Oleg Tinkov: I do not believe in the success of the blockgram platform Telegram

The prospects for the blockchain project of the Telegram Open Network (TON) are very vague, primarily due to the inability to circumvent government regulation. This was stated by the founder of "Tinkoff Bank" Oleg Tinkov in an interview with the portal VC.ru.

“We'll see what they do there. Durov's approach is “All assholes, we are heroes, peace, libertarians, to hell with passports and borders.” I have already experienced such idealistic views. Time passes, and you realize that life is a little more difficult. That the borders will not go anywhere, and the passports will remain, officials, bureaucrats. And everybody ** is regulated, ”said the banker.

According to Tinkov, the Telegram phenomenon is that the majority of its users are in "gray, dictatorial countries, like Iran."

“As soon as Durov goes to the main countries, the guys from the CIA will tell him how life is organized. Therefore, I do not believe in any super-great success of the project, ” Tinkov added.

At the same time, he called Pavel Durov a “genius”, because he learned to “raise big money”.

“It’s unclear just what those who gave are hoping for – I don’t understand these people. How can you give so much money without seeing what is there? Just under the promise that they will draw some kind of new technology, ” Oleg Tinkov expressed bewilderment.

At the same time, the businessman did not deny that the shares of his own company are now in the ass.

As previously reported by BlockchainJournal, the launch of the main network of blockchain platform Telegram Open Network, the development of which during two rounds of the closed ICO raised $ 1.7 billion , is expected in March. A meeting with major investors of the project should take place by the end of January.

Recall that in October 2017, Tinkov announced his readiness to launch TinCoin cryptocurrency . Now the course of the coin, which is not traded on any exchange, is $ 0.00007316.

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