The exchange is associated with the financial company Blackmoon Financial Group, vice president of Telegram.
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The Blackmoon Crypto cryptocurrency exchange, which was planning to launch the sale of Gram tokens from Telegram, announced the closure to users, Coindesk writes. Information to the publication was confirmed by the general director of the exchange Oleg Seydak.
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According to Seydak, the management of cryptocurrency exchanges and compliance with all the requirements of the European Union, which are constantly and unpredictably changing, cannot remain competitive.
- Blackmoon Crypto has been registered in the Cayman Islands. In 2017, the exchange raised $ 30 million. Initially, it traded Ethereum tokens, confirmed by shares of companies such as Lyft, the site said. In the summer of 2019, 3,800 users were registered at Blackmoon. Blackmoon planned to significantly increase their number by starting the Gram trading.
- Blackmoon’s partner was the Swiss company Gram Vault, which wanted to provide storage services for Gram tokens, and TON Labs, an unofficial technical partner of Telegram, the publication claims.
- Blackmoon is associated with the Cypriot credit trading platform Blackmoon Financial Group, which in 2014 was founded with partners Ilya Perekopsky, who later became the vice president of Telegram, Coindesk writes.
- In March 2020, a New York court upheld the position of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and recognized Gram tokens as securities. The court granted the SEC petition to ban the transfer of Gram customers. Telegram challenged the decision.
- Telegram planned to launch the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain platform by October 31, 2019, however, due to claims from the regulator, the platform invited investors to wait until April 2020 or return to them 77% of the money invested.
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