That´s actually admitting a mistake, or admitting having commited a crime. I assume that was the easiest and fastest way to end this tragedy of a law suit, but I think it leaves a sour taste to it, not against Telegram but to regulatory folks
Since they paid their penalty. I am sure they will think twice before running any sort of crowdfunding for TON. Also having paid the $18million USD just like that, I am wondering why they need to launch an ICO hence they can fund their own blockchain project? They can give any interested users their token who will contribute to their development rather selling off from investors like what
BTC and railblock project
(now Nano) did?
Maybe thats how business roll and selling of tokens are necessary for every big firms wanted to launch a blockchaij project