Even Steve Jobs’ Widow Invested in Crypto

The widow of Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs, Lauren Powell Jobs, was one of the first investors in a Telegram’s $1.7 billion ICO, BLOCKTV reports.

Lauren Powell Jobs is reportedly taking part in the first round of the presale with a minimum entry threshold of $5 million.

Lauren Powell is a businesswoman, executive director, and philanthropist who inherited about $20 billion after Steve Jobs passed away from cancer in 2011.

Earlier, we talked about the fact that investors among the TON blockchain also included football tycoon Roman Abramovich who invested $10 million.

According to the US SEC, 171 people and companies around the world who acquired 2.9 million Gram tokens became investors in TON. 1 million tokens were acquired by 39 US buyers. However, as the SEC insists in court, the sale of these tokens should be considered an illegal sale of securities.

The initial version of the TON blockchain was originally planned to be launched in October 2019, but the SEC urgently began to seek recognition in the court of ICO Telegram illegal so that tokens did not fall into the hands of secondary buyers.

In February 2020, the parties met again in the Southern District Court of New York, where it was decided to extend the ban on the sale of tokens, but make a final decision on the case until April 30, the deadline for the launch of the TON blockchain, which was agreed with investors.

Author: Marko Vidrih

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