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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"steempress",<br>"author":"bitlyfool",<br>"permlink":"chatappgianttelegrambanssanctionedindividualsterritoriesfromicoreport-roqam8wnkw",<br>"title":"Chat App Giant Telegram Bans Sanctioned Individuals,<br> Territories From ICO \u2013 Report",<br>"body":"<p>\n <img src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/images\/528_Ly9jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS9zdG9yYWdlL3VwbG9hZHMvdmlldy80YTZjZDNlNjM5MjIzYjVmYzVkYzRhNjA5NDA1M2U1YS5qcGc=.jpg\"><br>\n \n <p>Telegram has blocked sanctioned individuals,<br> their relatives and residents of four countries from investing in its ICO,<br> local sources report.<\/p>\n <p><p>Persons on international sanctions lists,<br> their relatives,<br> and those from sanctioned territories are among those barred from <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/tags\/telegram\">Telegram’s<\/a> closed token sale rounds,<br> local Russian business journal RBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.ru\/technology_and_media\/15\/03\/2018\/5aa945d49a794770143f766b?from=main\">reports<\/a> today,<br> March 15.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to RBC,<br> which claims to have a copy of the contract allegedly issued by Telegram to participants of its private presale,<br> any person listed in the sanction lists of the US,<br> UK,<br> European Union,<br> or the United Nations Security Council are not allowed to participate in any round of the closed ICO. The restriction also includes relatives of sanctioned individuals,<br> as well as residents of territories under sanction,<br> including Crimea,<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/tags\/cuba\">Cuba<\/a>,<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/tags\/iran\">Iran<\/a>,<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/tags\/north-korea\">North Korea<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/tags\/syria\">Syria<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Relatives affected are “children,<br> spouses,<br> parents,<br> brothers and sisters” of sanctioned individuals,<br> the publication adds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to RBC,<br> “one of the Russian participants” of the ICO,<br> as well as a “top manager of a venture fund considering the possibility of taking part” in it,<br> “confirmed” the content of the contract.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Encrypted messenger service Telegram is in the midst of conducting what sources consider may become the <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/telegram-500-mln-pre-ico-aims-to-be-largest-ever\">largest<\/a> ICO in history.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>As Cointelegraph reported,<br> the quiet <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/durov-brothers-file-telegram-and-ton-with-sec-report-850-million-already-raised\">presale<\/a> and rumored <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/anonymous-sources-telegram-launches-secret-second-presale-850-mln-to-be-raised\">second presale<\/a> of its Gram cryptocurrency could raise around $1.6 bln before the public phase of the ICO even launches. For the first presale,<br> Telegram creators Pavel and Nikolai Durov reported that $850 mln had been raised from 81 investors in a “<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1729650\/000095017218000030\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\">Notice of Exempt Offering of Securities<\/a>” filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Feb. 13,<br> with US investors participating under SEC exemption Rule 506(c).<\/p>\r\n<\/p><br \/><center><hr\/><em>Posted from my blog with <a href='https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/steempress\/'>SteemPress<\/a> : https:\/\/bitlyfool.com\/?p=4069<\/em><hr\/><\/center>",<br>"json_metadata":" \"community\":\"steempress\",<br>\"app\":\"steempress\/1.0.1\",<br>\"tags\":[\"steempress\",<br>\"steem\" " | | comment_options | "author":"bitlyfool",
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