Former NASDAQ warns the TON Community against launching Telegram’s blockchain network until the Court of Appeals has its say. Former NASDAQ vice president and assistant general counsel warned the TON Community against launching Telegram’s blockchain network until the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has its say. Safe Harbor is not on SEC’s agenda Manny […]
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Telegram’s GRAM token passes the Howey test and is subject to regulation, says the SEC. How far can a preliminary injunction from an American court reach? The answer to that question is everything for Telegram’s embattled TON blockchain project. TON has been under legal fire since shortly after the SEC became aware of its token […]
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Libra association member will include Solana at platform’s mainnet launch. Blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service company and Libra association member, Bison Trails, announced support for Solana on March 26. Solana is an open-source project that implements permissionless blockchain technology. Solana’s protocol uses a new approach to establish the order of blocks, called Proof-of-History, and will be available at […]
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The court sided with the SEC and prohibited Telegram from releasing Gram tokens, but the community says it can still launch the network. As Telegram’s legal battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission continues to unfold, the U.S. authorities have convinced the judge to bar the company from issuing Gram tokens — at […]
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Developers of TON blockchain are willing to deploy it, in spite of the court’s rulings. Developers of the TON blockchain are still considering deployment, despite injunctive ruling by the U.S. court. Fedor Skuratov, a spokesperson for TON Labs, the organization behind the TON blockchain, told Cointelegraph that the recent unfavorable decisions by the U.S. court […]
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The SEC has been granted an injunction to prevent the distribution of Grams with the U.S. court saying that there would be a “near certain risk of a future harm.” A United States District Court has granted an injunction against Telegram, preventing the company from issuing its GRAM tokens at the present time. Court says […]
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DApps are facing numerous barriers to adoption, but its key benefit lies in decentralized networks with trustless protocols, so attractive for the users. We’re certainly in the early days of the decentralized Web 3.0, but many parallels exist to what we went through in the 1990s during Web 1.0 and during the mobile boom of […]
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The need for reducing carbon emissions is increasing. How can blockchain help in the quest to eliminate carbon emissions? Climate change has created a rapidly growing global market for a digital eco-commodity called carbon credits. Current estimates value these carbon markets at over $100 billion annually. A carbon credit represents one metric ton of CO2 […]
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Russia’s communications watchdog is calling on contractors to help it block or disrupt anonymous networks including The Onion Router and Telegram Open Network. The Russian communications watchdog has launched an offensive on censorship resistant platforms, including the Telegram Open Network (TON) and privacy browser Tor. Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and […]
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Telegram has pointed to a fresh precedent that could bolster its argument against allegations it violated United States federal securities laws. Telegram has pointed to a fresh precedent that could bolster its argument against allegations it violated United States federal securities laws. In a March 6 letter to Judge P. Kevin Castel of the U.S. […]
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