In a conversation with Bloomberg, the founder of VKontakte and Telegram, Pavel Durov, noted that he was optimistic about bitcoin, and called it "digital gold." He also stressed that the blocking community is now concentrated in his messenger.
Pavel Durov in an interview with Bloomberg said that about four years ago he bought 2 thousand bitcoins at a price of $ 750 - the whole purchase cost him $ 1.5 million.
According to CoinDesk, as of December 12, 2017, bitcoin costs 16,600 dollars. According to Bloomberg, now the amount of 2 thousand would have cost more than 35 million dollars. However, it is not known whether Durov sold his bitcoins or continues to keep them.
Durov admitted that in 2014, after being fired from the post of general director of VKontakte, he left Russia with 2 thousand bitcoins and 300 million dollars. He recalled that since then he invested in St. Kitts and Nevis, which gave him the passport of a citizen of the state (for this, the country needs to invest at least $ 300,000).
Creator Telegram also announced the opening of an office in Dubai - on the 23rd floor of one of the towers of Dubai Media City opposite the bulk of the island of Palm Jumeirah.
