Wait wait wait, I didn't know much about telegram before, have you seen these things on their FAQ page?

"Q: Who are the people behind Telegram?
Telegram is supported by Pavel and Nikolai Durov. Pavel supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai's input is technological. To make Telegram possible, Nikolai developed a unique custom data protocol, which is open, secure and optimized for work with multiple data-centers. As a result, Telegram combines security, reliability and speed on any network.

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Q: Where is Telegram based?
The Telegram development team is based in Dubai.

Most of the developers behind Telegram originally come from St. Petersburg, the city famous for its unprecedented number of highly skilled engineers. The Telegram team had to leave Russia due to local IT regulations and has tried a number of locations as its base, including Berlin, London and Singapore. We’re currently happy with Dubai, although are ready to relocate again if local regulations change.

Q: Will you have ads? Or sell my data? Or steal my beloved and enslave my children?
No.

Q: How are you going to make money out of this?
We believe in fast and secure messaging that is also 100% free.

Pavel Durov, who shares our vision, supplied Telegram with a generous donation, so we have quite enough money for the time being. If Telegram runs out, we will introduce non-essential paid options to support the infrastructure and finance developer salaries. But making profits will never be an end-goal for Telegram."

They are from Russia, are not doing this for any gain, but out of the goodness of their heart, and have been forced to move from city to city because of regulations? And now they are coming out with a coin that seems too good to be true? Does this company seem fishy to anyone else?