Chips Off The Old Block: EOS Founders Reward Early Investors
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Chips Off The Old Block: EOS Founders Reward Early Investors

THELOGICALINDIAN - EOS is outlasting its critics with a acknowledgment demonstrating the bloom of Blockone

Block.one has amply adored the acceptance of aboriginal investors. Yesterday, the aggregation that congenital the EOS belvedere appear a acknowledgment of ten percent of its shares. Its ancient investors accommodate the brand of Peter Thiel, Alan Howard, and Louis Bacon.

EOS Rising – The Most-Successful-ICO-Ever-Turned-Cash-Cow

Block.one conducted the EOS ICO over a year-long aeon catastrophe in June aftermost year, applique $4 billion. According to Bloomberg, it is now planning a buyback of shares from berry investors at an agitative 6,567 percent acknowledgment in three years. Shares that amount $22.50 are now account $1,500.

Peter Thiel, Alan Howard, and Louis Bacon accept not appear whether they were planning to advertise their shares. Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital was additionally an aboriginal advocate of Block.one. Galaxy has afresh disposed of some of its pale in the company for a amazing 123 percent gain.

At atomic one aboriginal supporter, Christian Angermayer, affairs to absorb shares in the company, telling Bloomberg:

EOS Shines Despite Market Slump

With a amusing media artefact slated for absolution abutting month, EOS has outseen all challengers during a buck bazaar that was a near-death acquaintance for a cardinal of added crypto projects.

It now boasts of accepting admiring a ambit of dApps from the Ethereum platform, including high-profile defections in EOSBET, Medipedia, Tixico, and Billionaire Token. The Switcheo DEX recently appear affairs to expand to accommodate the EOS network.

Controversy Wedded To EOS

EOS has never been far from controversy. Its Delegated Proof of Stake (dPoS) accord archetypal has been alleged into catechism by a cardinal of bodies who altercate that it is not abundantly decentralized. Last year, some of the 21 block producers were accused of colluding and affairs votes, both of which are banned in the EOS user agreement.

Douglas Horn’s Telos arrangement forked from EOS accurately because he and a accumulation of EOSIO developers had developed to become disillusioned with abounding aspects of the way EOS was governed. Telos’ attack had a absolutely anti-whale ethos. That accommodation came alone a ages afterwards the EOS belvedere was launched.

Show Me The Money

Block.one has additionally been accused of misusing funds. As cynically stated by Balance.io’s Richard Burton (no, not that one, addition one):

Burton ability charge to eat a allotment of apprehensive pie today. The EOS arrangement has had a cardinal of cardinal wins in its abbreviate life. With $3 billion in assets, yesterday’s acknowledgment demonstrates that the aggregation survived the buck bazaar in acceptable bloom and is now cashed up abundant to accolade the aboriginal faithful.