Remarkable youngsters ensure promising future
Amidst the presence of a great number of students across the country marching for school safety and gun controls, I had the annual opportunity to meet with finalists for a college scholarship program that filled me, as it always does, with assurance that our future is in good hands. The …
Telegram ICO Raises $1.7B (What?)
With Telegram's latest raise, it seems that we have set a new scale for crypto projects. $1.7 billion with room for more makes Filecoin's $258 million ICO look downright tawdry. If we'll see another billion-dollar-plus ICO is a fun question to entertain. The aggregate value of crypto tokens and currencies …
Telegram Completes Second ICO, Raising $1.7 Billion, a Third ICO May Be on the Horizon
Telegram Group Inc., the encrypted messaging platform, has completed its second initial coin offering (ICO) — the world's largest — bringing the amount raised to $1.7 billion. The ICO was held to help establish the Telegram Open Network (TON), a “fast, scalable, and user-friendly” cryptocurrency and … Read More
Lawsuit against American Airlines Center links Mark Cuban to ‘noose’ incident
A former employee fired by the company that runs American Airlines Center filed a federal complaint alleging gender, sexual and racial issues in January, according to a Dallas Morning News report. She is now seeking information from Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban about an incident involving a … Read More
WATCH: Gary Patterson comments on former TCU star Trevone Boykin’s legal trouble
In what was an otherwise fulfilling day for Gary Patterson watching his players workout in front of NFL teams at TCU's Pro Day on Friday, the Frogs head coach was asked about another former player in some legal trouble. Ex-TCU quarterback Trevone Boykin was arrested on Wednesday by the … Read …
House Speaker Paul Ryan heads to Fort Worth for a private town hall
On April 3, he will visit Catholic Charities Fort Worth to talk about jobs and ways to help "Americans escape poverty" and participate in a private town hall with clients and supporters of Catholic Charities, according to a statement from his office. Before that, on Monday, Ryan will visit and …
Even as Bitcoin Languishes, Telegram Raises $1.7 Billion Ahead of Largest ICO Ever
Telegram did not respond to requests for comment from Fortune. The firm is thought to be using the proceeds from the private funding rounds to build a blockchain network, the Telegram Open Network (TON). The network would allow Telegram's 200 million users to pay for services on that blockchain, … Read …
WhatsApp rival Telegram raises $1.7bn in its initial coin offering
WhatsApp rival Telegram has raised a total of $1.7bn (£1.2bn) through the world's biggest initial coin offering (ICO). After raising an initial $850m in February through the token pre-sale, the encrypted messaging app raised another $850m from 94 investors in March, according to a filing with the US … Read More
Telegram Raises $1.7 Billion in Initial Coin Offering
With Telegram, people can send messages, photos, videos and files of any type (doc, zip, mp3, etc), as well as create groups for up to 100,000 people or channels for broadcasting to unlimited audiences. They can write to phone contacts and find people by their usernames. As a result, Telegram …
Telegram’s Initial Coin Offering Raises $1.7B
Telegram, an encrypted messaging app, has raised a total of $1.7 billion after its second round of funding, making it the world's largest initial coin offering to date. Telegram raised $850 million in March and $850 million in February, the British Virgin Islands-based firm reported, according to filings with … Read …