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What was TON and why it is over

Published on 2020-05-12 in 🔗 Links

Telegram wanted to launch a cryptocurrency, but now they stopped that experiment because a US court stopped them and the US has too much power they rather didn’t want to feel.

I am writing this post to officially announce that Telegram’s active involvement with TON is over.

https://telegra.ph/What-Was-TON-And-Why-It-Is-Over-05-12

Tags: Telegram

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