Pavel Durov’s ICO plan went badly enough that Telegram Messenger itself might be affected.
Author: David Gerard
News: 9 billion tethers, Reddit tokens, Kik is doomed, Singapore joins Libra, China’s CBDC — and J. K. Rowling asks about Bitcoin
And Investopedia are spammers, and you should remove any links to their site.
Telegram gives up on the Telegram Open Network — and Free TON launches
The Durovs cry themselves to sleep on a not-as-big-as-hoped bed made of rather less money than they’d anticipated.
Me on screen — “New Kids on the Blockchain” today, Finance Magnates web panel Monday, “Cryptopia” next Saturday
Star of screen, if not stage.
News: Purse.io shuts down, Chinese CBDC test, new Libra member Heifer, North Korea does not dump its bitcoins
Zack Voell from CoinDesk fights the good fight to destroy the crypto markets, and do Buttcoin — and North Korea — proud.
The dForce and Hegic DeFi exploits, and why Smart Contracts are bad
The problem with DeFi is not the technology, though that’s bad too — it’s that people are greedy and foolish.
Me on Finance Magnates podcast with Rachel McIntosh — Libra, CBDCs, the Bitcoin trading market
I recorded a video podcast with Rachel McIntosh from Finance Magnates yesterday, and it’s up already!
Facebook’s Libra: national currency tokens, a new white paper — what this means
Facebook is slowly being dragged, kicking and screaming, to running Libra like an ordinary, compliant payments processor — PayPal, but it’s Facebook — or Libra won’t be allowed to exist.
News: Cooking Mama and blockchain, the Halvening and Bitcoin Cash, Simple Assurance of Future Trouble, Kraken, Craig Wright: Craigness
Markets are completely screwed, nobody knows what anything is worth, and the hard problem is keeping everyone in basic food and shelter. Nobody cares about your novelty crypto collectibles.
News: Telegram appeals injunction, Adaptive Capital fails, the story of the Petro
Call all you want, but there’s no one home. And you’re not gonna reach my telephone.