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Breaking: Telegram Announces Discontinuation of Its Blockchain Project

Tue, 05/12/2020 - 17:18
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Alex Dovbnya
Telegram's blockchain project is over after losing a legal battle against the U.S. SEC, according to the company's founder Pavel Durov
Breaking: Telegram Announces Discontinuation of Its Blockchain Project
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Pavel Durov, the founder of messaging giant Telegram, has just announced the discontinuation of the TON blockchain projects. 

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Durov explains that the defeat in the legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was the reason behind abandoning the project: 

'Sadly, the US judge is right about one thing: we, the people outside the US, can vote for our presidents and elect our parliaments, but we are still dependent on the United States when it comes to finance and technology (luckily not coffee).' 

As reported by U.Today, Judge Kevin Castel of the New York Southern District Court prohibited Telegram from selling its Gram tokens outside of the U.S. 

In his post, Durov also cautioned investors against putting their money into third-party projects that are not related to Telegram: 

No present or past member of our team is involved with any of these projects.

The billionaire also calls the world 'overly centralized' while wishing luck to those who struggle for decentralization. 

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Alex Dovbnya (aka AlexMorris) is a cryptocurrency expert, trader and journalist with extensive experience of covering everything related to the burgeoning industry — from price analysis to Blockchain disruption. Alex authored more than 1,000 stories for U.Today, CryptoComes and other fintech media outlets. He’s particularly interested in regulatory trends around the globe that are shaping the future of digital assets, can be contacted at alex.dovbnya@u.today.