Even as Bitcoin Languishes, Telegram Raises $1.7 Billion Ahead of Largest ICO Ever

The five-year-old company, which has attracted users by touting its encrypted-messaging service, raised $850 million from 94 accredited investors in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing late Thursday. That doubles a previous raise first disclosed in mid-February, adding up to a total of $1.7 billion raised by the firm incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.

Source: fortune.com