Co-founder of Qiwi Sergey Solonin spoke about the investment in ICO Telegram
He invested $ 17 million in the blockchain project of the messenger.
Co-founder and head of Qiwi Sergey Solonin has invested in blockchain-draft of Telegram messenger. He said this, responding to a question at an investment forum in Sochi, reports the RNS.
"True, Yes. I am interested in the topic, it concerns a new type of blockchain. Interesting topics that relate to the solution of a number of blockchain issues that have not been resolved so far," — said Solonin. He assured that it was a personal investment.
According to "Interfax", Solonin has invested nearly $17 million to the businessman's Representative confirmed to Vedomosti that information.
Rumors about the launch of blockchain-platform Telegram go from late 2017, officially, the company and its founder Pavel Durov did not announce its existence.
Sources of Vedomosti claim that the closed pre-sale of tokens of the ton (Telegram Open Network) platform ended in early February, when the company allegedly wanted to raise $850 million. according to them, the open sale of tokens will begin in March and Telegram plans to collect more than $1 billion.
