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This $575 Million ICO With Royal Backing Is So Crazy, It Might Be Real 

CoinDesk Daily is sponsored by  June 21, 2018 "People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year." – Peter Drucker Got this from a friend? SUBSCRIBE HERE THE FEATURE This $575 Million ICO With Royal Backing Is So Crazy, It Might Be Real So much so it seems that a startup looking to release movies – early offerings include a biopic about the founder of the car company and his feud with the founder of Ferrari – has raised a whopping $575 million off its private sale of TTU crypto tokens from investors including BlockTower Capital and even a prince. With that, the startup, called TaTaTu, has raised the third largest round ever using the initial coin offering (ICO) model – surpassed only by EOS and Telegram, according to data from CoinDesk's ICO Tracker. If that sounds crazy – such a huge raise by a company called TaTaTu with no history in the crypto space – you wouldn't be alone. Even one of the project's backers admits that the news, announced today, will catch many off guard. Read more Tweet Share ⭐ CoinDesk Weekly Sponsor ⭐   Your Data. Your Life In the current system, your personal data is sourced, held, used and swapped by third-party providers. The Pillar Project is an ambitious project to return ownership of personal data to you. We do this through decentralized blockchain technology, starting with a token wallet. Learn More Wait, there's more: Cheetah's New App Lets Crypto Investors Track Portfolios on the Go Beijing-based app developer Cheetah Mobile is releasing an app that lets investors monitor cryptocurrency portfolios over multiple platforms. This $575 Million ICO With Royal Backing Is So Crazy, It Might Be Real A video-on-demand service that shares ad revenues with viewers and creators has raised more than half a billion bucks in a private token sale. 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The SEC Just Froze One ICO's Accounts for a Second Time The SEC is once more taking action against a co-founder of the PlexCoin ICO project, having already sued him over securities violations and fraud. Singer Akon Announces Cryptocurrency and Plans for Real-Life 'Wakanda' Add Akon to the list of celebrities who are launching their own cryptocurrencies. Tether Review Claims Crypto Asset Fully Backed – But There's a Catch Tether has finally produced a third-party report proclaiming that its cryptocurrency, USDT, is fully backed by U.S. dollars – with some big caveats. Brazil's Central Bank Plans Blockchain Data Exchange for Regulators Banco Central do Brasil is building a blockchain platform to ensure the authenticity of data exchanged between financial authorities. Bitcoin Price Steady Above $6K Despite Bithumb Hack Bitcoin remains on the hunt for $7,000 despite news that the a South Korean crypto exchange has been hacked. 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